As wildfires swept through the Italian island of Sicily, fueled by an extreme heatwave, officials in one city recorded a Wednesday recorded what is believed to be the highest temperature ever...
In November 2017, with the administration of President Donald Trump rushing to get a massive tax overhaul through Congress, Sen. Ron Johnson stunned his colleagues by...
“Scientists say we cannot allow this to happen. People in power stand in our way.” Originally published on Common Dreams via Creative Commons While heatwaves, fires,...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said on Thursday he is revisiting proposed legislation that would crack down on the giant tax-free retirement accounts amassed by...
When the federal government enacted the CARES Act in March 2020, it boosted jobless aid and expanded the benefits to include people who weren’t typically covered,...
Series:The Secret IRS Files Inside the Tax Records of the .001% Last week, ProPublica published the story of how PayPal co-founder and tech investor Peter Thiel...
The number of multimillion-dollar individual retirement accounts has soared in the past decade, as more wealthy Americans use the tax-advantaged vehicles to shield fortunes from income...
They said Google’s decision to block advertisers from seeing “Black Lives Matter” and other social justice YouTube videos was the last straw By: Aaron Sankin Following...
The Markup found industry fingerprints on at least five bills around the country—weak laws, experts say, that are designed to preempt stronger protections By: Todd Feathers...
by Jesse Eisinger, Jeff Ernsthausen and Paul Kiel Series:The Secret IRS FilesInside the Tax Records of the .001% This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica...
The online giant bans products related to drugs, spying and weapons, but we found plenty for sale; one of the items bought on the site left...
Hundreds of PPP Loans Went to Fake Farms in Absurd Places by Derek Willis and Lydia DePillis for ProPublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom....
Journalists have used scrapers to collect data that rooted out extremist cops, tracked lobbyists, and uncovered an underground market for adopted children By: The Markup Staff...
A secretive algorithm that’s constantly being tweaked can turn influencers’ accounts, and their prospects, upside down By: Dara Kerr It was the middle of the pandemic,...