* Former Trump University “professors” say their jobs were to scam people. * How Citizens United killed a little-known public bank account that helped elect both Carter and Reagan. * Most of Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson’s campaign spending has gone to outside consultants. * Views on the US election from the "
* Mafia expert says London's financiers make the UK the world's most corrupted country. * Summers: No wonder Americans don't trust the government—it can't even fix a bridge. * The Mexican Army kills eight enemies for every one it wounds. * Former attorney general Holder
* Round-up of errors and hype about the “nightmare” “superbug” that's circulating in the news right now. * The "folk theory" of democracy says Sanders supporters vote for his policies—a fallacy the media can't resist. * Stanford economist surveys the relationship between newspapers, ads, bias,
* Two years into the US-led air war against the Islamic State, we're only now hitting significant targets. * NASA calls off today's plan to inflate the International Space Station's new experimental habitat module. * France's 19 nuclear plants go on strike. * Across government,
* Obama aims to transfer a quarter of the remaining Guantánamo detainees to other countries by the end of his term. * The world often forgets Nagasaki. Based on his itinerary, so did Obama. * The media stopped covering racial justice, favoring presidential campaigns—because journalism is overwhelmingly white. * Libertarians have a Trump-
* The GOP has a beef with the IRS, and now Congress is considering impeaching the agency head. * "Of all the things that Congress could be truculent about, fighting an epidemic is the worst." * Campaign finance reform that strips away recent rulings would still have to deal with entrenched
* Bayer wants to buy Monsanto and create world's largest GMO supplier. * Obama ends military weapons embargo of Vietnam—possibly as leverage against an encroaching China. * Until last week, the term "Oriental" still appeared in federal law—now it will be replaced by "Asian American."
* Oklahoma's legislation to outlaw abortions is so "blatantly unconstitutional" that it's hardly enforceable. * McDonald's reports that higher pay and better benefits have boosted their bottom line. * Verizon strike faces challenges indicative of labor's larger struggles. * Colonialism is alive in Western
* EgyptAir flight crashes over the Mediterranean; "terrorism more likely than technical failure." * Labor Relations Board rules that companies aren’t allowed to pressure workers to be relentlessly positive. * Restaurants ditch the no-tipping movement. * Whatever destroyed Venezuela's economy, the result is "one of the most
* 1954 or 2016? Court orders Mississippi schools to desegregate. * Oklahoma's dedication to tax cuts for oil producers ended up gutting the state's school system. * This tool shows how the gender pay gap varies across US industries. * McConnell wants women to register for Selective Service, where, if
