Is Wall Street Pulling a Fast One?
When members of the House Financial Services Committee grilled Mary Jo White, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), all they wanted to talk about was a book: Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys.
You Know the Drill
The drilling areas are easy to spot. “In the past few years, it has totally taken over the landscape,” says Gordon, executive director of EcoFlight, a nonprofit that sponsors flights over drill sites, forest clear-cuts and strip mines to educate those who don’t get to regularly see the full impact on the land of the energy-extraction process. “The pristine areas are so few now, they really catch your eye,” he said. “You can’t fly 30 minutes in any direction without seeing the wreckage.”
9/11’s Second Wave: Cancer and Other Diseases Linked to the 2001 Attacks Are Surging
As many as 400,000 people are estimated to be affected by diseases, such as cancers, and mental illnesses linked to September 11. This figure includes those who lived and worked within a mile and a half of Ground Zero in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the vast majority of whom still don’t know they’re at risk. Mark Farfel, director of the World Trade Center Health Registry, which tracks the health of more than 71,000 rescue workers and survivors, says, “Many people don’t connect the symptoms they have today to September 11.”
As Wealth Inequality Soars, One City Shows the Way
As Wealth Inequality Soars, One City Shows the Way Leah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekSeptember 24, 2015 Traffic travels under a sign on Washington Boulevard in Ogden, Utah, August 17. The city, together with its neighboring communities, has the narrowest wealth gap among...
How Does ISIS Fund Its Reign of Terror?
How Does ISIS Fund Its Reign of Terror? Leah McGrath Goodmanwith Janine Di Giovanni & Damien SharkovNewsweekNovember 6, 2014 Header Image A man refines oil to produce gas and diesel. A micro-industry for fuel refinament has grown up around the desert town of Al...
Lawmakers Blast Child-Abuse Inquiry on Tax Shelter Jersey Island
Neil McMurray used to be a professional fisherman and crabber—until one of his children was repeatedly bullied in school and he found himself investigating what he began to view as a startling lack of concern for the welfare of children in his tiny island home.