Tech CEOs Earned $564 Million as 112,356 Workers Lost Jobs at Profitable Companies
Twenty major technology companies laid off more than 112,000 employees in 2023 while their CEOs collected $564.4 million in total compensation—an average of $28.2 million per executive. The companies averaged $11.5 billion in profit and saw their stock prices rise 28% on average, rewarding the same executives who ordered the cuts with stock awards worth $513.6 million.
Congress Took 42 Days on Average to Disclose Stock Trades in 2023. The Law Says 30 or Face Fines.
When your senator buys $500,000 in pharmaceutical stocks, federal law requires disclosure within 30 days—or a $200 fine per day. But across 450 congressional stock trades from 2023-2024, politicians waited an average of 42 days.
Dark Money Spent $1.9 Billion Against Candidates in 242 Swing Districts. Opposition Money Outspent Support by Nearly 2-to-1.
In America's most competitive congressional districts, the real money isn't spent convincing you to support someone—it's spent making you hate their opponent. For every dollar supporting candidates, dark money spent $1.73 attacking them.
Every weekday at 5:00 PM, NYC's roads become a battlefield. We analyzed 2 million crashes to find out why.
610,815 injured. 2,923 killed. Machine learning reveals the exact hour and conditions when you're most likely to get hit — and the findings challenge everything the city tells you about traffic safety.
Hollywood has a formula for making money. We reverse-engineered it from 4,803 movies — and the results will change how you watch films.
Horror films return 1,001% ROI. Audience buzz predicts revenue better than budget. And 6 ultra-low-budget films somehow each earned over $100M. The formula is real.
35 years of FAA data reveals who's really responsible for bird strikes — and it's not who you think
We analyzed every wildlife strike reported to the FAA since 1990. The findings challenge what the aviation industry tells the public about this growing safety problem.