From Bloomberg authored by Kara Alaimo: “Want to work for a company like Facebook Inc., Apple Inc. or Google? You’re hardly alone. Many tech companies offer their employees nearly every perk imaginable, from free meals and booze to on-site doctor and dentist appointments, gyms and haircuts to massages and fitness classes. Everything, that is, except […]
Monthly Archives: July 2019
35 Employees Committed Suicide. Will Their Bosses Go to Jail?
From The New York Times authored by Adam Nossiter: “In their blue blazers and tight haircuts, the aging men look uncomfortable in the courtroom dock. And for good reason: they are accused of harassing employees so relentlessly that workers ended up killing themselves. The men — all former top executives at France’s giant telecom company […]
Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant
From The New York Times authored by Elizabeth Joh: “Someone broke into a church in Centerville, Utah, last November and attacked the organist who was practicing there. In March, after a conventional investigation came up empty, a police detective turned to forensic consultants at Parabon NanoLabs. Using the publicly accessible website GEDmatch, the consultants found […]
‘How Much Is a Little Girl Worth?’: The Painful Financial Fallout of the Larry Nassar Case
From Fortune authored by Mary Pilon: “On Jan. 24, 2018, Rachael Denhollander walked into a Michigan courtroom to speak about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child from Larry Nassar. She was the last in an extraordinary procession of nearly 150 women to offer an impact statement at the sentencing hearing of the longtime USA […]
Fearing her husband, she gave his guns to police. They jailed her for theft.
From The Washington Post authored by Katie Mettler: “It had been a day since Courtney Taylor Irby’s husband had been arrested and accused of running her off the road, and now she was testifying that she feared for her safety. Speaking at his June 15 bond hearing by telephone, Irby — who goes by her […]
The Term ‘Domestic Violence’ Is a Failure
From The Atlantic authored by Rachel Louise Snyder: “I met a woman once whose husband threw golf balls in front of her face as she drove down the highway, in an effort to both terrify her and establish his dominance and fearlessness. Then there was the teenager who told me how her father used to […]
Smithsonian Museum Considers Collecting Drawings Made By Detained Migrant Children
From NPR authored by Sahsa Ingber: “The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History may add drawings made by formerly detained migrant children to its famous collection. The drawings depict time spent in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Some of the children’s images appeared to show stick figures with frowns and people on […]
Why Dame Products Is Suing NYC’s MTA Over a Vibrator Campaign
From W authored by Marissa G. Muller: “Any trip on the New York City subway is often full of things you don’t want to see. But the MTA is apparently drawing a line at one: ads for Dame Products, the trendy vibrator company. The company is now using their social media presence to point this out, […]
Gigi Hadid Wants To Change Copyright Law And She Has A Point
From Above the Law authored by Joe Patrice: “The Verge has a write-up on model Gigi Hadid’s current legal battles with the dismissive headline, “Gigi Hadid wants to rewrite copyright law around her Instagram account.” And while that’s technically accurate, it’s not really fair to the underlying argument Hadid and her lawyers —- led by […]
What Makes a Leader?
From The New York Times authored by Jessica Bennett: “’You’re too accessible.’ That’s what Susan Zirinsky, the new head of CBS News, was told early in her career — because she was seemingly everywhere at once. It was during that era that she agreed to meet with a young woman named Hannah Yang, who was […]
