Week of January 22, 2018 Archives
RCI -
Other Investigations
Monday, January 22
Book Excerpt: 'American Pravda'
James O'Keefe
,
Project Veritas
From the Archives of an Illegal Abortion Network
Katie McDonough
,
Splinter
The Spin Master Behind Facebook, Airbnb, and Silicon Valley
Jessi Hempel
,
Wired
Did a Son Kill His Mother for Inheritance Money?
James D. Walsh
,
New York Magazine
Two Years' Household Electricity Makes One Bitcoin
Nathaniel Popper
,
NY Times
Tuesday, January 23
Artificial Intelligence Is Going to Supercharge Surveillance
James Vincent
,
Verge
Meet the Amateur Scientist Who Discovered Climate Change
Charles C. Mann
,
Wired
Wednesday, January 24
College Costs Driven by Deceptive Accounting Practices
Andrew Kerr
,
Daily Caller
Behind the Simulations Imagining the Nuclear Apocalypse
Sean Lyngaas
,
Verge
As Hospital Chains Form Regional Hubs, Local Services Shrink
Casey Ross
,
Stat
The Internet Is Enabling a New Kind of Poorly Paid Drudgery
Alana Semuels
,
Atlantic
Thursday, January 25
Personal Finance Apps Trying to Automate Adulthood
Caroline O'Donovan
,
BuzzFeed
What A $75K Salary Gets You in Six Different Cities
Venessa Wong
,
BuzzFeed
Facebook Begins Its Downward Spiral
Nick Bilton,
Vanity Fair
Cryptocurrency Scammers Are Running Wild on Telegram
Ryan Mac
,
BuzzFeed
The Science of Why Swearing Physically Reduces Pain
Emma Byrne
,
Wired
Google May Be Tracking Every Move Android Users Make
David Yanofsky
,
Quartz
Saturday, January 27
ICE Prepares to Track License Plates Across the U.S.
Russell Brandom
, The
Verge
Enviro Push to Ban Plastic Straws Relies on a Kid's Data
Christian Britschgi
,
Reason
Investigative Classics: Before 'Black Like Me,' Negro Like Him
The
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