Despite president Trump’s desire to build a wall and revise NAFTA, the godfather of Mexico’s manufacturing sector said they will survive.
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Longreads Best of 2018: Crime Reporting
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in crime reporting.
Posted inQuotes
Lobster Shells in the Fountain and Other Hotel Mysteries
Some travelers can mystify even the most experienced butlers.
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How Google Discovered the Value of Surveillance
In 2002, still reeling from the dot-com crash, Google realized they’d been harvesting a very valuable raw material — your behavior.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Nestlé Is Sucking the World’s Aquifers Dry
The multinational corporation is gradually privatizing a natural resource.
Posted inCommentary, Uncategorized
Did We Learn Nothing From the 2008 Crisis?
The continuation of the false narrative of what caused the 2008 financial collapse is alarming.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Crime, Quotes
Avast, Ye Mateys: There’s Insurance Fraud Ahead
Was the Brillante Virtuoso attacked by pirates, or was it an inside job?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Urban Crisis of Affluence
An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Quotes, Science & Nature
“Beef and cheese are the most important ingredients… But really, cheese.”
Who’s moving America’s (1.3 billion pounds of) cheese? The Dairy Management Institute
Posted inCrime, Feature, Food, Nonfiction, Story
The Caviar Con
When caviar-crazed Eastern Europeans flocked to Warsaw, Missouri to poach eggs from a vulnerable species of fish, federal agents went undercover and spent two years to build a case against them.
