Week of December 4, 2017 Archives
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Monday, December 4
The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
Conor Dougherty
,
New York Times
Feds Went After Guns in 4,000 Failed Background Checks
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today
Why America Fails at Gathering Hate Crime Statistics
Ken Schwencke
,
ProPublica
Facebook Allowed Scams, Malware in Political Ads
Valentino-DeVries
et al.,
ProPublica
Tuesday, December 5
How Dollar General Took Over Rural America
Sarah Nassauer
,
Wall Street Journal
The Takedown of Title IX
Kathryn Joyce
,
New York Times Magazine
Feds: We Can Tell Tech Firms to Build Encryption Backdoors
Zach Whittaker,
ZDNet
Road-Running to Prevent Another Veteran Suicide: His Own
Devon Heinen
,
Atlantic
The Christian Legal Army Behind 'Masterpiece Cakeshop'
Sarah Posner
,
Nation
A Teen in Solitary Confinement
Lisa Armstrong
,
New Yorker
Marketers Learn Much From One Facebook Like
Louise Matsakis
,
Motherboard
Secret Tricks Hidden Inside Restaurant Menus
Richard Gray
,
BBC Future
Brands Secretly Buy Way Into Forbes, HuffPost, Fast Company
Jon Christian
,
Outline
Brain Evidence Is Changing Criminal Trial Outcomes
Robbie Gonzalez
,
Wired
Wednesday, December 6
How Students Get Banished to Alternative Schools
Heather Vogell
,
ProPublica
Uber Paid 20-Year-Old to Keep Data Breach Secret
Joseph Menn, Dustin Volz,
Reuters
Can You Prove Your Innocence Without DNA?
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
,
Atlantic
Inmate Deaths Reveal Torturous Use of Tasers
Eisler
et al.,
Reuters Investigates
Thursday, December 7
Inside Web Influence Industry
Crofton Black
,
Abigail Fielding-Smith
,
Investigative Journalism
Surgeon General and His Brother: Reckoning With Addiction
Andrew Joseph
,
Stat
As Cattle Get Bigger, Steaks Get Thinner. Why Is That?
Caitlin Dewey
,
Washington Post
Millions Hounded for Debt They Don't Owe; He Fought Back
Zeke Faux
,
Bloomberg
Friday, December 8
Puerto Rico: Official Death Toll, 62; Actual Deaths, Maybe 1,052
Robles
et al., NYT
Delivery Confirmation and No Package From Amazon
Patrick Allan
,
Lifehacker
Black Women Dying in Pregnancy, Childbirth
Nina Martin
&
Renee Montagne
,
ProP, NPR
The Secrets and Service of a World War II Family
Dan Lamothe
,
Washington Post
DEA Seizes Nearly 500,000 Pills in 26 Pharmacies
Charles Fain Lehman
,
Free Beacon
Saturday, December 9
RealClearInvestigations' Picks of the Week
The Editors
,
RealClearInvestigations
Snoozing Jurors, Boring Lawyers Clog Wheels of Justice
Nicole Hong
,
WSJ
Should You Worry About the Arsenic in Your Baby Food?
Roni Caryn Rabin
,
NY Times
White Supremacist Got Job as Equal Employment Officer
Brendan O'Connor
,
Splinter
Investigative Classics: Iffy Exploits of Jack Anderson's 'Senior Ferret'
Editors
,
RCI