Fact Checking The Politics of Rankings: Examining the Controversy Behind Maine’s High School Performance Claims September 13, 2026 Raul Delapena Setiawan In the high-stakes theater of American political campaigns, statistics are frequently wielded as weapons. In the toss-up U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson,…
Fact Checking The Great Prescription Pricing Debate: Dissecting the Data Behind the Political Claims September 12, 2026 Muslim In the high-stakes arena of American healthcare policy, a 3.1% decline in prescription drug costs—the most significant year-over-year drop recorded by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) since 1963—has become…
Fact Checking The Battle for Alaska: Political Messaging and the Truth Behind Military Pay Raises July 20, 2026 Jia Lissa As the Alaska Senate race intensifies, the political landscape has become a theater of competing narratives, with the record of former U.S. Representative Mary Peltola serving as a primary flashpoint.…
Media Business Models The Battle for the Future of Media: Behind the Paramount-Skydance Merger Showdown July 18, 2026 Nana Muazin The landscape of American media is currently teetering on the edge of a historic, and deeply contentious, transformation. In a move that has sent tremors through both the boardrooms of…
Open Source Intelligence The Digital Shadow: Unmasking the Crypto Entrepreneur Behind a Global Hub for Non-Consensual Imagery July 18, 2026 Evan Lee Salim This investigation is a joint collaboration between Bellingcat and the New Zealand news outlet The Press. Content warning: This article contains discussions of non-consensual sexually explicit content and child sexual…
