By Brooke Fetterhoff It’s well-documented that many multi-level marketing companies (MLMs) operate suspiciously like illegal pyramid schemes. In fact, a report from the Consumer Awareness Institute found that 99% of MLM participants actually lose money. The report analyzed over 500 MLMs and concluded that their compensation plans are based on…

By Grayson Ruhl I will never forget the rush of unlocking the 99-rated J.J. Watt in Madden Mobile. The game — a mobile version of the popular Madden football video game series — was at the height of its popularity, and as a 13-year-old, nothing made me more excited than…

By Emily Garcia In 2021, AG Merrick Garland announced that the Department of Justice will no longer seize journalists’ records — however, there is still a need to codify his promise into a law for succeeding administrations. In previous administrations, press freedom advocates witnessed flippant degradations of the fourth estate’s…

By Emily Garcia Open records laws are written with the expressed intention to make the government more accountable to the people it serves. Through open records laws, concerned citizens can make requests to see anything in the public record, from a public official’s emails to how much the city spends…

by Sophia Lam As April approaches, the IRS has warned taxpayers that current staffing shortages and backlogs will translate to “another frustrating filing season,” as there is currently only one IRS staffer available for every 16,000 incoming calls. This frustrating inaccessibility to information is also felt by watchdogs like CfA…

By Michael Clauw Last week, Facebook announced that it would be changing its policy to ban advertisers from targeting minors based on interest categories. Going forward, advertisers will only be able to target underage users based on their age, gender, and location. This followed criticism from advocacy groups, including CfA’s…

By Eric Dai The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is the independent federal regulatory agency that holds the all-important responsibility of enforcing campaign finance laws. Because of its inherently partisan structure, however, the FEC is failing utterly to meet its mission. The FEC is composed of six commissioners, all appointed by…

By Eric Dai If you don’t watch certain news, it may seem like “critical race theory” became a cultural flashpoint seemingly out of nowhere. Pundits on cable news have railed against critical race theory as “neo-Marxist rhetoric,” “mandatory indoctrination,” and “a disease born from the hateful halls of left-wing academia.”…

How the newest member of the Fortune 500 is crushing local journalism. By Nathaniel Hylton Earlier this month, Sinclair Broadcast Group was thrilled to share with the world that the telecommunications company, after decades of growth, had finally made its way into the coveted Fortune 500 list. What Sinclair’s self-congratulatory…