Keystone Corruption Continues: Cash P...
Brad BumstedOnce again, a crime wave swept through Pennsylvania state government. During a 17-month period from early 2015 through mid-2016, a sitting state treasurer, and a former state treasurer, both statewide elected officials who were guard...
As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star S...
Gail Collins"Gail Collins is the funniest serious political commentator in America. Reading As Texas Goes… is pure pleasure from page one." —Rachel MaddowAs Texas Goes . . . provides a trenchant yet often hilarious look into Americ...
Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism...
Thomas J. GradelPublic funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of "Where's mine?" and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local...
The Israel Lobby Enters State Governm...
Grant F. SmithThis book chronicles the formation, rise and secret activities of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board (VIAB). While other books have focused on the Israel lobby's influence over the federal government and U.S. foreign policy, there has...
The Shame of the Cities: The Famous M...
Lincoln SteffensRenowned muckraker and investigative reporter Lincoln Steffens recounts a series of historic corruption scandals in cities of the United States. The various backhanders and embezzlements occurring in the urban councils of the USA in t...