June 21, 2013
#Sidney's Picks: Plummeting Wages, Scam Debit Cards, "All of Me"
The best of the week’s news:
- Wages fell at the fastest rate ever recorded during the first quarter of 2013.
- Workers at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s say they were forced to take their pay on fee-laden prepaid Chase debit cards.
- Inside Booz Allen Hamilton: “The world’s most profitable spy organization.”
- FBI agents were exonerated of wrongdoing in 150 shootings, or, in an incredible 100% of cases.
- The Los Angeles Times showcases All of Me, the acclaimed documentary about weight-loss surgery by Hillman Executive Director Alexandra Lescaze.
- Everything you thought you knew about age and fertility is wrong.
- In response to speculation surrounding the cause of the car crash that killed investigative journalist Michael Hastings, a well-written piece about how and when car crashes cause fires.
[Photo credit: Wander Mule, Creative Commons.]