Week of May 28, 2018 Archives
RCI -
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Monday, May 28
The Downfall of U.S. Nuclear Power Has Left a Huge Mess
Fred Pearce
,
Atlantic
A History of Wicked Stones
Levi Higgs
,
Daily Beast
How Marines Blew Biggest War Crimes Case Since 'Nam
Adam Linehan,
TaskPurpose
With Easily Smuggled Chinese Fentanyl, New Era of Drug Lords
Deprez
et al.,
B'berg
Tuesday, May 29
The Financial Scandal No One Is Talking About
Richard Brooks
,
Guardian
The World Isn't Prepared for Retirement
Suzanne Woolley
,
Bloomberg
Book Excerpt: The Last Days of Bruce Lee
Matthew Polly
,
The Ringer
Lottery Winners' Neighbors More Likely to Spend, Go Bankrupt
Peter Coy
,
B'berg
U.N. Knew About Sex-for-Food Scandal Involving Top Charities
Sara Malm
,
Mail
Wednesday, May 30
Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused
Barry Meier
,
New York Times
How Gender Bias Affects Your Healthcare
Maya Dusenbery
,
BBC Future
Advocacy Group for Startups Actually Backed by Google
David Dayen
,
Intercept
Cheaper Chemical Copies of Pricey Wine Taste Pretty Good
Bruce Schoenfeld
,
Wired
Inside the NCAA's Long Investigation of Ole Miss Football
Steven Godfrey
,
SB Nation
$670 a Day to Make Unaccompanied Alien Kids 'Comfortable'
Stephen Dinan
,
WT
The 'Sex Cult' That Preached Empowerment
Vanessa Grigoriadis
,
NY Times Magazine
MSNBC Host Backed 9/11 Truther Film
Charlie Warzel
&
Joseph Bernstein
,
Buzzfeed
9/11 Suspect's Pictures From an Interrogation
Raymond Bonner
,
Tim Golden
,
ProPublica
Thursday, May 31
Pentagon Deal Roils Google, Risks Driving Away Talent
Daisuke Wakabayashi
,
NYT
Unproven Forensic Science Spread Through Justice System
Leora Smith
,
ProPublica
For 'Columbiners,' School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure
Fernandez
et al.,
NY Times
Triple Jeopardy in College Rape Case Ends NFL Career
Michael Powell
,
NY Times
How Coke Spun the Public on Its Water Use
Christine MacDonald
,
Invest. Fund, Verge
Friday, June 1
Signing Away Our Lives on Facebook
University of King's College
,
The Walrus
Would You Sell Your Soul for a Nobel?
Ramin Skibba
,
Undark
Social Networks Losing Battle With Illegal Pharmacies
Jane Lytvynenko
,
BuzzFeed
Lawsuits: How Big Pharma Used Strippers to Push Opioids
Julia Lurie
,
Mother Jones
Ancestry Wants Your Spit, Your DNA and Your Trust
Stuart Leavenworth
,
McClatchy
Meet the Flat Earthers
Alan Burdick
,
New Yorker
Why Lipstick That Costs $2.50 to Make Is So Expensive
Cheryl Wischhover
,
Racked
Planned Parenthood Accused of Hiding Child Sexual Abuse
Live Action
Synthetic Weed is Back and Unpredictable
Christopher Moraff
,
Daily Beast