From The Wall Street Journal authored by Jared Hopkins: “Jacqueline Sackler was fed up. HBO’s John Oliver would soon use his TV show to pillory her family, the clan that owns Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. In a nearly 15-minute Sunday-night segment, he joined a long line of people who blamed the Sacklers in […]
Category Archives: GA-Curated
An Epidemic of Disbelief
From The Atlantic authored by Barbara Bradley Hagerty: “Robert Spada walked into the decrepit warehouse in Detroit and surveyed the chaos: Thousands of cardboard boxes and large plastic bags were piled haphazardly throughout the cavernous space. The air inside was hot and musty. Spada, an assistant prosecutor, saw that some of the windows were open, […]
At a Missouri Jail, Bras Set Off the Metal Detector (and a Heated Debate)
From The New York Times authored by Jacey Fortin: “The metal detector at the Jackson County Detention Center in Kansas City, Mo., beeped repeatedly when Laurie Snell, a lawyer, tried to enter the facility on May 31. She was passing through security on her way to visit a client, but something she was wearing was […]
Serena Williams Poses Unretouched for Harper’s BAZAAR
From Harper’s Bazzar authored by Serena Willams: “At 17, I won my first Grand Slam, and I knew I had more in me. In fact, I was so sure that when I packed up my life and left my dad’s house to move in with my sister Venus, I told him he could keep my […]
Sunday Night Is the New Monday Morning, and Workers Are Miserable
From The Wall Street Journal authored by Kelsey Gee: “Like many bosses, Chris Mullen found the final hours of the weekend ideal for decluttering an unruly inbox, sharing stray thoughts with staff on projects and requesting status updates to prep for the week. His colleagues felt otherwise. All those emails were pulling them into the […]
Moms Don’t Need Fun Job Perks. They Need Child Care.
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 […]
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 […]
