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Podcast: Inside the High-Cost Lending Industry 26 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
by Minhee Cho High-cost lenders have long offered payday and installment loans to those with bad credit as a quick way to get cash in an emergency without any questions or hassle. But with annual per...
Why NSA Snooping Is Bigger Deal in Germany 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
by Jannis Brühl Germans like posting baby pictures, party snapshots and witty comments on Facebook just like anyone else. They just do not want to get caught doing it. Many of us use fake names for t...
Workers Win $2 Million Settlement From Assisted Living Giant 23 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
by Joe Sexton Emeritus Senior Living, the country’s largest assisted living company, has agreed to pay up to $2.2 million to settle claims that it routinely underpaid workers at dozens of its Califor...
The Best Reporting on Hurricanes and Their Aftermaths 22 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
by Theodoric Meyer Mid-August marks the start of peak hurricane season, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has warned that this year’s is likely to be worse than usual, with a fo...
Overdozed on A-Rod? Here are Other Great Reads on Doping 22 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
We know, we know. Enough already. But as baroquely banal as Alex Rodriguez’s saga with performance enhancing drugs has become, the subject of sports and drugs is a serious and, it seems, eternal issue...
What NSA Transparency Looks Like 20 Aug 2013 | 10:55 pm
by Justin Elliott Last week, the Washington Post published an internal audit finding the NSA had violated privacy rules thousands of times in recent years. In response, the spy agency held a rare co...
The Best Reporting on Mental Illness in Prisons 19 Aug 2013 | 09:45 pm
by Christie Thompson Last week, we published an investigation into the New York prison system, and how, despite protections, inmates with severe mental illness are still ending up in solitary confine...
A Powerful Legal Tool, and Its Potential for Abuse 16 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
by Joaquin Sapien Aug. 16: This story has been updated. The 20-year-old document – labeled the Hotel Custody log by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office – is not easy to decipher. It contains a l...
Sandberg’s Lean In Called For an Unpaid Intern – And That’s Perfectly Legal 15 Aug 2013 | 11:06 pm
by Blair Hickman A top editor at Lean In, the nonprofit offshoot of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book about empowering women to achieve their goals, has come under fire for seeking an unpaid intern...
New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Inmates – But Still Sticks Many in Solitary 15 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
by Christie Thompson This story was co-produced with WNYC. When Amir Hall entered New York state prison for a parole violation in November 2009, he came with a long list of psychological problems. H...
