The Battle to Save Waikiki
Beach
Hawaii’s most iconic beach is quickly becoming a poster child for why it’s so hard to adapt to a changing climate.
January 28, 2022
Politico
How Hawaii Became a Rare Covid Success Story
The islands’ geography and small population helped. But so did two enterprising doctors who pushed for aggressive tracing and testing—and sometimes found themselves at odds.
June 19, 2020
Politico
The Geophysicist Who Stormed the Capitol
Jeffrey Sabol lived in a quiet Colorado town
and had some doubts about government spending. On January 6, he was photographed with a baton in his hand on the Capitol terrace.
How does someone cross the threshold
from belief to action?
June 11, 2021
Politico
A Lifelong Fight Against Trans Fats
In the 1960s, Fred Kummerow knew trans fats were dangerous. For decades, no one believed him. Now 99 and still publishing research, he has more contrarian ideas about what really causes heart disease.
December 17, 2013
The New York Times
For Corn Syrup, the Sweet Talk Gets Harder
With a majority of American consumers concerned over the possible health hazards of high fructose corn syrup, the sweetener has become a nutritional liability for food manufacturers. The fact that science doesn’t support this demonization seems not to matter.
April 30, 2010
The New York Times
Is America Ready To Quit Coal?
Environmentalists are demonizing coal, but it won't be easy for power companies to wean themselves off this reliable fuel source.
February 14, 2009
The New York Times
Healthcare Savings Could Start in the Cafeteria
A startup company wants to help employers cut healthcare costs by getting employees on diets of whole, unrefined foods.
November 29, 2009
The New York Times
Anglo American's Bristol Bay Controversy: Wildlife vs. Mineral Riches
The first woman CEO of one of the world’s biggest mining companies is pushing a wildly controversial project. At stake: a half-trillion dollars’ worth of minerals, millions of wild salmon, and a new corporate strategy for a tarnished industry.
November 2008
Fast Company
Salads or No, Cheap Burgers Revive McDonald's
McDonald’s has attracted much attention for introducing healthy food items like salads and fruit. Yet the company’s core business continues to be fast-food staples, like double cheeseburgers and fried chicken sandwiches from the Dollar Menu.
April 19, 2006
The New York Times
A Milk War Over More Than Price
What Do George Bush, Arthur Levitt, Jim Baker, Dick Darman, And John Major Have In Common? (They All Work For The Carlyle Group.)
What exactly does this cryptic investment firm do? To find out, we peeked down the rabbit hole.
March 2002
Fortune
Inside the Very Strange World of John Sperling
This Arizona businessman is the real reason the world now has a cloned cat.
April 2002
Fortune
Silicon Valley's Money Machine
Kleiner Perkins funded AOL, Amazon, Sun and Netscape. Here's how tech's most powerful financiers work, plus the secrets they don't want you to know.
October 1998
Fortune