# political corruption
A West Virginia Town Applied For Soviet Foreign Aid, and Other Lesser Known American History Facts
Did you know that an American vice president notorious for lacking self-confidence had the daylights scared out of him by getting pranked into believing that the president had died? Or that a…
These Historic Elections Were Tainted by Fraud and Voter Irregularities
The American electoral process has a long and often ignored history of various shenanigans manipulating the role of the voter…
The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos Shook the Phillippines
In 1976, Filipino journalist Primitivo Mijares wrote The Conjugal Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda Marcos, a tell-all that spilled…
10 Things to Know About the Evolution of the Police in the United States
Policing in America’s cities was developed along similar lines to that in England’s urban centers, particularly London. In the American…
You Don’t Truly Know these 10 Vice Presidents of the United States… Until Now
The first Vice President of the United States eventually became President. The second Vice President did the same. The third…
These 10 High Stakes Elections in America Were Bought, Rigged, or Stolen
America’s first presidential election was held when the Electoral College unanimously selected George Washington to become president in February of…