How LA’s Illegal Short-Term #Rentals Hide in Plain Sight on Booking Sites == #LosAngeles officials are struggling to crack down on illegal rentals during a #housing crisis. Here’s how to make sure you’re a responsible vacationer. #News #California #Government #Law #RentControl #Vacation #Hotel #Airbnb #Vrbo
The Accelerationists’ App: How #Telegram Became the “Center of Gravity” for a New Breed of Domestic Terrorists == From attempting to incite racially motivated #violence to encouraging attacks on critical #infrastructure, the alleged crimes planned and advertised by extremists on Telegram go far beyond the charges facing CEO Pavel Durov. #News #Crime #Technology #Tech #Terrorism #Extremism #Government
Our Editor Won a 6-Year #Legal Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory. == After publishing a story on a doctor accused of violating federal research rules and skirting ethical guidelines, ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein was named in a #libel suit. An appeals court recently dismissed the case, but the experience took a toll. #Ethics #Journalism #News #Law #Lawsuit #Media
Biden #EPA Rejects #Plastics Industry’s Fuzzy Math That Misleads Customers About Recycled Content == The plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method to inflate the recycled content it advertises in products. A new EPA policy won’t allow it for any products it endorses as a “Safer Choice.” #News #Government #Plastic #Environment #Oil #Regulation #Recycling #Pollution
Exec at #Trump Media Jumped the Line for U.S. Visa After Company Lobbied #GOP Lawmaker == A former aide to Rep. Don Bacon, a #Nebraska #Republican, said she intervened on the company’s behalf even though she thought it was inappropriate. “It was specifically the congressman that suggested I needed to deal with it.” #News #Immigration #Politics #Government #Business #TrumpMedia
Nonprofit Explorer Now Shows Which Organizations Are Trending == When a #nonprofit is in the #news, people turn to our Nonprofit Explorer to check its finances. Now we’ve added a feature that lets anyone see which organizations lots of people are looking up. #Government #Business #Politics #Taxes #Journalism
What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State? == Insurers have wide latitude on when and how they can deny mental #healthcare We looked at the laws in all 50 states and found that some are charting new paths to secure mental health care access. #News #MentalHealth #Health #Law #Government #Patients #Hospital #Doctors