Frances Conley, Neurosurgeon Who Protested Sexism, Dies at 83

She was the rare woman in her field, and a tenured professor. But when a sexist colleague was promoted, she quit, forcing a reckoning in her profession. Conley, Frances K, Deaths (Obituaries), Sexual Harassment, Surgery and Surgeons, Women and Girls, Medical Schools, Hospitals, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Stanford University, #MeToo Movement, Brain She was the rare woman…

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The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand

The deli-meat company made its owners fabulously wealthy. But they have remained silent, even as the company faces the biggest scandal in its history. Corporations, Shutdowns (Institutional), Food Contamination and Poisoning, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Appointments and Executive Changes, Listeria Monocytogenes, Boar’s Head Brand, Brooklyn (NYC), Jarratt (Va), Florida The deli-meat company made its owners fabulously wealthy….

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Donald L. Barlett, 88, Dies; Prizewinning Reporter Bared Corruption

Over four decades, he and his colleague James B. Steele gained renown for resourceful, often explosive investigative journalism at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Barlett, Donald L, Deaths (Obituaries), News and News Media, Books and Literature, Corruption (Institutional), Pulitzer Prizes, Steele, James B, Philadelphia Inquirer, America: What Went Wrong? (Book), United States Over four decades, he and his colleague…

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