Midterm Voters With Limited English Faced Obstacles
But in southern Brooklyn, they showed they can still swing an election.
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A Border Wall Could Cause Deadly Flooding. Officials Plan to Build It Anyway
Engineers have long concluded that a wall in the flood plain of Starr County, Texas, could be catastrophic.
How the ADA Could Affect Native American Voters
The relocation of polling sites near the Navajo Nation months before midterm elections raises concerns of future voter suppression.
Voters with Limited English Could Help Determine Congress
Language accommodation for voting (or the lack thereof) could swing 20 congressional elections.
Wall Street Moves to Gut Post-Crisis Financial Rules
The requirements, imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, were put in place to ensure that critical financial institutions could weather economic storms.
Border Patrol Union Endorses Extremist Video
The National Border Patrol Council is featured in a video that includes group linked to white nationalists.
The Private Equity Governor
Gov. Bruce Rauner made a fortune charging high fees to public pensions. Once elected, he tried to slash pension benefits.
The Whistleblower
Kentucky’s willingness to gamble massively on high-risk alternative investments for its pensions has made the state an easy mark for Wall Street hucksters.
A Giant Pile of Money
Public pensions squander tens of billions of dollars each year on risky, poor-performing alternative investments like hedge funds.
African Governments Pay for Mauritius Miracle
Ghost offices on the small island provide legal but questionable means of siphoning tax dollars away from poor countries and into the pockets of the global elite.
