I started this on the current affairs section of a basketball forum I moderate, did not gain much traction there but I thought this might be a better place.
There's some quality long read content generated by the likes of The Guardian, The Lit Hub, The Atlantic etc and I thought this might be a good place to share it with each other. You can write a short review or tl;dr elevator pitch of why someone might find it interesting along with your recommendation.
The Guardian | Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history?
This is a long term investigation which draws light on one of the largest, most intricate corruption scandals in the world where multiple levels of Brazilian government officials, past heads of state and CEOs of the state owned corporations are implicated. The writer sheds light on how the parliamentary scheme in Brazil is set up in a way such that corruption is sometimes the only way to hold power and raises a question of what happens when every elected official in the country is corrupt to one degree or another. It also sheds light on how the judicial system of Brazil and a few incorruptible cops worked to uphold the law.
The Guardian | What happened when Walmart left
At risk of looking like I'm plugging The Guardian hard, here is another great read which chronicles the effect a Walmart superstore had on a rural town in McDowell country, West Virginia and what happened when it closed. The usual things like loss of jobs, loss of the biggest source of tax revenue for the county aside, the surprising effect was that people felt they lost their community gathering place when the store closed as the locals used to treat the Walmart as a social place where they'd go and meet people or simply wander down the aisles.
It gets worse that the store used to be the best source for affordable fresh food within a one hour driving radius and the cafes, diners in town used to survive on people coming from surrounding towns driving over to shop there.
Lets keep books out of this thread, there are other places for book recommendations. This thread is primarily intended to share long form journalism.
LA Times | The Secret Life of USC Medical School's Dean
This is an explosive report from the LA Times on the recently resigned Dean of USC's Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito is accused of hanging out with prostitutes, broken down DJs and other petty criminals doing meth, smoking heroine and other drugs while serving as the medical school's dean and star fundraiser. A lot of the overdose case reports were kept secret by the Pasadena police and Dr. Puliafito is still attending funding events for USC.
The Atlantic | Bill Browder's testimony in full to the Senate Judiciary Committee
This is an exceptional read on the stories of Bill Browder and Sergei Magnitsky, background behind the international Magnitsky act, why Putin would want it repealed at any cost even at the expense of meddling in an US election, the kleptocracy in Russia, the role of the Russian lawyer who met Don Jr, how the Russian adoptions tie in and even the Fusion GPS firm which was recently subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence committee.
There's some quality long read content generated by the likes of The Guardian, The Lit Hub, The Atlantic etc and I thought this might be a good place to share it with each other. You can write a short review or tl;dr elevator pitch of why someone might find it interesting along with your recommendation.
The Guardian | Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history?
This is a long term investigation which draws light on one of the largest, most intricate corruption scandals in the world where multiple levels of Brazilian government officials, past heads of state and CEOs of the state owned corporations are implicated. The writer sheds light on how the parliamentary scheme in Brazil is set up in a way such that corruption is sometimes the only way to hold power and raises a question of what happens when every elected official in the country is corrupt to one degree or another. It also sheds light on how the judicial system of Brazil and a few incorruptible cops worked to uphold the law.
The Guardian | What happened when Walmart left
At risk of looking like I'm plugging The Guardian hard, here is another great read which chronicles the effect a Walmart superstore had on a rural town in McDowell country, West Virginia and what happened when it closed. The usual things like loss of jobs, loss of the biggest source of tax revenue for the county aside, the surprising effect was that people felt they lost their community gathering place when the store closed as the locals used to treat the Walmart as a social place where they'd go and meet people or simply wander down the aisles.
It gets worse that the store used to be the best source for affordable fresh food within a one hour driving radius and the cafes, diners in town used to survive on people coming from surrounding towns driving over to shop there.
Lets keep books out of this thread, there are other places for book recommendations. This thread is primarily intended to share long form journalism.
LA Times | The Secret Life of USC Medical School's Dean
This is an explosive report from the LA Times on the recently resigned Dean of USC's Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Carmen A. Puliafito is accused of hanging out with prostitutes, broken down DJs and other petty criminals doing meth, smoking heroine and other drugs while serving as the medical school's dean and star fundraiser. A lot of the overdose case reports were kept secret by the Pasadena police and Dr. Puliafito is still attending funding events for USC.
The Atlantic | Bill Browder's testimony in full to the Senate Judiciary Committee
This is an exceptional read on the stories of Bill Browder and Sergei Magnitsky, background behind the international Magnitsky act, why Putin would want it repealed at any cost even at the expense of meddling in an US election, the kleptocracy in Russia, the role of the Russian lawyer who met Don Jr, how the Russian adoptions tie in and even the Fusion GPS firm which was recently subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence committee.
