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Celebrities Will Say Almost Anything on This App for the Right Price

This is what being famous in 2019 looks like.
Brady Welch
9.16.19
Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein’s Victims Just Lost Their Battle to Get the Government to Pay for His Cushy Plea Deal

Victims had hoped to win compensation from the government arguing their rights were violated by Epstein's 2007 plea deal.
Emma Ockerman
9.16.19
High Wire

The DEA Shares Blame for the Opioid Crisis

The Drug Enforcement Agency's role in the opioid crisis makes clear that law enforcement shouldn't be regulating medicine.
Maia Szalavitz
9.16.19
Palantir

College Kids Are Vowing Not to Work for Palantir Because of Its ICE Contracts

Hundreds of students across 17 different colleges have signed a petition.
Gaby Del Valle
9.16.19
food news

Librarian Finds Returned Book with Entire Soft Taco Used as Bookmark

Before all the brands started dumping food in books for #content, a public librarian said that someone actually did this in real life.
Jelisa Castrodale
9.16.19
trump taxes

Manhattan DA Has Subpoenaed 8 Years of Trump's Tax Returns

It remains unclear why the Manhattan DA wants to see Trump’s tax returns.
Greg Walters
9.16.19
Hurricane Dorian

The Hidden Psychological Crisis That Hurricanes Leave in Their Wake

Some local Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas are hoping to address the PTSD that results from our increasingly frequent weather disasters.
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Harron Walker
9.16.19
Tech news

This Site Shows You What AI Really Thinks of You

'ImageNet Roulette' exposes the racism and misogyny in commonly-used AI training data. We need more tools like it.
Jordan Pearson
9.16.19
vaping

Vape Pods Taste Minty Thanks to Extremely High Levels of a Chemical Banned in Food

The FDA regulates the chemical, called pulegone, in food, but not in e-cigs—so it's unclear which brands contain it.
Hannah Smothers
9.16.19
women's march

Most of the Women’s March Leaders Are Out

The group behind the wildly successful Women’s March on Washington in 2017 is cutting ties with some of its bold-faced names and recommitting to its agenda ahead of 2020.
Carter Sherman
9.16.19
addiction

Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids Are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment

Taking proven medications like buprenorphine and methadone could mean losing their medical licenses.
Emma Yasinski, Kaiser Health News
9.16.19
money-inequality

Inside the Surging Rage at Trump in Midwest Factory Towns

Conservative areas like Miami County, Indiana, are sick of seeing profitable companies ship jobs offshore despite the president's promises.
Michael Sainato
9.16.19
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