All the stories Brenda Salinas made for 60dB, page two. Page one here. Page three here. Page four here.
July 11, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham breaks down the latest development in the Trump camp Russian collusion saga. Photo via Gaga Skidmore for Wikimedia Commons.
July 11, 2017
Racked’ Eliza Brooke explores why American women are so obsessed with French lifestyle brands. Illustration by Rebecca Clarke.
July 10, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan reports dentists are surprisingly well organized, and they have a political tool unlike any other. Photo via FreePhotos for Pixalbay.
July 6, 2017
Quartz’ Nikhil Sonnad found surprising similarities in the products on Goop’s and Infowars’ online stores. Photo via Amazon.com
July 3, 2017
Writing for Vox, Allison Yarrow writes the U.S. is one of the most dangerous places to have a baby. Mary Cassat, Mother Berthe Holding her Baby 1900.
June 30, 2017
ThinkProgress’ Judd Legum thinks TMZ has playing the access journalism game and winning. Or are they losing? Image via Youtube.
June 29, 2017
Wired’s Issie Lapowski went to her old middle school to check in on kids going through a News Literacy Project curriculum. Image via Jon S for Flickr.
June 26, 2017
Writing for The Atlantic, Helaine Olen explored all the ways people try to raise money to pay for their medical bills. Photo via 401K 2012 for Flickr.
June 23, 2017
In an investigation for Bloomberg, Cam Simpson found that American chip manufacturers outsourced their toxic chipmaking processes to South Korea. Photo via Jon Sullivan for Wikimedia Commons.
June 22, 2017
60dB’s Brenda Salinas and Vice’s Ankita Rao have a frank discussion about their first-hand frustrations with movies about eating disorders. Photo via Netflix.
June 21, 2017
The Washington Post’s William Wan explores why Big Tobacco targets rural Americans. Photo by Tomaez Sienicki for Wikimedia Commons.
June 20, 2017
T.R. Reid says we could save a huge amount of money if we accepted that we’re all going to die. Photo via Storyblocks for Pixabay.
June 19, 2017
Vice’s tech editor Noah Kulwin says Spotify is in a pickle. Logo via Spotify.
June 16, 2017
We can all agree the shooting in Virginia was a tragedy. Let it also be an opportunity for substantive conversation.
June 15, 2017
Concealed Carry Magazine’s Kevin Michalowski says the Congressional shooting is an example of why more people should legally carry guns. Photo via Twitter.
The Week’s Anthony Fisher writes a plea for sympathy and restraint after the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday morning. Photo via Twitter.
June 14, 2017
Political Scientist Robert Spitzer analyzes why pro-gun groups typically don’t make public statements about mass shootings. Logo via the National Rifle Association.
June 14, 2017
Writing for the Atlantic, Michael Frank explains how farms in upstate New York are dealing with the fear of worker deportation.Photo via George Hodan for Public Domain Pictures.net.
June 12, 2017
Quartz’ Special Projects Editor Lauren Brown gives us 3 bite-sized business stories.
June 9, 2017
The Guardian’s Oliver Laughland takes us behind a new immigration court in Louisiana. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
June 8, 2017
Writing for Buzzfeed, Doug Bock Clark explains why the U.S. is trying to remake the world’s prisons. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
June 7, 2017
The Washington Post’s Tom Hamburger explains this mismatch strikes right at the heart of a lot of concerns about the Trump family’s business interests. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
June 6, 2017
Quartz’ fashion correspondent Marc Bain takes a closer look at organic fashion. Photo via S Aziz 123 for Wikimedia Commons.
June 5, 2017
The Washington Post’s Emma Brown reports that with the state budget in crisis, nearly a fifth of Oklahoma school districts are holding school just four days a week. Photo via Michael Vadon for Wikimedia Commons.
June 2, 2017
The Washington Post’s Jonathan O’Connell reports this isn’t the first time Jared Kushner has been in a crisis. Image via Twitter.
June 1, 2017
Iowa native Aaron Calvin says the housing crisis in Des Moines is worse than Brooklyn. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
May 31, 2017
Wired’s Nick Stockton loves drama, and this is a big ethical conundrum. Screenshot via Youtube.
May 30, 2017
HuffPost’ Roque Planas explains the Trump administration doesn’t really need Congress to act on its immigration initiatives. Image via Twitter.
May 26, 2017
Writing for The Cut, Hayley Phelan puts a name to a phenomenon you’ve probably experienced. Photo via NY The Cut, Jacquie Boyd/Getty Images/Ikon Images
May 25, 2017
Daniel Cox says atheists are undercounted because of social stigma. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 24, 2017
City Lab Latino’s Juan Pablo Garnham explains the real story behind the alarming headlines. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 23, 2017
Russian-American journalist Alyona Minkovski explains the uncomfortable feeling of wanting to express pride in her heritage and culture colliding with the media’s recent demonization of all things Russian. Photo via Twitter.
May 22, 2017
Quartz’ special projects editor Lauren Brown gives us three bite-sized business stories. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 18, 2017
The Washington Post’s Philip Bump gives us a timeline of how this might go down. Image courtesty of the FBI.
