Week of August 20, 2018 Archives
RCI -
Other Investigations
Monday, August 20
Women Recount Invasive Searches by U.S. Customs
Susan Ferriss
,
Ctr/Public Integrity
Paul Singer, Doomsday Investor
Sheelah Kolhatkar
,
New Yorker
Sharing Economy Can Worsen Inequality
Gregory M. Stein,
Social Science Research Net.
Mattress Firms Not Taking the Sleep War Lying Down
Elizabeth Segran
,
Fast Company
MS-13, Violent and Unruly, Is Trying to Organize. Can It?
Del Quentin Wilber
,
WSJ
The Shadowy Money Behind the Vitamin D Craze
Liz Szabo,
New York Times
The Racism Scandal Tearing Beauty YouTube Apart
Abby Ohlheiser
,
Washington Post
A Few Words About Fake Breasts
Nell Boeschenstein
,
Granta
Tuesday, August 21
Video Games Are Making It Harder to Stop Playing
Sarah E. Needleman,
Wall St Journal
Google's Data Collection Is Hard to Escape
Heather Kelly
,
CNN Tech
ERs Reporting Lots of Scooter Injuries
Katie Notopoulos
,
BuzzFeed News
Taser Firm Looks to Transform Policing via Body Cams
Dana Goodyear
,
New Yorker
More Americans Are Reporting Near-Constant Cannabis Use
Annie Lowrey
,
Atlantic
How Tech Flops Make Silicon Valley 'Undertakers' Rich
Adrian Daub
,
Guardian
Cheap Online Shopping Turning Americans Into Pack Rats
Alana Semuels
,
Atlantic
NotPetya, Most Devastating Cyberattack in History
Andy Greenberg
,
Wired
Wednesday, August 22
Fire Ants Hold the Secret to Smooth Traffic Flow
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica
A New Wife, a Secret Past and a Trail of Loss and Blood
Michael Wilson
, NYT
Facebook Reveals Meddling From Iran, Russia
Fischer et al.,
Axios
How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms
Haley Krischner,
Marie Claire
The Women Code Breakers Who Unmasked Soviet Spies
Liza Mundy
,
Smithsonian
What Does Knee Surgery Cost? Few Know, and It's a Problem
Melanie Evans
,
WSJ
Advocates: Giraffes Dwindle as Giraffe-Derived Goods Boom
Karen Weintraub
,
NYT
Thursday, August 23
'Co-Living': Millennials Revamp Communal Housing
Max Blau
,
Politico Magazine
Things Just Keep Getting Worse for College Humanities
Benjamin Schmidt
,
Atlantic
SEIU Union Boss Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Bill McMorris
,
Washington Free Beacon
Why Drugs Become Useless Against Bacteria
David Quammen,
National Geographic
Vilified Backpage.com Founders Speak for First Time
Elizabeth Nolan Brown
,
Reason
Do 'Safe Injection' Sites Reduce OD's? Guess Again
German Lopez
,
Vox
Friday, August 24
As Vet Bills Add Up, More Pet Owners Opt for Insurance
Joe Craven McGinty, WSJ
Are Forgotten Crops the Future of Food?
Preeti Jha
,
BBC