NPR's Miles Parks talks with political scientists Charlie Hunt and Jaci Kettler about their podcast "Scandalized" which unpacks political scandals from American history.

It won’t surprise anyone to learn that American politicians have long been suspected of being untrustworthy, and at worst, corrupt. According to Pew Research, only 22% of Americans, as of May 2024, ...

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A new book says polarization breeds impunity from scandal. But America’s worst injustices emerged when the parties got along too well.

Philanthropy’s reputation has already been tarnished by well-publicized scandals, but the charges surrounding Rep. Tom DeLay, majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, now threaten to ...

Spiro Agnew. Sheila Dixon. Catherine Pugh. And now, Dalya Attar. State Sen. Dalya Attar joined an infamous list of Maryland politicians who’ve been embroiled in scandal, after she was charged last ...

An invoice scam by a low-level government employee in Memphis led to a police investigation that culminated 20 years ago in a federal probe that brought down some of the state's biggest political ...

Washington loves, loves, loves a good sex scandal. It’s a welcome distraction from the real problems of the world and a chance to feel morally superior to the lying liars caught, literally and ...