Government Waste

State, Local Subsidies to Columbus Soccer Stadium Dubbed ‘Corporate Welfare’

Feds Spend $245,331 to Boost Kids’ Self-Esteem By Teaching Them ‘Sustainable Gardening’

Project developing exercise rallies 'since kids tend to overeat during the summertime'

Feds Spend $149,631 To Determine How Ranchers ‘Perceive and Communicate’ About Climate Change

'Behavioral field experiment' on ranchers to convince them to take action on global warming

NSF Has Spent $62.5 Million on ‘Intersectionality’ and STEM Under Current Director

'Workshops on allies, inclusive classrooms, and microaggressions'

‘No Consistent Evidence’ $3 Billion Disability Program Helps Recipients Find a Job

'Very few participants return to work'

California Prisoners Got $3.5 Million from Social Security

Prisoners collected six-figure retirement payments while behind bars

Feds Give $570,890 Science Grant to ‘Intersectional Feminisms’ Professor

Researcher wants to 'transform the powers of technology to advance social justice'

McCaskill’s Husband Makes Millions Flipping Government Tax Credits

Husband used government program for poor to build own fortune

Feds Spend $172K to Fight Distracted Pedestrians Via Phone Alerts

Alert will instruct crossing the street safely 'rather than engaging with mobile technology'

Feds Spend $402,236 Comparing ‘Gender Variant’ Youth With ‘Cisgender Youth’

'Gender variant individuals … are experiencing an unprecedented moment in the spotlight of American culture'