How an Adoption Broker Cashed In on Prospective Parents’ Dreams
In just a few years, a Michigan woman took in millions of dollars, faking adoptions and ruining families’ lives along the way.
In just a few years, a Michigan woman took in millions of dollars, faking adoptions and ruining families’ lives along the way.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Oct 2021 Permalink
The financial industry’s pursuit of profits from mobile-home communities is undermining one of the country’s largest sources of affordable housing.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Mar 2021 20min Permalink
Did an affair with a Russian agent push Overstock’s Patrick Byrne too far?
Sheelah Kolhatkar The New Yorker Dec 2020 30min Permalink
In an age of historic disparity, Abigail Disney and the Patriotic Millionaires take on income inequality.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Dec 2019 35min Permalink
Why one physician took the risk of becoming an F.B.I. informant to expose alleged Medicare fraud.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Jan 2019 35min Permalink
How an activist investor does business (and ruins lives).
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Aug 2018 40min Permalink
The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Nov 2017 35min Permalink
Bill Ackman’s hedge fund planned to make a fortune while doing good by exposing Herbalife as a scheme that preyed upon and lied to the poor. How one of the highest profile stock shorts in market history went awry.
Sheelah Kolhatkar New Yorker Feb 2017 35min Permalink
On the adultery website AshleyMadison.com.
Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Feb 2011 20min Permalink
A profile of Anita Sarkeesian, who has recieved death threats as she exposes misogyny in the $25 billion video game industry.
Sheelah Kolhatkar Businessweek Nov 2014 15min Permalink
A profile of Larry Garrison, the man who “gets paid to bring tabloid stories to TV news programs.”
Sheelah Kolhatkar The Atlantic Sep 2010 40min Permalink