Do You Know About U.S. Military Spending? Help ProPublica Understand Where the Money Goes.

The esteemed investigative journalism organization ProPublica has initiated a comprehensive examination into the intricate world of U.S. military budgeting, spending, and contracting. This significant undertaking aims to shed light on…

Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving Aid

Citing extensive reporting by ProPublica, a coalition of eight Democratic U.S. senators has lodged a formal complaint against the Trump administration’s insistence on obtaining direct access to the health data…

Idaho’s Unique Stance: Religious Freedom, Child Welfare, and the Evolution of Faith-Healing Exemptions

In Idaho, a distinctive legal framework shields parents from charges of child neglect or manslaughter if their faith prohibits them from seeking lifesaving medical care for their children. This protective…

U.S. Army’s Half-Billion Dollar Artillery Factory Delivers Zero Usable Shells, Raising Alarms Over Defense Procurement

A staggering $533 million investment by the U.S. Army into a state-of-the-art artillery factory, operated by defense giant General Dynamics, has reportedly yielded a colossal failure, producing not a single…

Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities

When the U.S. Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in April on controversial fraud charges, the venerable civil rights organization faced an existential threat not from a…

Military Leaders Force Pentagon Reversal on Civilian Harm Program After Deadly Strikes

Shortly after taking office last year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sought to dismantle a critical program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations, betting that the nation’s top commanders…

Idaho’s Faith-Healing Shield: How Legal Exemptions Allow Preventable Child Deaths in the Followers of Christ Sect

In a quiet Idaho farmhouse, bathed in the dim light of an October 2023 evening, a sheriff’s deputy stepped into a scene of profound, yet eerily muted, grief. A newborn,…

The Shadow Education System: How Public Funds Fuel Private Schools with Public Oversight Deficits

Journalists covering the flow of state public funds into private schools via voucher programs eventually coined a term for a peculiar subset: the "100% schools." These educational facilities, scattered across…

Texas’s Unending Deluge: A Cycle of Catastrophe and Legislative Inaction in the Hill Country

When devastating floods ravaged the Texas Hill Country in July 2025, leaving a trail of destruction and death, Joan Connor and her then 98-year-old husband, David Stearns, narrowly escaped their…

Controversy Erupts Over Groundbreaking Opioid Addiction Study in Pregnant Women, Raising Questions of Research Integrity and Patient Safety

Knoxville, Tennessee – A highly publicized study by Dr. Craig Towers, a high-risk obstetrician, which purported to revolutionize the treatment of opioid addiction in pregnant women, has become the epicenter…