The Moral Decay Index https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Jackson, Mississippi Bribery Scandal: Sentencing for Ex-Mayor, Councilman and DA Postponed A NH Supreme Court Justice Tried to Fix Her Husband’s Criminal Case. She Just Resigned Under an Ethics Deal. ProPublica Report Links Sen. Susan Collins to Alleged Defense Contract Fundraising Scheme Case File: He Got Caught. He Kept Stealing Anyway. Methodology Countdown Clock Ohio County Commissioner Sentenced to 30 Months in Port Authority Kickback Scheme Former Junction City Detective Indicted Over Alleged Sexual Favors for Leniency Cincinnati Charter School Superintendent, Contractor Indicted in Alleged $8 Million Kickback Scheme Michael Madigan’s Corruption Conviction Upheld — Now He Wants the Supreme Court to Step In Pardons, Inc.: House Democrats Say Trump’s Second-Term Clemency Erased Nearly $1.7 Billion in Penalties What the Moral Decay Index Is, How It Works, and Why It Has No Score Record Incomes, Widening Gap: What the Newest Census and Fed Data Say About American Inequality 17 Veterans a Day: What the VA’s Latest Suicide Report Says About Our Gratitude $167 Billion Bet on Sports in 2025. The Research on Who Pays Is Brutal. 4 in 10 High Schoolers Report Persistent Sadness. The Adults Built This. Impeached Twice, Convicted Once, Never Tried Federally: The Trump Record and the Test It Puts to You 2,000 Children Died of Abuse or Neglect in One Year. The Official Count Is the Floor. A Man Faked Biden’s Voice to Tell Voters to Stay Home. A Jury Acquitted Him. Welcome to the Deepfake Era. That Panicked Call From Your Grandson Might Be a Clone. Here’s the Family Plan. $45 Million, No Names: The Dallas Convention and the Dark Money Both Parties Love Expelled, Re-Elected, and Now a Deadlocked Jury: The Trayon White Bribery Case She Billed Medicaid $69 Million to ‘Treat’ Native Americans. The Sentence: 14 Years. $200 Billion in Pandemic Fraud. Six Years Later, the Government Is Still Chasing It. They Got $118 Million to House the Homeless. Prosecutors Say Some of It Built a Nightclub. He Erased $6.7 Million in Taxes for $101,500 in Bribes. He Wasn’t the Only One. Hawaii’s Lieutenant Governor Faces Bribery Charges. A Key Defendant Is Abroad. Convicted Connecticut Official Skips Sentencing, Flees to Greece by Boat and Plane Overdose Deaths Fell in CDC’s 2025 Estimate: Progress Worth Protecting Falling Crime and Public Perception: Comparing the Dates Before Declaring a Gap Religious Attendance in 2025: Lower Participation and the Duty to Serve Gallup’s 27% Institutional Confidence Average: Why the Individual Ratings Matter One Quarter Had Not Married by 40: What the 2021 Census Finding Does and Does Not Mean Shoplifting Is Down 12%. The Panic Was Bigger Than the Data, and the Crime Is Changing Shape. 82% Rearrested Within 10 Years: America’s Prisons Are Failing Victims and Inmates Alike 72% of Republicans and 63% of Democrats Call the Other Side Immoral. Most of Them Are Wrong About Who That Is. One in Three Americans Can’t Name the Branches of Government. The Real Problem Is Worse. The Young Trust Each Other Least. They’re Also the Only Ones Getting Better. Media Trust Hit 28%. Distrust Isn’t the Same as Thinking Clearly. Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Pleads Guilty: Gun Permits Traded for iPads and Sharks Tickets Chatfield Corruption Trial Halted Days Before Jury Selection — After Wife’s Guilty Plea to Same Scheme Terms of Service Disclaimer Recommended Reading About Us Videos Privacy Policy Contact Advertising Disclosure The Moral Decay Index