Week of August 14, 2017 Archives
RCI -
Other Investigations
Monday, August 14
CBP Spent Millions Polygraphing Disqualified Applicants
Katz
,
Government Executive
Man's Maggots Reveal Tension Between Privacy & Accountability
David Klepper
,
AP
Hackers Hold US Factories For Ransom
Emery P. Dalesio
,
AP
AG Lynch Used Phony Email to Foil FOIA
The Editors
,
Washington Examiner
Venezuelan Lawmaker May Have Targeted Rubio for Murder
Mazzei
,
Miami Herald
Conservative TV Group Working With the FCC
Kang
,
Lipton
&
Ember
,
New York Times
Misdemeanor Defendants Routinely Denied Rights
Topher Sanders
,
ProPublica
Exxon Refinery Harms Neighbors, EPA Does Little
Sharon Lerner
,
Intercept
Cults Use YouTube for Recruitment
Mack Lamoureux
,
Vice
Nabobs of Negativity No Longer Review Music
Neil Shah
,
Wall Street Journal
Why We Fell for Clean Eating
Bee Wilson
,
Guardian
Tuesday, August 15
Justifiable Homicide Rates Suggest Racial Bias
Lathrop
&
Flagg
,
Marshall Project
Push To Revoke HIV Disclosure Laws
Rod McCullom
,
Undark
Lead in School Water Fountains
Elissa Nuñez
&
Amy Molloy
,
Center for Public Integrity
Wednesday, August 16
Trans Americans Struggle to Get Correct IDs
Caruba
,
San Antonio Express-News
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Slow Chemical Dissolve
Hayley Campbell
,
Wired
Journalist Unmasks Murderous Terrorist
Souad Mekhennet
,
Longreads
They Got Hurt At Work, Then They Got Deported
Grabell
&
Berkes
,
ProPublica, NPR
Thursday, August 17
Rise of the Violent Left
Peter Beinart
,
Atlantic
Walmart's Crime Problem Drives Police Crazy
Pettypiece
&
Voreacos
,
Bloomberg
The American Constipation Epidemic
Haider Warraich
,
STAT
The Company Behind Many Surprise ER Bills
Creswell
,
Abelson
&
Sanger-Katz
,
NY Times
Friday, August 18
Why Taking Fish Medicine is a Bad Idea
Maya Wei-Haas
,
Smithsonian
How SB Nation Profits Off an Army of Exploited Workers
Laura Wagner
,
Deadspin
White Nationalists Get Mixed Results From Ancestry Tests
Eric Boodman
,
STAT