politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups Xeni Jardin
corruption Trump Organization to Congress: Upholding the Constitution "diminishes the experience of our brand" Cory Doctorow
Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow
corruption Doctors who take pharma industry freebies prescribe more of their benefactors' drugs Cory Doctorow
corruption Citing the Panama Papers, Elizabeth Warren proposes sweeping anti-financial-secrecy rules Cory Doctorow
corruption 6 years after expose revealed docs taking millions from pharma companies, it's only getting worse Cory Doctorow
corruption How the "Varsity Blues" admissions scam punished deserving, hard working kids so that mediocre kids of the super-rich could prosper Cory Doctorow
Police Blotter Zero jail time for those two bribe-taking NYPD cops who had sex with a handcuffed teenager in custody Mark Frauenfelder
Business AT&T employees took over $1 million in bribes to plant malware and unlock millions of smartphones: DOJ Xeni Jardin
guillotine watch Pharma company will pay $15.4m in fines for bribing docs to prescribe an overpriced med that brings in $1b/year Cory Doctorow
Business Chinese environment ministry finds widespread pollution coverups and corruption at the local government level Cory Doctorow
tabloids A Royal coup, Malia Obama's bribe scandal, and man-eating Angelina Jolie, in this week’s reality-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan
security DOJ accuses Verizon and AT&T employees of participating in SIM-swap identity theft crimes Cory Doctorow
education Lawyer for kid whose parents paid $1.2m bribe to get into Yale says the high price shows grifters' anti-Chinese bias Cory Doctorow
Business "Black hat" companies sell services to get products featured and upranked on Amazon Cory Doctorow
