These are the people who made the world worse this year—plus a few who fought the good fight.

Russell Coleman, a Republican candidate in Kentucky, likes to hype up his past as a prosecutor. But his record doesn’t match up.

Retailers are locking up merchandise and closing stores nationwide, citing an explosion in organized theft. Could their losses be attributable to more than just shoplifting?

Russell Coleman’s bid to become Kentucky’s top lawyer has dredged up a troubling record of lenience.

Why has the media gone all in on small time scofflaws when organized financial crime is robbing people straight from their paychecks?

We do have reason to fear what comes next. But what’s happening right now is concerning enough.

It’s frightening to imagine what Donald Trump might do next.

Addiction recovery centers where alcohol is abundant. Hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid fraud. And countless people plucked off the street by strangers in vans—sometimes never to be seen again.

The MPD’s violent treatment of nonwhite residents has a much longer tail than the Justice Department’s devastating report makes clear.

A massive pork plant known for labor violations called the police on a disgruntled employee. Then a co-worker started filming.

9/11 was supposed to usher in an era of catastrophic jihadist attacks. Instead, we’re living in fear of a different kind of mass violence.

The charges leveled against the New York lawmaker highlight how little thought he put into his grift.

What happened in Brownsville is yet to be determined. The figures on vehicular fatalities, however, are clear.

Take 330 million people, 400 million guns, and a media that induces paranoia and glorifies gun violence, and, well, what do you expect?

Tuesday’s twin victories of progressive Brandon Johnson in Chicago and liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz in Wisconsin disprove the argument that Democrats need to embrace centrism.

The departure of a controversial Republican sheriff gave hope to reformers in Western New York. But very little has changed.

The Florida governor and presumptive presidential candidate is falling in the polls and making the same mistakes as Trump’s past rivals.

Many are arguing that criminal charges would help the former president’s reelection campaign. They’re wrong.

Paul Vallas has locked arms with the police, associated with an anti-LGBTQ group, and been mired in scandals. So why is he leading ahead of Tuesday’s election in the overwhelmingly Democratic city?

How a family in Missouri almost lost their kid, and couldn’t fight back thanks to qualified immunity laws.