Among the isolated communities US Orthodox Jews, some find out about science and doubt their dogmas, but they don't dare admit this and they don't dare leave.

There are good reasons why someone might default on their student loans.

Many US businesses bully their employees into supporting the boss's political candidates.

The company whose corroded pipeline polluted the California coast had told the government that its pipeline was unlikely to leak and that its high-tech monitoring would detect any leak immediately.

That's business for you: lie when applying for permission, figuring that they won't get fined enough to take away all their profits.

A US law which prohibits employers from asking employees for DNA samples is an example of the strictness required to protect privacy in the digital age.