A Quick Explainer on the Panama Papers Leaks with Cartoon Piggy Banks
Even experts are still working to completely understand one of the biggest document leaks in history, but in the meantime, here’s a piggy bank-themed cartoon to get you started. [Vox]
NYPD Sting Operations Target Addicts, But Don’t Net Dealers
Undercover officers looking to shut down drug dealing in problem locations have been enticing addicts to buy drugs for them, but when the handcuffs come out, it’s usually the addicts, not the dealers, who go to jail. [NYT]
Habitat for Humanity Project Pushes Longtime Tenants Out of Brooklyn Homes
New York City’s Habitat for Humanity used federal grants to renovate abandoned buildings in Bedford-Stuyvesant, working with developers who had reportedly pushed out longtime tenants and left them homeless, according to an investigation by ProPublica and the Daily News
“We are spending federal money to throw low-income New Yorkers out of buildings,” one Habitat employee wrote in an email. At least seven families were pushed out between 2010 and 2011, shortly before Habitat purchased the properties, according to the probe, with three ending up homeless. [ProPublica]
Bernie Sander’s Long Chat With the Daily News
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders sat down with the editorial board of the Daily News last week to talk about everything from Apple to outsourcing to breaking up major banks. The paper published the transcript of the conversation online on Monday and political bloggers were quick to point out he may have stumbled on a series of questions regarding banking. And it’s clear Hillary Clinton’s campaign wants as many people to see the conversation as possible; her team sent out the transcript in its entirety to press on Tuesday morning. [Daily News]
Trump Says He’ll Build a Wall Along Border Using Money Mexicans in U.S. Try to Send There
In a memo to the Washington Post, Donald Trump floated his plan to fund the construction of a wall along the U.S’s southern border using money seized from immigrants sending money to Mexico. The plan presents serious legal, ethical and technical quandaries, the Post reports. [Washington Post]
PayPal Punishes North Carolina for New Discriminatory Law
PayPal has announced it will no longer expand in North Carolina, a move that would have brought 400 new jobs to the state. The decision stems from the state legislature’s passage of a new law requiring transgender people to use the bathroom of their birth gender. The company said the law goes against its core “values and principles.” [Quartz]
The Cost of Caring
Here's a deep look at the lives of immigrant women who are paid caretakers. Spoiler alert: it’s not the happiest of stories. [New Yorker]
Report: Bike Shares Are Safer Than Regular Biking
Citi Bike has taken heat from city residents who feel their presence has made the streets more dangerous, but data shows that they are safer than those who use their own bikes. In fact, there hasn’t been one death of a bike share user in the U.S. to date, according to Vox. Their safety can likely be attributed to the bikes’ hefty design and the lack of bicyclists’ experience and thus their caution. [Vox]
We’ve Been Five Years Away from Male Birth Control for the Last 30 Years
That headline's a joke, according to a scientist, though you’d be forgiven for not finding it funny. Elle Magazine has a rundown of where we are today in the search — or non-search, as it were — for birth control for men. [Elle]
NBA’s 2016 Hall of Fame Class Revealed
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame #16HoopsClass, released on Monday afternoon, could be another Dream Team in the making with stars like Shaquille O'Neal, Allen Iverson and WNBA’s own, Sheryl Swoopes, on the roster. As the news spread, the three stars, plus seven other inductees, were quickly congratulated by other hall-of-famers, pros and analysts. [NBA.com]
Congrats @SHAQ n @alleniverson on getting the call from @Hoophall. Headaches on the court for me, much ❤️ off of it. pic.twitter.com/k8WYPSctz2
— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) April 4, 2016
Getting Paid to Party
GQ takes a detailed look at the bizarre economy of nightclub appearances, and how barely-celebrities can make big bucks — and build entire careers — just by showing up at the VIP table. [GQ]
This column was compiled by DNAinfo reporters Nikhita Venugopal, Camille Bautista, Carolina Pichardo, Danielle Tcholakian, Gwynne Hogan, Jeanmarie Evelly, Shaye Weaver, Noah Hurowitz, Rachel Holliday Smith, Emily Frost and Irene Plagianos.
