The Last Supper
Buca was a big-ticket darling of the Toronto restaurant scene. How did it wind up $35 million in debt?
Buca was a big-ticket darling of the Toronto restaurant scene. How did it wind up $35 million in debt?
Chris Nuttall-Smith Toronto Life Sep 2021 Permalink
Hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are now in the hands of giant companies—squeezing renters for revenue and putting the American dream even further out of reach.
Francesca Mari New York Times Magazine Mar 2020 40min Permalink
This presentation was shown to potential recruits for the new Maven SI venture, and it details exactly how the people now in charge of Sports Illustrated plan on turning it into the sort of volume-driven content farm that ruled the web a dozen or so tweaks of the Google algorithm ago.
Laura Wagner, Kelsey McKinney, David Roth Deadspin Oct 2019 30min Permalink
Food. Phone calls. Medical care. Transport. Even in public prisons, “piecemeal privatization” is transforming incarceration in America.
Tim Requarth The Nation Apr 2019 30min Permalink
Trump’s Commerce pick and a government by, and for, the super-rich.
Max Abelson Bloomberg Businessweek Jan 2017 10min Permalink
Philanthropist and private equity mogul David Rubenstein is lauded for his patriotic donations, including half the cost of repairing the Washington Monument. He also helped save a controversial tax break billionaires love.
Alec MacGillis ProPublica Mar 2015 30min Permalink
Romney’s former Bain partner makes a case for inequality.
Adam Davidson New York Times Magazine May 2012 15min Permalink