Here's How Much Amazon Employees Really Get Paid
In 2018, Amazon's revenue reached the new height of $232.9 billion with a $10 billion profit. Before 2019, Amazon paid nothing — nada — on taxes.
Read MoreIn 2018, Amazon's revenue reached the new height of $232.9 billion with a $10 billion profit. Before 2019, Amazon paid nothing — nada — on taxes.
Read MoreFor once, 2020 has brought about some good news. Well, good news for the people who have been looking for signs that aliens have already visited Earth, anyway.
Read MoreHarvey Milk is an icon, the first non-incumbent openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. Here's the tragic story of Harvey Milk.
Read MoreThe lesser-known political parties of the U.S. run the gamut from weird and wacky to disturbing and even scary. Here are some you probably haven't heard of.
Read MoreThe Brazilian flag stands out. But what does it actually mean?
Read MoreThe Peter Parker school of ethics teaches that with great power comes great responsibility. If Spider-Man had consulted a lawyer, he'd know that U.S. courts often hold people with great power less responsible for wrongdoing, especially public officials, a legal protection called qualified immunity.
Read MoreThe Secret Service's mandate wasn't expanded to presidential security until 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated while in office. The first president to be assassinated was Abraham Lincoln, in 1865 ... and, in a deep historical irony, it was Lincoln who established the Service.
Read MoreThe late 1990s were a magical time. But all was not well in America -- there was a dire threat lurking just over the horizon. The United States National Security Agency was on top of it. In January of 1999, they made their move, officially banning Furbies from NSA property.
Read MoreIt's probably fairly obvious and intuitive that Special Forces (AKA Green Beret) training involves a bit more than a few gentle laps, a couple of lazy pushups, and a multiple-choice test on how to kill bad guys with a pencil. Here's why you wouldn't survive it.
Read MoreYou know you've done a terrible job as a politician when voters will literally elect any alternative as a political middle finger. And there are some pretty fantastic examples of pointed finger-wagging at the ballot box.
Read MoreIt should be gently pointed out that vice presidents of the United States do get sick, some to the point of death.
Read MoreBreathable pork brains aren't the only food for horrible thoughts at a meat plant. And unfortunately, corporations worsen an already hazardous situation.
Read MoreIn March 2020, an Arizona man died in an ill-fated attempt to become immune to COVID-19. He and his wife consumed a fish tank cleaner called chloroquine phosphate after confusing it with a similar-sounding malaria medication: chloroquine.
Read MoreThe Dalai Lama is a complicated, multifaceted guy, and there's lots of history to unpack if you're going to engage in a conversation about him. For all of his remarkable achievements, he's a controversial figure whose life, like everyone else's, is freckled with apparent contradictions.
Read MoreWhile many political candidates would have been nuts to think they could win an election, the same can't be as easily said for the MyPillow guy, Mike Lindell, who may very well have a soft place to lay his political aspirations in the near future, thanks to a Trump endorsement.
Read MoreThe budding pandemic presents a particular conundrum for Trump, a notorious germaphobe. So how is he really handling it?
Read MoreEven commanders-in-chief can't do whatever they want. From driving cars to using cell phones, these are the rules that former presidents have to follow.
Read MorePolitical cartoons are cool. But the gig is also extremely dangerous. Here are political cartoons that got people fired.
Read MoreIn 2013, Edward Snowden forever changed how Americans (and others around the world) view the U.S. government. But what happened to Edward Snowden?
Read MoreWhat will really happen if President Donald Trump is impeached? While the Founding Fathers couldn't have prepared for everything, they did leave us with ways to remove law-breaking presidents. Robert Mueller is investigating whether that happened, but here's what will happen if Trump is impeached.
Read MoreImmigration is an incredibly hot-button issue. In 2018, it hit the headlines in a big way, but mostly not in a new way. Struggles over immigration have been going on for decades. Here's what really happens to immigrants when they reach the U.S. border.
Read MoreOsama bin Laden had plenty of wives and children, and not all agreed with him. Here's what happened to bin Laden's family.
Read MoreThe president of the United States is the leader of the free world, right? POTUS is one of the most important jobs in the world, and it comes with a lot of responsibility ... and powers or weird rules. Here are some disturbing secrets the government doesn't want you to know about the presidency.
Read MoreNobody really likes paying taxes, but they pay for our roads and schools and so on. Unfortunately, sometimes the wrong politicians get the keys to the national piggy bank. Here are some of the most egregious examples of politicians wasting government money.
Read MoreReady for more politics? The 2020 presidential election is just around the corner! Here are the skeletons that could take down these 2020 candidates.
Read MoreWhat really happens during a government shutdown? All kinds of wacky things, and most of it is not good for the government or for the people who rely on it. Government shutdowns are relatively recent and are pretty unique to the U.S. Here's what happens when the government shuts down.
Read MoreThe big news story of 2018 is the midterm election in the United States. Here's what the 2018 midterms mean for the next two years.
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