Alaska says it’s now legal “in some instances” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals ~lgbt Article 2601 words 12 votes
Ninety-four women allege a Utah doctor sexually assaulted them. Here’s why a judge threw out their case. ~health medicine Article 3853 words 10 votes
Steak dinners, sales reps and risky procedures: Inside the big business of clogged arteries ~health medicine Article 2767 words 6 votes
UnitedHealthcare tried to deny coverage to a chronically ill US patient. He fought back, exposing the insurer’s inner workings. ~health.mental Article 7083 words 15 votes
ProPublica reporting on the newly released US congressional report about COVID origins ~health Article 9636 words 21 votes
A mom’s campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town — and her own family ~lgbt Article 3715 words 7 votes
Right-wing think tank Family Research Council, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins growing list of activist groups seeking church status to shield themselves from financial scrutiny ~finance Article 2849 words 6 votes
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them. ~life education Article 7390 words 6 votes
How the sugar industry makes political friends and influences elections ~food Article 3340 words 2 votes
China unleashed its propaganda machine on Peng Shuai’s #MeToo accusation. Her story still got out. ~tech internet Article 1827 words 19 votes
Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. Almost nothing happened to the adults in charge. ~life Article 10 460 words 13 votes
Shared parenting is usually better for children — but the model fails for many women forced to co-parent with their abusers ~life parenting Article 5244 words 11 votes
The secret IRS files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest Americans avoid income tax ~finance Article 5786 words 19 votes
The climate crisis is worse than you can imagine. Here’s what happens if you try. ~enviro climate change Article 27 votes
All a gig-economy pioneer had to do was “politely disagree” it was violating US Federal law and the Labor Department walked away ~finance business Article 2058 words 8 votes
What Parler saw during the attack on the Capitol: Curated videos, arranged on a timeline ~news usa.dc politics Article 158 words 23 votes
Tethered to the machine: For years, Jamarcus Crews tried to get a new kidney, but corporate healthcare stood in the way ~health healthcare Article 7754 words, published Dec 15 2020 7 votes
Meet the customer service reps for Disney and Airbnb who have to pay to talk to you ~tech Article 6824 words 29 votes
Climate change will force a new American migration - Life is becoming increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, which could cause millions of people to relocate ~enviro climate change Article 6048 words 20 votes
US hospitals are suddenly short of young doctors — because of Donald Trump’s visa ban ~health healthcare Article 2078 words 9 votes
You can make millions selling masks to the government in three easy steps ~health Article 1873 words 10 votes
Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge ~health healthcare Article 2155 words 7 votes
The true cost of dollar stores - discount chains are thriving, but fostering violence and neglect in poor communities ~life Article 6374 words 7 votes
The Donald Trump administration paid millions for test tubes — and got unusable mini soda bottles ~health Article 2039 words 9 votes
How Germany saved its workforce from unemployment while spending less per person than the US ~finance economics Article 2924 words 12 votes
The Black American amputation epidemic ~health healthcare Article 7462 words, published May 19 2020 7 votes
How New York suffered nearly ten times the number of deaths as California ~health Article 11 354 words 6 votes
“Immune to evidence”: How dangerous coronavirus conspiracies spread ~health Article 1305 words 7 votes
Ignoring Donald Trump and right-wing think tanks, US red states expand vote by mail ~society Article 12 votes
A nurse bought protective supplies for her colleagues using GoFundMe. The hospital suspended her. ~health healthcare Article 1993 words 8 votes
What we need to understand about asymptomatic carriers if we’re going to beat the coronavirus ~health Article 3397 words 4 votes
A major medical staffing company just slashed benefits for doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus ~health healthcare Article 1057 words 9 votes
A medical worker describes terrifying lung failure from COVID-19 — even in his young patients ~health healthcare Article 2132 words 12 votes
Senator Richard Burr dumped up to $1.6 million of stock after reassuring public about coronavirus preparedness ~finance Article 1099 words 27 votes
The Trump administration drove him back to China, where he invented a fast coronavirus test ~science Article 6270 words 4 votes
A group of agents rose through the ranks to lead the US Border Patrol, and now they’re retiring and leaving it in crisis ~life work Article 6086 words, published Feb 10 2020 5 votes
When medical debt collectors decide who gets arrested ~life Article 3543 words, published Oct 16 2019 5 votes
Inside TurboTax’s twenty-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free ~finance Article 7022 words 16 votes
When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of ten sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster ~humanities.history Article 5696 words 9 votes
Paul Skalnik is a liar, a con artist and a snitch. The state of Florida is planning to execute a man based largely on his word. ~life Article 14 291 words 13 votes
How McKinsey helped the Trump administration carry out its immigration policies ~society politics Article 1962 words 7 votes
Match Group, which owns most major online dating services, screens for sexual predators on Match.com — but not on Tinder, OkCupid or PlentyofFish ~tech Article 7554 words 10 votes
An unseen victim of the college admissions scandal: The high school tennis champion aced out by a billionaire family ~life education.higher Article 7095 words 9 votes