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 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? 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...
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.
How Washington Opened the Floodgates to Online Poker, Dealing Parents a Bad Hand Leah McGrath GoodmanNewsweekAugust 14, 2014 I n 2007, the head of the FBI’s Cyber Crime Fraud unit, Leslie Bryant, issued a stern warning to Americans: “You can go to Vegas....
The Art of Financial Warfare: How the West Is Pushing Putin’s Buttons with Lynnley Browning NewsweekApril 4, 2014 Header Image Dan Saelinger This story has been updated with Treasury comment on the possibility of sanctions against Putin. “We found out by...
