Within the federal government, offices dedicated to fighting foreign disinformation are springing up like daisies, from the Pentagon’s new Influence and Perception…
The champions of the “free market” are frantically lobbying to block the Federal Trade Commission’s imminent ban on noncompete agreements, which prevent…
The CEO of Iron Mountain Inc. told Wall Street analysts at a September 20 investor event that the high levels of inflation of…
Concerned about “reputational risk” on social media, management is trying to keep accidents among salaried workers quiet
The signature of outgoing Associated Press Executive Editor Sally Buzbee is conspicuously absent from the memo sent over the weekend
Amazon ambassadors were trained to defend Jeff Bezos and clap back at Bernie Sanders under a program codenamed “Veritas”
If employees actually had to pee in bottles, Amazon said, “nobody would work for us.” That’s a lie
The Pentagon warned the White House about a shortage of ventilators, face masks, and hospital beds in 2017—but the Trump administration did nothing
New Exposé on Trump and Syrian Chemical Attacks
Interview on Donald Trump to the efficacy and civilian toll of the Mosul offensive
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