August 16, 2024
Sidney's Picks: Seventy Miles in Hell
Photo credit:
Darién forest, by Steelman2004, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News
- A reporter joins migrants on a harrowing journey through the Darién Gap. (Atlantic)
- The grifting CEO of a bankrupt hospital chain that neglected patients dodges criminal investigations. (Prospect)
- Hidden cameras reveal how a co-author of Project 2025 is preparing to shape a second Trump term. (CNN, ProPublica)
- In a warming world, deaths from extreme heat have just only begun. (NY Mag)
- San Francisco leads the nation in the race to save local news. (NYT)