May 18, 2017
The Washington Post’s Mary Jordan says American’s teeth are a symbol of the divide between rich and poor. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 17, 2017
Paul Roberts writes for Mother Jones that rich Chinese buyers have created a Canadian housing bubble. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 16, 2017
In the months following the Indianapolis’ Star investigation, 80 gymnasts have come forward to allege USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted them. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 13, 2017
University of Chicago economist Greg Kaplan analyzed American’s lifetime incomes for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 11, 2017
Freelance writer Dan Solomon wrote a piece for Wired about how Uber and Lyft are lobbying the state legislature to overturn a local city ordinance. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 10, 2017
The Development Set’s Kristance Harlow writes across the United States, emergency dispatch services are consolidating, and in many cases, run privately. In rural areas, it could mean the difference between life and death. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
May 9, 2017
The Washington Post’s Monica Hesse talks about why the Handmaid’s Tale is resonating with so many young women. Photo courtesy of Hulu.
May 5, 2017
Writing for The Financial Time, Ian Leslie argues the Golden Age of Tv is about to end. Photo courtesy of HBO.
May 4, 2017
Slate’s Mark Stern says the Tar Heel State is giving us a glimpse of America under four years of Trump.
May 2, 2017
The Guardian’s Ben Tarnoff says being busy is like a luxury good. Photo via Twitter.
April 28, 2017
Buzzfeed’s Nitasha Tiku definitely thinks the Facebook CEO isn’t running for president — so why is he acting like a politician? Photo via Twitter.
April 27, 2017
When I was 18, I took an oath to become an American citizen. This is my story, and this is why the issue of immigration is so important to me. Photo by Mia Hines.
Trump might not fully appreciate how his antagonistic tone towards Mexico is harming one of the single most important relationships that the U.S. has. But Mexico doesn’t seem like it’s going to take that without a fight — maybe even installing its own Trump equivalent.
April 26, 2017
The Washington Post’s Amber Phillips explains Trump might not be able to get his border wall funded by Congress, but his isolationist immigration agenda is more likely to get funded. Scrrenshot via Youtube.
April 25, 2017
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says border apprehensions are down by 30% year to year. So why is the Trump administration building a new detention center in Texas? 60db’s Brenda Salinas reports. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
April 24, 2017
Axios’ Steve Levine says retail workers could organize and become a political force, like coal miners. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
April 21, 2017
Michael Luca found that bad yelp reviews make it more likely that a restaurant will go out of business after a minimum wage hike, no matter if it’s $ or $$$$. Photo via Twitter.
April 18, 2017
Politico’s Michael Grunwald explains the Congressional Review Act and why it matters. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
April 15, 2017
The Washington Post’s Ana Swanson breaks down the fiscal policies Trump appears to be changing his mind on. Screenshot via Youtube.
April 14, 2017
The Washington Post’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey explains how Pope Francis is advocating for the rights of migrants. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
April 13, 2017
Civil Rights attorney Dan Canon couldn’t even find the man he was supposed to represent in immigration court.
April 12, 2017
Quartz’ Special Project editor Lauren Brown gives us an introduction to Index, a site for short little stories about finance and economics you can swipe through on your phone. Photo via Quartz Index.
April 11, 2017
The Washington Post’s John Wagner says the case boils down to who owns the White House Visitor logs — the Trump administration or the Secret Service?
April 7, 2017
Wired’s Megan Moltani breaks wellness apps into three different categories, and one of them is grey.
April 6, 2017
When the leaders of the two largest economies in the world meet, you’d expect them to talk about the biggest threat to their labor forces — automation. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
April 5, 2017
From CityLab, Laura Bliss found some shocking findings by cross-referencing two health data sets.
April 4, 2017
The Atlantic’s Megan Garber says brands are making claims not just about what people should buy, but about what people should be. Photo via Twitter.
April 2, 2017
Quartz’s Mike Murphy says imitation is the most profitable form of flattery. Photo via Twitter.
March 31, 2017
Wired’s Emily Dreyfus wrote a controversial piece about why Silicon Valley Titans are obsessed with transhumanism. Photo via Heisenberg Media for Flickr.
March 30, 2017
The Atlantic’s David Graham thinks the failure of the AHCA might be Trump’s best day in office. Photo via Twitter.
March 29, 2017
Axios’ Political Reporter Jonathan Swan says to do both, Trump will have to win over Democrats.
March 28, 2017
Gizmodo’s Ryan Mandelbaum reports on science sting to take down fraudulent academic journals.
March 27, 2017
Wired’s Garrett M. Graff chronicles the FBI’s hunt for America’s most wanted hacker. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
March 24, 2017
In The Atlantic’s April cover story, Liza Mundy wonders why a new industry isn’t more innovative when it comes to gender diversity. Photo via The Atlantic Magazine.
March 23, 2017
Quartz’s Sarah Kessler says IBM was a pioneer of letting employees work remotely, but now they changed their mind.
