Week of August 12, 2019 Archives

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Monday, August 12
Hepatitis A Across Country in Wake of Opioid Crisis
Laura Ungar, Kaiser Health News
World's 25 Richest Families Control $1.4 Trillion (Waltons: $77K/Min.)
Bloomberg
Illicit Thrill of 'Phreaking' the Phones Required in Elevators
Andy Greenberg, Wired
Half of Opioids - 35 Billion - Handled by 15% of Pharmacies
Abelson et al., WP
Tuesday, August 13
3 Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
Nitasha Tiku, Wired
'Titanic' Finder Ballard's New Quest for Amelia Earhart’s Plane
Julie Cohn, NY Times
Wednesday, August 14
The Number of Fake Emotional Support Dogs Is Exploding
Adrienne Matei, Guardian
Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe User Conversations
Sarah Frier, Bloomberg
Luxe College Housing Driving Low-Income Students Away
Ali Breland, Businessweek
Crowdfunded 'Phone of Future' Was Multi-Million-Dollar Scam
Adi Robertson, Verge
Google Whistleblower Goes Public, Alleging Intimidation
Project Veritas
The Booming Business of Everyday Bulletproof Gear
Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post
Thursday, August 15
Parents Pressured to Give Up Their Children for Adoption
Amy Whipple, Vice
Heiress Spent Fortune to Keep Immigrants Out
Nicholas Kulish, Mike McIntire, NY Times
Kids Aren't Playing Enough Sports. The Culprit? Cost.
Kelly Cohen, ESPN
Friday, August 16
The Californication of America's Restaurants
Nick Mancall-Bitel, Eater
What You Need to Know About Markopolos's GE Fraud Charges
Al Root, Barron's
The Desperate Race to Neutralize a Lethal Superbug Yeast
Maryn McKenna, Wired
Not Nice: Inside Story of How HelloFresh Clawed Its Way to the Top
Burt Helm, Inc
The Doctors Who Tell Healthy Patients They're Sick
Olga Khazan, Atlantic
Insurers Hiring Cops to Investigate Their Own Customers
Kendall Taggart, BuzzFeed
The Story of Major League Baseball's Secret Mud
Emma Baccellieri, Sports Illustrated
Saturday, August 17
RealClearInvestigations' Picks of the Week
The Editors, RealClearInvestigations
Claims: Migrant Children Molested in U.S.-Funded Foster Care
Burke et al., AP, PBS
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