Busy week for José Andrés

Read our investigation into WCK here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

A sweeping investigation into prison labor tied hundreds of millions of dollars to hundreds of popular foods brands.

Prisoners are largely uncompensated and are often excluded from protections.

“You can’t call it anything else. It’s just slavery.” apnews.com/article/prison…

NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world.

I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles.

Awful, and a troubling sign for independent journalism about powerful people.

Scores of Palestinian journalists have been documenting the horrors suffered in Gaza, and many of them have lost their lives doing so. Now CNN’s Clarissa Ward, Scott McWhinnie and Brent Swails managed to enter without Israeli military escort. Watch their extraordinary report.

SCOOP: Elon Musk has plans to start a university in Austin. w/ Dana “Legacy Blue Checkmark” Hull 👩🏻‍💻 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The chef José Andrés story you haven't heard, by Sophie Alexander

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Celebrity chef José Andrés’ disaster relief charity has been dealing with fraud, sexual harassment allegations and staff protests over the past year. I spoke to more than two dozen workers to get the full picture of WCK and its leader, “Hurricane José” bloomberg.com/news/features/…

🧵: Just How Bad Is the US Cost-of-Living Squeeze? We Did the Math

My latest with Reade Pickert for Bloomberg Graphics

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This is really important to note. The NYC Department of Health declined my requests to interview Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD or an official from its TB control bureau for this story.

In fact, the director of TB control emailed staff telling them *not* to respond to POLITICO's inquiries.

Employees at George Soros’s $25 billion foundation have been making a lot of Succession references lately bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

'A dollar there can buy you a couple of bananas, a yogurt, a bar of soap, a tube of lip gloss, a jump rope or a water gun. There are, however, other costs.'

jaw-dropping story from Josh Eidelson & Brendan Case: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

UT Austin refuses to comment, citing donor privacy laws

NYT Opinion piece today from the director of a Musk-funded program at UT Austin to study fertility decline. Our scoop on the Musk initiative here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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“America’s pretrial detention system is a global outlier, set apart by an emphasis on cash bail and the for-profit infrastructure that supports it.” bloomberg.com/news/features/… New Businessweek feature from the fola akinnibi & Sarah Holder dream team

The Musk foundation gave $10m to UT Austin in 2021, but didn’t say what for.

Turns out, it helped stand up a new program devoted to fertility & population research.

Proud to have helped chase this one down with Sophie Alexander, Dana “Legacy Blue Checkmark” Hull 👩🏻‍💻 and graham starr:

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“This is the American dream — I did everything right,” said Mclaurin, whose standard monthly payment would be about $1,700. “I'll have a looming debt hanging over me for the rest of my life.”
via Paulina Cachero + Claire Ballentine
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BREAKING: (warning: explicit content) Woman files lawsuit against Leon Black, alleging she was trafficked to him by Epstein and Maxwell when she was 16. The woman, who has Autism and a form of Down Syndrome, says she was severely beaten and raped by the former CEO. (more)