Halls · computed from the record, updated nightly

Who answered. Who didn't.

Every person and organization our stories name, ranked by what they did when asked. Nobody is placed by hand: the halls are a sort over the same entities, stories, responses, outcomes and facts you see everywhere else.

Hall of Shame

346 qualify

Ranked by open stories, weighted by silence: no response or declined to comment, stories lost, and money in the record. One admission or one fixed story moves an entity out.

Hall of Fame

1,439 qualify · top 10

Ranked by what got fixed: stories closed as won after the entity answered, admissions on the record, and the auditors, clerks and boards whose action produced an outcome. Being named in a story is not disqualifying; refusing to answer is.

01UDUS Department of StateAgency · United States · US foreign ministry under Marco Rubio; sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors; found to have targeted pro-Palestinian noncitizens unlawfullyActed on 6Responded · 4 of 4In progress · 20 wins yet6 outcomes 02ICInternational Criminal CourtAgency · International Criminal Court · Permanent war-crimes court in The Hague (2026 budget EUR 196.9M); its first Darfur conviction came 18 years after the warrantActed on 80 wins yet8 outcomes 03EOExecutive Office for Immigration ReviewAgency · United States · DOJ agency that runs the immigration courts; about 3.5M-case backlog; lost nearly a quarter of its judges after the 2025 firingsWon · 1Acted on 2Partly won · 12 wins2 outcomes 04CACentral Anti-Corruption Criminal Court (Iraq)Agency · Iraq · Iraqi court handling corruption cases.Acted on 40 wins yet4 outcomes 05ICInternational Court of JusticeAgency · International Court of Justice · UN's top court; in 2024 ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts, allow aid & halt the Rafah offensive; South Africa v. Israel runs to 2029Acted on 70 wins yet7 outcomes 06ESEmployment and Social Development Canada (Temporary Foreign Worker Program)Agency · Canada · Federal department running the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, which a UN slavery rapporteur called a breeding ground for modern slaveryActed on 3Partly won · 1Responded · 1 of 11 win3 outcomes 07UNUnidad Nacional de Proteccion (UNP)Agency · Colombia · Colombia's bodyguard agency; budget nearly doubled to COP 3.14 trillion by 2025; projects a COP 2.48 trillion 2026 shortfallWon · 1Acted on 2Responded · 1 of 11 win2 outcomes 08USU.S. Department of the TreasuryAgency · United States · U.S. federal finance department; administers sanctions through OFAC.Acted on 4Responded · 1 of 1In progress · 10 wins yet4 outcomes 09IFIntegrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)Organization · UN-backed global hunger monitor that classifies food crises and confirms famineActed on 50 wins yet5 outcomes 10SCSupreme Court of IndiaAgency · India · India's apex court; its in-house panel found the Varma cash allegations proved yet it refused petitions for an FIRActed on 50 wins yet5 outcomes

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How the halls are computed

Shame score = open stories × (1 + silent share) + lost outcomes, with $ in the record as the tiebreak. Fame score = won + ½ partial outcomes after a response or admission, plus outcomes the entity itself produced.

Moving between halls

A single admission or a single story closed as won moves an entity out of Shame. Declining to comment counts as silence. Nothing here is edited by hand; corrections go through the story.

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