December 17, 2018 Archives

Week of December 17, 2018 Archives

RCI - Other Investigations

Monday, December 17

Time and Again, Facebook Drags Feet on Privacy Scandals

David McCabe, Axios

Small Rifle Firms Thriving Under Activists' Radar

Ross Kerber, Tim McLaughlin, Reuters

Parental Child Abuse Rises After Friday Report Cards: Study

Lindsey Tanner, AP

No Royalties for Bluesman Robert Johnson's Kin, Again

Robert Gordon, Longreads

Tuesday, December 18

DeVos to End Lenient Obama-Era School Discipline

Erica L. Green & Katie Benner, NYT

2-Year-Old Instagrammers Who Make More Than You

Katharine Schwab, Fast Co.

Sex, Starvation, and the Escargot on Your Plate

Eleanor Cummins, Popular Science

Where Is Scientology Leader David Miscavige’s Wife?

Marlow Stern, Daily Beast

Wednesday, December 19

Study: Women Abused Every 30 Seconds on Twitter

Rachel England, Engadget

Facebook Offered Privacy Wall, Let Tech Giants Around It

Confessore et al., NY Times

NASA: Saturn's Rings Are Disappearing

Nadia Drake, New York Times

NYT Got Access to Facebook Data Without Users' Knowledge

Joe Simonson, DC

How FedEx Pulls Off Its Christmas Logistics

Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics

Thursday, December 20

Technology Is Killing Street Food

Christine Ro, Atlantic

Dirty Dealing in the $175B Amazon Marketplace

Josh Dzieza, Verge

Friday, December 21

Justice Department Investigating Migrant Shelter Provider

Ruiz et al., NY Times

The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini

Katherine Rosman, New York Times

Saturday, December 22

How Google Is Helping the State Spy on Us

Yasha Levine, Guardian

How to Keep Baby Jesus in Manger? Bolts, Cameras and Tethers

Mitch Smith, NYT

Emergency-Room Lessons From $238 Eyedrops and $60 Ibuprofen

Sarah Kliff, Vox