promoearn: Your weekend long reads 🗞

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Your weekend long reads 🗞

Saturday, March 20

Good morning, friends of The Short List! It's John, and I hope your March Madness bracket is still treating you well.

For this week's long reads, we decided to highlight some excellent investigative journalism from the USA TODAY Network. Each of these stories digs deep into a serious problem in society that needs attention. They aren't always easy to read, but they are, we believe, important.

•	A cache of documents reveals that Florida's child welfare system reveals allegations of foster care abuse are more widespread than previously reported.
•	For years, the LSU administrator in charge of doling out Title IX punishments to rapists, stalkers and abusers regularly chose to issue the lowest possible sanctions, regardless of the severity of the alleged acts.
•	In the wake of the Capitol riot Jan. 6, companies that manufacture and sell military-grade tactical gear are experiencing a boom in business. But at what cost?

We hope you will invest some time with these superior stories. And there are more long reads below!

A patient receives treatment in the emergency room at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. About one third of the patients that arrive in the ER at Roseland display symptoms of COVID-19. The Roseland neighborhood, on the city's far south side, is 95% black. The COVID-19 death rate among black residents in Chicago is nearly double that of the city's white residents.

A year later, COVID-19 treatment is better, but doctors are 'still...

Care for people infected by the coronavirus has improved, but in the past 12 months, it's been largely trial and error. That's led to missed opportunities to ease suffering, experts say.