investigations
Which Candidate's Campaign Spends the Most Money on Pizza: An Investigation
Gabrielle Bluestone · 02/02/16 01:26PMThere is nothing more American than pizza, a dish we stole from another culture, claimed as our own, and have argued about ever since. It’s deeply American in other ways, too; fatty, mostly cheap, and occasionally exceptional. So of course, it’s a clear favorite when it comes time for our presidential candidates to feed their hungry, freedom-loving staffers.
Who Is Pasadena's Legendary Acid Jazz Car Flautist?
Hudson Hongo · 07/13/15 11:20PMReporter Says Subway Jared Talked About Middle School Girls Being "Hot"
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/10/15 08:02AMNY Times Investigation Confirms Marco Rubio Is From Miami
Adam Weinstein · 06/05/15 10:30AMFederal Inquiry Finds Joan Rivers' Doctors Made Series of Serious Errors
Gabrielle Bluestone · 11/11/14 01:16AMWoman Says High-Profile Lawyer Raped Her After a Party for Al Sharpton
Gabrielle Bluestone · 10/05/14 11:55PMJustice Department to Launch Civil Rights Investigation of Ferguson PD
Aleksander Chan · 09/04/14 07:13AMAttorney General Eric Holder is expected to launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson, Mo. police department this week, the Washington Post reports. The probe is expected to determine "whether the department employed policies and practices that resulted in a pattern of civil rights violations," and stems from the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
International Monetary Fund Chief Being Investigated in Fraud Case
Aleksander Chan · 08/27/14 08:10AMBritish Government to Investigate Decades of Child Abuse Allegations
Aleksander Chan · 07/07/14 07:58PMConservative Money Front Is Behind Princeton's "White Privilege" Guy
Adam Weinstein · 05/05/14 02:20PMIn all the furor over Tal Fortgang—the privileged white Princeton freshman who wrote so passionately about how he's not a privileged white guy—no one, not even the New York Times, noted that his post was made possible by a conservative group that bankrolls and grooms college kids for right-wing leadership.
40 Sick Vets Died While Languishing on a "Secret" V.A. Waiting List
Adam Weinstein · 04/24/14 11:24AMAdministrators at the Department of Veterans Affairs' hospital in Phoenix used an off-the-books paper system to hide a backlog of thousands of sick veterans who needed health care, and at least 40 vets died while waiting for the facility to take them.
Who Has More Hair, Prince George or Prince William? An Investigation
Caity Weaver · 04/10/14 08:00AMMeet the Weird Christian Content Mill Behind Newsweek's New Owners
Adam Weinstein · 04/01/14 10:56AMAnimal Planet Cages Sick "Wild" Coyote to Make its Stupid Fake Show
Adam Weinstein · 03/25/14 01:00PMCall of the Wildman is a popular show about a wild-critter trapper on Animal Planet. It's also totally fake, with animals trucked-in and treated brutally. And Mother Jones, the magazine that first exposed Wildman's dark side, has new photo evidence that it screwed with some poor caged coyote for ratings.
Your Favorite Animal Planet Show Is Fake and Super-Abusive to Animals
Adam Weinstein · 01/22/14 03:26PMCall of the Wildman, Animal Planet's blockbuster chronicle of a wildlife trapper, is one helluva romp. It's also a drama-staging, zebra-drugging, wallaby-kidnapping, raccoon- and bat-killing crock of shit, according to a disturbing new in-depth investigation by Mother Jones.
Here Is Your Bible of Privatization Horror Stories
Adam Weinstein · 12/04/13 02:39PMMichele Bachmann Faces Campaign Ethics Investigation as Former Staffers Lash Out
Taylor Berman · 03/25/13 09:22PMThe Daily Beast broke a fairly damning story Monday morning about Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann. The report reveals that federal investigators working on behalf of the Office of Congressional Ethics are investigating the congresswoman's campaign about potential intentional finance violations. According to former Bachmann staffers questioned by the investigators, the allegations include improper fund transfers and illegal payments made during Bachmann's failed 2012 presidential campaign. One such allegation is that Iowa state Senator Kent Sorenson, her Iowa campaign manager, received under the table payment for his support. Her lawyers, of course, are denying any wrongdoing, at least on Bachmann's part.
LAPD Apologizes to Notorious B.I.G.'s Family for Releasing Autopsy Report
Taylor Berman · 12/09/12 11:04PMOn Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department released the Notorious B.I.G.'s autopsy report, more than 15 years after the rapper's murder. But, in keeping with their thus far stellar work on the case, they failed to first notify Biggie's family. Now, of course, they've apologized for the incident, blaming an administrative mistake.
Penn State Report Summary: Everyone Pretending They Didn't Know Actually Knew
Caity Weaver · 07/12/12 09:36AMIf you don't have time to review the full 267-page internal investigation of the Penn State scandal, here's the gist: Everyone knew. Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno knew. Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier knew. Former Penn State University vice president Gary Schultz knew. Penn State Athletic Director (currently on leave) Tim Curley knew. Everyone knew. As far back as 1998, when they learned of a criminal investigation of Sandusky related to an instance of suspected sexual misconduct with a boy in a PSU football locker room shower.