Tag: Scandal

Months after the 2022 midterms, the dust is settling on Capitol Hill. It’s been two years since the January 6 insurrection but the attacks on democracy haven’t stopped. While the Congressional committee appointed to investigate the attack on the Capitol recently recommended tha...

Chess has enjoyed explosive growth in recent years, and there are some fairly intuitive reasons why: COVID-19 pushing people to rediscover socially distanced hobbies; the rise of YouTube and Twitch chess streamers; and the success of Netflix drama The Queen’s Gambit. Photo by ...

In 2011, the University of Miami found itself at the epicenter of a scandal that shook the world of collegiate athletics. Revelations of improper benefits provided by booster Nevin Shapiro to student-athletes cast a shadow over the integrity of the university’s sports program. This editorial d...

Carnival, Rock in Rio, Pan American Games, Military World Games, Brazil’s Biggest Petrochemical complex construction, FIFA Confederations Cup, World Youth Day, World Cup, and Olympics. These are just some events that happened in Rio de Janeiro in the last twenty years. Although they were signi...

Of all the women of antiquity, it is arguably Messalina who has the most damning reputation. As the third wife of the emperor Claudius — he would go on to have a fourth, his own niece Agrippina — she was for a time the most powerful woman in the Empire and by all accounts she made extens...

Oh, dear! You’d think these hypocrites would have learned by now. If you make videos of your sexual adventures, especially videos that might depict you sexual assaulting someone, those videos are liable to get discovered. The first video Florida law enforcement authorities recovered from Fl...

Last week the state of Missouri officially enacted its ban on gender-affirming care for those under 18, joining over 20 U.S. states that have introduced similar bans. The state has also banned care for transgender adults relying on Medicaid. A committee that confirmed the ban following a legal ch...

Britain has been shaken by an eye-opening scandal involving the Post Office – a historical episode unveiling the threats of our growing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI). Thousands of postal workers were unjustly accused of financial discrepancies due to an AI software glitch, leading t...

Fortuna, who is employed as a groundskeeper at a local golf course, recently experienced a series of unfortunate events. One evening, after a long day at work, she decided to visit a nearby restaurant for a relaxing dinner. However, while there, she accidentally knocked over a candle, which quickly ...

Ifyou roll your eyes at the mere mention of the Dr. Seuss controversy, I don’t blame you. No, it’s not “book-banning” when Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a private corporation, discontinues new printings of six mostly obscure books; yes, we have far more important things to worry abo...

In recent years, the Windrush scandal (2018) has been a very contentious topic because it highlighted continuous racism and violation of fundamental human rights against long term residents of the United Kingdom based on the hostile environment policy. The Windrush generation arrived to seek work in...