These charlatans became known as snake oil salesmen. But where does the term “snake oil” come from? In the mid-19th century, railroad workers who had immigrated to the United States from China ...

Waititu, too, is in a rush to get out, a fact that he shared is being exploited by snake oil salesmen who have been trooping to the prison and sell Freedom Charter: For a fee of Sh10m to Sh15m ...

snake-oil salesmen and apostles of violent confrontation" made inroads across the country. In his well-reported but blinkered Chaos Comes Calling, Abramsky relays his view of how that played out ...

Hassan then argued Oz seemed "unwilling to take accountability for [his] promotion of snake oil remedies." Oz's financial ties to a litany of companies spanning many corners of the healthcare ...