The Amish Keep to Themselves. And They’re Hiding a Horrifying …
WEBJan 14, 2020 — The bed creaking late at night after one of her brothers snuck into her room and pulled her to the edge of her mattress. Her underwear shoved to the side as his body hovered over hers, one of his feet still on the floor. Her ripped dresses, the clothespins that bent apart on her apron as another brother grabbed her at dusk by the hogpen after ...
Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
WEBMar 3, 2007 — Meet Blackwater USA, the powerful private army that the U.S. government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil.
The Evidence Against Her - Type Investigations
WEBMay 27, 2020 — In the years before Nicole “Nikki” Addimando stood trial for second-degree murder, she was a stay-at-home mom, her days filled with preschool drop-offs and singalongs. “A crafty, Pinteresty mom,” said one friend. “The proudest mama on the planet,” said another. In the fall of 2017, Nikki and her two small children, Ben and Faye, were living with Christopher Grover, Nikki’s ...
Vanity Fair - Type Investigations
WEBJul 29, 2013 — Tell us how you'd like to hear from us . Don’t miss a new investigation: receive our stories as soon as they publish. Don’t miss the latest from our editorial team: receive our monthly newsletter with updates from …
The AFRICOM Files - Type Investigations
WEBJul 6, 2021 — But the AFRICOM files obtained by The Intercept and Type Investigations include cases not just from those nine nations, but also from 13 others: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, and South Sudan. Those 13 countries do …
Abrupt Permafrost Thaw Has Scientists Worried
WEBDec 14, 2021 — Abrupt Permafrost Thaw Has Scientists Worried. Adam Federman Sierra Magazine December 14, 2021. A thermokarst pond and disrupted boardwalk in Creamers Refuge in Fairbanks. This area was burned by fire in the 1950s which resulted in melted permafrost at the surface. Lack of shade trees contributed to further warming of the soil.
Under DuPont Bridge - Type Investigations
WEBSep 15, 2016 — The health consequences of this massive exposure are still coming into focus. In 2012, more than 60 years after PFOA was first produced by 3M and sold to DuPont to help make Teflon, a panel of scientists linked the chemical to thyroid disease, ulcerative colitis, preeclampsia, and high cholesterol, as well as kidney and testicular cancer. Although debate continues about the precise dangers the ...
The Case Against DuPont - Type Investigations
WEBAug 18, 2015 — In September 2004, DuPont agreed to settle the class-action suit filed by Bilott’s firm and two others, which covered a class that had ballooned to 80,000 people in six water districts. The agreement was approved in early 2005 for an amount that could reach $343 million and was unusual in a number of ways.
A My Lai a Month - Type Investigations
WEBDec 1, 2008 — A My Lai a Month. A multiyear investigation into Operation Speedy Express uncovers a pattern of civilian slaughter by the US military during Vietnam whose carnage dwarfs My Lai. By the mid-1960s, the Mekong Delta, with its verdant paddies and canal-side hamlets, was the rice bowl of South Vietnam and home to nearly 6 million Vietnamese.
The Truth About Starbucks’ Bottled Water - Type Investigations
WEBApr 24, 2015 — Starbucks declined to provide sales figures for Ethos Water, but the company’s estimate of $12.3 million given to charity works out to about 246 million bottles sold. Given the original price of $1.80 a bottle, by my calculation, that’s more than $442 million in sales. While bottled water accounts for just a small fraction of California’s ...