Oil for repression: How Venezuela spent billions on a Cuban-backed security state

Venezuela's vast oil wealth did more than sustain an ally in Havana. It helped finance a far-reaching intelligence and ...
EUobserver

Ukraine Battlefield update (Day 1,483): Where Russia’s spring offensive is likely to start and why it’s already not going to plan

"The ground is drying out, soon ‘zelenka’ will appear [and] we will see what conclusions the Moskali [Russian forces] have ...

Should You Leave Your Phone Charging Overnight?

It used to be common wisdom that leaving your phone charging overnight degrades the battery. But handset design has evolved ...
The Assembly NC

Public Records Must Be Produced ‘Promptly.’ How Did N.C. Towns Do?

While local government communications are public, cities vary widely in how they fulfill the legal obligation to make them ...
WHQR

State law says public records have to be provided ‘as promptly as possible.’ What does that actually mean?

While local government communications are public, cities vary widely in how they fulfill the legal obligation to make them ...

“A dumb fuckin’ song”: How The Mamas and the Papas wrote a defining counterculture anthem and then disowned it

Few bands captured this quite like The Mamas and the Papas. So, it proves fitting that the song that perhaps sounds as close ...