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January 17, 2023
Joe Bernstein

There must be something in the water

By: Deena Winter   |   Minnesota Farmer   |   Dec 2022
3M dumped chemical waste in Washington County for decades. A lot of young people got cancer. Some of them made it, some didn’t.
January 16, 2023
Joe Bernstein

Cold warrior: why Eileen Gu ditched Team USA to ski for China

By: Brook Larmer   |   Economist   |   Feb 2022
At the Beijing Olympics the superpower rivalry will be played out on the slopes
January 16, 2023
Joe Bernstein

The Heavy Toll of the Black Belt’s Wastewater Crisis

By: Alexis Okeowo   |   The New Yorker   |   Nov 2020
Many rural households in America don’t have access to safe sewage systems. In Alabama, entrenched poverty and unusual geology have created a public-health disaster.
January 15, 2023
Joe Bernstein

All Those Mothers I Have Been

By: Thao Thai   |   Cup of Jo   |   April 2022
'The mothers roam through the corridors of my mind. They are my past selves, and I am them.'
January 14, 2023
Joe Bernstein

The Mysterious Case of the Doctor Who Disappeared at Sea

By: Michael Wilson   |   The New York Times   |   Dec 2022
Dr. Marvin Moy was facing federal prosecution and a bitter divorce, and his life had been in limbo for months. Some immediately wondered if what looked like a boat crash was actually something else.
January 13, 2023
Joe Bernstein

Fast-Fashion Waste Is Choking Developing Countries With Mountains of Trash

By: Natalie Obiko Pearson, Ekow Dontoh & Dhwani Pandya Dhwani Pandya   |   Bloomberg   |   Nov 2022
Less than 1% of used clothing gets recycled into new garments, overwhelming countries like Ghana with discards.
January 13, 2023
Joe Bernstein

The inside story of Chernobyl during the Russian occupation

By: Wendell Steavenson & Marta Rodionova   |   Economist   |   May 2022
Staff were trapped between two sources of volatility: enemy soldiers and radioactive waste
January 12, 2023
Joe Bernstein

An Old Idea, Revived: Starve Cancer to Death

By: longform   |   The New York Times   |   May 2016
In the early 20th century, the German biochemist Otto Warburg believed that tumors could be treated by disrupting their source of energy. His idea was dismissed for decades — until now.
January 11, 2023
Joe Bernstein

Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why.

By: Heather Vogell   |   Propublica   |   Oct 2022
Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.
January 10, 2023
Joe Bernstein

Kendrick Lamar’s New Chapter: Raw, Intimate and Unconstrained

By: Mitchell S. Jackson   |   The New York Times   |   Dec 2022
In partnership with his longtime collaborator, Dave Free, the greatest rapper of his generation is pushing himself — commercially and creatively — onto unexpected terrain.
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