You reach for the spray bottle that you bought online. It promises to be a “hospital grade disinfectant,” your shield against illness. You use it on the kitchen counter where you’ll make your kids’ lunch. You use it on the…
When you buy a bond, you probably think you know what it costs. The price is right there, isn’t it? You trust the firm handling your money—your retirement, your kid’s college fund—to be straight with you. You trust them to…
The Bombs We Live Beside Life moves at a gentle pace on University Street in Guide Rock, Nebraska. It’s a small town, the kind of place where the biggest daily risk should be missing the lunch special at the local…
Imagine watching your life savings evaporate in an instant. You saw a stock, something cheap with a foreign-sounding name, suddenly skyrocket. It was the talk of online message boards, the “next big thing.” So you bought in, dreaming of a…
We’ve all seen the bottle. It’s sitting on the shelf at Whole Foods or The Fresh Market, probably in the fancy water aisle. It’s heavy. Glass. The label for Mountain Valley Spring Water evokes images of untouched forests and pristine…
You probably don’t think about it. You put money into your 401(k) or your investment account, trusting that you’re playing on a level field. You trust that the market has rules… rules of transparency, of fairness! Rules that were designed…
It’s a story you’ve heard before, but it never gets any less devastating. Someone you trust, someone with all the right credentials, promises you a ticket to the good life. A way out of the rat race. A secret path…
On May 9, 2024, an EPA inspector stood at the edge of a wetland near Smackover, Arkansas, looking at a dirty disaster. Water that should have been teeming with life was poisoned. It was flowing from the wetland into a…
The Upper Columbia River has been the home to the Confederated Tribes of the Coville Reservation since “time immemorial”, according to a recent lawsuit filed against Teck Resources Limited. The river was their grocery store, their sanctuary, their religious church….…
Imagine you’ve made a big decision. You’re moving your life savings, your retirement fund, your nest egg, from one brokerage to another. You find a new firm, fill out the paperwork, and click “submit” on the transfer request. You expect…