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Lesson Plan April 02 2025

Lesson plan: Following the money in campaign donations and policymaking

Learn about how money can be a corrupting force in politics and who benefits most from it

A view of the White House as U.S. President Trump makes his way across the nation, in Washington

Daily News Lesson January 29 2025

Trump fires inspectors general across federal agencies

Learn about inspectors general and their roles in the federal government

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) trial in connection with an alleged corrupt relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, in New York City

Daily News Lesson July 18 2024

New Jersey Sen. Menendez convicted of corruption charges

Democratic leaders call for his resignation

Protest against Brazilian President Bolsonaro's government, Brazil's National Indian Foundation (FUNAI)'s President Marcelo Augusto Xavier da Silva and for the search for Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, in Brasilia

Daily News Lesson June 20 2022

Third arrest made in murder of journalist, Indigenous activist in the Amazon — and other news for June 21, 2022

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

House Speaker Pelosi hosts enrolment signing ceremony for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) relief bill on Capitol Hill in Washington

Daily News Lesson December 23 2021

Dec. 23, 2021: Nearly $100B in COVID relief was stolen, Secret Service says

Record number of Americans sign up for health insurance through ACA, COVID infections in South Africa falling after huge spike

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Daily Video May 28 2015

FIFA soccer officials arrested on corruption charges

The U.S. Justice Department alleges that FIFA officials commonly accepted bribes for business decisions and engaged in racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering and other illegal activities.

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