Pope Benedict XVI cited failing health for his decision to step down, but it is increasingly clear that a Vatican mired in corruption and nepotism weighed on his mind. Allegations of corruption at the ...

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025 ranks 182 countries and territories: the global average dropped to 42, and 122 countries score below 50, signalling widespread public sector corruption.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Susan Shelley, a columnist at the Orange County Register, recently reminded her readers — and the whole state — that ...

The first sitting mayor, Latoya Cantrell faces 18 felony counts. Former mayor Ray Nagin was charged after he left office and was convicted of numerous bribery-related crimes, and they're far from the ...

For a long time, finding a path into Rio Grande Valley politics has meant finding a path to success, to security and to power. But for an equally long time, that path has led some astray, onto a path ...

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum reflects on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, examining how postwar reconciliation—not battlefield ...

Let's begin with a theory of corruption in Nigeria, one which helps to put current events into sharp relief. In his book, Moral Economies of Corruption: State Formation and Political Culture in ...

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the African country has a long history of corruption. The amount paid is far more than recent annual assistance given to it. By Edward Wong ...