Dan Golden

@DanLGolden

Senior editor, ProPublica....Author of "The Price of Admission'' and the just-published "Spy Schools" ....Education muckraker and gadfly..Religion: Red Sox-ism

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  1. Mar 18

    interesting column by scott jaschik in Inside HIgher Ed about whether donations to a college by applicants' parents should be tax deductible.

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  2. Mar 12

    Here's my take on today's college admissions scandal: the rich are more brazen than ever in exploiting an unfair system.

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  3. Feb 21

    ProPublica's remarkable David Armstrong has again unearthed a secret document revealing the Sacklers' role in fostering the opioid epidemic. This time, it's Richard Sackler's long-sought--and much speculated about--deposition.

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  4. Feb 7

    Congratulations to ProPublica's Hannah Dreier, a National Magazine Awards public interest finalist for her powerful series about immigrant teens on Long Island who fled violence in Central America only to find themselves trapped between MS-13 and ICE. .

    Ellies 2019: nominated in Public Interest category for three articles by . . .
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  5. Jan 30

    Read this terrific David Armstrong scoop revealing what's in the still-redacted sections of the Massachusetts lawsuit against Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers over OxyContin. You'll be shocked, but maybe not surprised.

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  6. 28 Dec 2018

    It's been a year and a half, and the Education Department under DeVos hasn't acted on a tribal complaint that Wolf Point, Montana, schools discriminate against Native American students. A powerful investigation by Annie Waldman and Erica L. Green:

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  7. 28 Dec 2018

    In Wolf Point, Montana, where the school board has failed to address the disparate treatment of white and Native students, who's an outspoken advocate for education reform? The prison warden.

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  8. 28 Dec 2018

    Even though it's on a reservation, Wolf Point High School in Montana shunts Native students aside. Whites are 10 times more likely to take AP classes, and Natives are twice as likely to be suspended. A compelling story by Annie Waldman and Erica L. Green:

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  9. 28 Dec 2018

    Two students at Wolf Point High School in Montana have killed themselves after being rebuked by its staff, raising questions about the responsibility of schools for despair, self-harm and suicide among Native American youth. Read this compelling story:

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  10. 27 Dec 2018

    The long arm of ICE reached into the schools, and a well-meaning student was deported for doodling. Read Hannah Dreier's astonishing ProPublica/New York Times Magazine story:

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  11. 13 Dec 2018

    Looks like Dr. David Ayoub may have a tougher time winning in court following David Armstrong's terrific stories on Ayoub and other expert witnesses who rely on questionable science to rebut evidence of child abuse.

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  12. 27 Nov 2018

    I'm a huge admirer of the Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press: they did a tremendous job helping me get FBI emails to universities for "Spy Schools" - please do give!

    Last but not least: The Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press. They fight for us all EVERY DAY so we, the people, have the information we need. Well, needs you today. Pitch in!
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  13. 27 Nov 2018

    In the Trump era, climate change disbelievers aren't the only ones challenging mainstream science. Meet Dr. David Ayoub, anti-vaxxer and child abuse skeptic.

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  14. 27 Nov 2018

    Mainstream medicine is under siege from anti-vaxxers and child abuse skeptics. David Ayoub is both. Read David Armstrong's engrossing profile:

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  15. 5 Nov 2018

    As a leader of the national movement to allow inmates and ex-felons to vote, Ken Glasgow often visits prisons voluntarily. Now prosecutors in Alabama want to put him there for good. Read Nina Martin's fascinating profile:

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  16. 19 Oct 2018

    Emails surfacing in Harvard trial show deans gloating over admissions breaks for rich kids. K-School dean Ellwood called admissions dean Fitzsimmons "my hero" for letting in relatives of big donors. So where are the emails re Jared Kushner?

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  17. 16 Oct 2018

    Powerful ProPublica/New York Times story by Annie Waldman and Erica Green about the legacy of school segregation in Charlottesville, and how education today remains separate and unequal - through racial disparities in gifted programs and school discipline.

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  18. 11 Oct 2018

    Espionage and academia, together again: Chinese spy Yanjun Xu, extradited to the US this week, allegedly "recruited experts to travel to China, often under the guise of asking them to deliver a university presentation."

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  19. 10 Oct 2018

    An excellent investigation by ProPublica's Justin Elliott of how Trump is doing Sheldon Adelson's bidding, part of the administration's pattern of catering to big donors.

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  20. 3 Oct 2018

    I'll be launching the (new and improved) paperback edition of "Spy Schools" with a talk at Belmont Books on Leonard Street, Belmont, MA, on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 7 pm. If you're in the area, please stop by!

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