How an unforgiving algorithm drives suppliers to favor the e-commerce giant over other retailers
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Sun. Apr 26, 2020
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The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers
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At a time when much of the retail sector is collapsing, Amazon is strengthening its competitive position in ways that could outlast the pandemic — and raise antitrust concerns.
by Renee Dudley
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“Did I Mess This Up?” A Father Dying From Coronavirus, a Distraught Daughter and a Midnight Rescue.
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Terrified residents, families and staff of the Queens Adult Care Center have watched helplessly as COVID-19 runs rampant. They say management lied about the extent of its spread. Here’s how one daughter rescued her sick dad.
by Joaquin Sapien
Nursing Homes Violated Basic Health Standards, Allowing the Coronavirus to Explode
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Our analysis of federal inspection reports found that nine nursing homes put residents in “immediate jeopardy,” including a case where a nursing assistant fed a resident after changing soiled briefs without washing hands.
by Charles Ornstein and Topher Sanders
Life and Death, But No Trash Pickup: Diary of a Young COVID-19 Nurse
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Despite all the talk about appreciating health care workers, one California nurse caring for the sickest patients felt she needed more support.
by Ryan Gabrielson
Millions of People Face Stimulus Check Delays for a Strange Reason: They Are Poor
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The IRS has had trouble getting money to people quickly because millions of Americans pay for their tax preparation through a baroque system of middlemen.
by Paul Kiel , Justin Elliott and Will Young
How We Used FOIA to Track Ventilator and Hospital Bed Availability in Illinois
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Early data released by the Illinois Department of Public Health wasn’t granular enough for an accurate picture of the coronavirus’ impact on Chicago hospitals versus hospitals in areas with fewer cases. Here’s how we pushed for specifics.
by Ash Ngu
This Hospital Has Only 8 Nurses. They Are Also the Janitors.
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Eight nurses are the overwhelming majority of employees who remain at Haskell County Community Hospital in Oklahoma. The future of the 25-bed hospital, which has been whittled down to operating only an emergency room since 2019, is increasingly grim.
by Brianna Bailey, The Frontier
Coronavirus Put Her Out of Work, Then Debt Collectors Froze Her Savings Account
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Kim Boatswain’s tax refund could have helped her get through the coronavirus slowdown. But debt collectors seized it. There are few options for Texans like Boatswain whose money was taken just before the state temporarily banned such garnishments.
by Kiah Collier and Ren Larson
How Jared Kushner Is Tackling the White House’s Coronavirus Response — Without Any Evident Experience
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The president’s son-in-law and adviser has added the emergency-response supply chain to his extensive list of duties. He views himself as a disrupter — but that’s not always a good thing.
by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC
NYC Mayor and Health Officials Misled Public About Plans to Move COVID-19 Patients Into Nursing Home, Advocates Say
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Lawmakers have also written that they are “deeply concerned” about the situation at a Roosevelt Island facility and the possibility that the coronavirus may be spreading from COVID-19 patients to long-time nursing home residents.
by A.C. Thompson
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show
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Trump promised that information from DACA applications would not be sent to deportation agents. But internal emails show that ICE can access databases where that information is kept — and DHS decided not to tell Congress.
by Dara Lind
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