Week of January 28, 2019 Archives
RCI -
Other Investigations
Monday, January 28
Closeted Gay Clergy at Center of Catholicism's Crisis
Andrew Sullivan
,
New York
NFL Refs' Calif. Ties Suspected in Disputed Rams-Saints Play
Adam Schefter
,
ESPN
Crushed by Medical Bills, Americans Fundraise Online
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News
Selfie Dysmorphia Is Driving People to Seek Surgery
Elle Hunt
,
Guardian
The Zero-Waste Movement Is Coming for Your Garbage
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox
Colleges Snoop on Applicants' Clicks in Weighing Admissions
Douglas Belkin
,
WSJ
The Unstoppable Rise of Alternative Milks
Oliver Franklin-Wallis,
Guardian
The Personal Toll of Exposing Medicare Fraud
Sheelah Kolhatkar
,
New Yorker
In the Younger, Cheaper NFL, Super Bowl Champs Get Cut Too
Eddie Pells, AP
Tuesday, January 29
Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency
Jeremy B. Merrill
&
Ariana Tobin
,
ProPublica
The Germs in Your Gut Are Talking to Your Brain
Carl Zimmer
,
New York Times
Facebook Pays Teens to Install VPN That Spies on Them
John Constine, TechCrunch
Will Sports Betting Change How Games Are Watched?
Bruce Schoenfeld
, NYT Mag
Wednesday, January 30
A Starfish-Killing Disease Is Remaking the Oceans
Ed Yong
,
Atlantic
Broad Moves Afoot to Rein In 'Deep Fake' Videos
Kaveh Waddell
,
Axios
This Is Your Brain Off Facebook
Benedict Carey
,
New York Times
One Lawyer, 194 Felony Cases and No Time
Jugal K. Patel
&
Richard A. Oppel Jr.
,
NYT
Falsely Accused, Marines Vindicated Nearly 12 Years Later
Andrew deGrandpre,
WP
Thursday, January 31
Study: E-Cigarettes Are Effective at Helping Smokers Quit
Jan Hoffman
, NY
Times
Sackler Opioid Firm Scouted Anti-Addiction Market
David Armstrong
,
ProPublica, STAT
America's Epidemic of Child Vaccine Refusals by Parents
Emily Atkin
,
New Republic
Feds Created Fake University in Immigration Fraud Sting
Robert Snell
,
Detroit News
Friday, February 1
Prisons Collecting Cons' Voice Prints
George Joseph, Debbie Nathan
,
Intercept, Appeal
A Theory for Physics, Biology ... Even Economic Inequality
J. Peder Zane
,
WS Journal
DNA Kit Results Blew Apart Their Family
Amy Dockser Marcus
,
Wall Street Journal
Dark Web's New Twist on Dollar Counterfeiting
Del Quentin Wilber
, Los Angeles Times
RealClearInvestigations' Picks of the Week
The Editors
,
RealClearInvestigations
Found: Payton's Super Bowl Ring in Some College Kid's Couch
Sam Farmer
,
Tribune
Excerpt: The Coder Who Became a Crime Boss
Evan Ratliff
,
Wired
Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America
Craig Childs
,
Atlantic
Saturday, February 2
White Flight From Football as Blacks Embrace It
Alana Semuels
,
Atlantic