September 25, 2017 Archives

Week of September 25, 2017 Archives

RCI - Other Investigations

Monday, September 25

When Bad DNA Tests Lead to False Convictions

Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo

Born to Scam: Ticket Prices Soar, Wall Street Gets Scalped

Keller et al., Bloomberg

What Makes Gloria Allred Tick

Jia Tolentino, New Yorker

Sports-Fixing More Common Than Ever Worldwide

The Economist

Tuesday, September 26

The Coming Software Apocalypse

James Somers, Atlantic

America Tastes Like Chicken

Bjerga et al., Bloomberg

Feds Look Into Practices of Largest 'Green' Lender

Kirsten Grind, Wall Street Journal

How U.S. Military Outsourcing Turned Toxic

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica

The Inside Story of the Great Silicon Heist

Brendan Koerner, Wired

Taking On 'Dark Underbelly' of College Hoops

Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Ben Cohen, WSJ

Wednesday, September 27

When 'Not Guilty' by Insanity Is a Life Sentence

Mac McClelland, NY Times Magazine

Crowdsourcing an Alzheimer’s Cure

Miranda Katz, Wired

Thursday, September 28

Indie Cinema Sexual-Assault Allegations

Amy Zimmerman, Daily Beast

God Is a Bot, and Google's Self-Driving Foe Is His Messenger

Mark Harris, Wired

Friday, September 29

Judges Are Bad at Telling Good Science From Bad

Radley Balko, Washington Post

How Harvard Helps its Richest Students Get Ahead

Sarah Ruden, Washington Post

Poor Academics Turn to Sex Work and Sleeping in Cars

Alastair Gee, Guardian

A Legal Industry Built on Private School Sex Abuse

Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times

Showtime Caught Mining Crypto-Coin With Viewers' PCs

Rhett Jones, Gizmodo