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The Small Business Administration’s rules prevent it from helping most employee- and consumer-owned cooperatives, even though Congress specifically asked it to. The result? Co-ops are largely cut out of the mainstream financial system.

Reporter Catherine Rentz goes behind the scenes of her serialized investigation into the outrage and promise of untested DNA from rape victims.

Drivers say the companies should just pay better.

Chicago, Il – With 222,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, rivers filling up with bodies for lack of space in crematoriums in India, Rev. Jesse L....

TAP expands, includes more federal spending - IRW’s Accountability Project now includes two decades of federal spending data, representing more than 165 million records. 

We found drug ads targeted at users interested in everything from bourbon to therapy.

Rep. Towns Meets with Black Franchise Owners Suing McDonalds May 4th (Nashville, TN) - Rep. Joe Towns Jr. of Memphis will meet on Tuesday, May 4th, 2021 with two of 77 former Black McDonald’s franchise owners who are suing the fast-food giant for racial discrimination.

Adam Lopez, Former Springfield School Board Chairman Pleads Guilty To Felony Theft (Springfield, IL) - Adam Lopez, Former Springfield School Board President and former insurance/financial and fitness businessman, has plead Guilty to felony theft, a Class X Felony, which was the most serious of the charges against him - all other charges were dismissed.

Color of Change petition calls Google’s block on advertisers searching for social justice content “unacceptable.”

The Markup’s Citizen Browser project found four companies targeting ads for financial products to specific age groups—a violation of Facebook policy and, potentially, civil rights laws