JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Linnington took over as chief executive officer of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) in the summer of 2016, he inherited one of America’s best-known veterans charities at the lowest point in its history. Eight years later, when he left in 2024 to lead the USO, he handed off an organization that had...
June 24, 2026
From Enlisted Soldier to the Helm of Wounded Warrior Project: The Service of Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Walter E. Piatt
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Walter E. Piatt became chief executive officer of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) on March 18, 2024, he capped a 42-year Army career that began not at a service academy but with a high school senior’s decision to enlist. That arc, from a western Pennsylvania steel town to the top of one of the...
Inside the American Diabetes Association’s Finances: Corporate Funding, Spending Priorities, and Conflict-of-Interest Questions
The American Diabetes Association (ADA), one of the largest diabetes-focused nonprofits in the United States, reported $157 million in revenue and $134 million in expenses for its 2024 fiscal year. As the publisher of the annual Standards of Care in Diabetes—the reference document most U.S. clinicians consult to treat the disease—the organization holds significant influence over how diabetes is managed...
One Algorithm, Many Employers: Stanford Study Finds Shared AI Hiring Tools Reject the Same Candidates Across Companies
A new Stanford-led study has found that when many employers rely on a single artificial-intelligence vendor to screen job applicants, the same candidates can be rejected at company after company — not because each employer reached an independent decision, but because one shared algorithm reached the decision for all of them. The research, titled “Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring,” analyzed roughly...
Hiding in Plain Sight: How the Agri Stats Settlement Exposed Price Coordination Operating Under the Cover of Inflation
When grocery prices surged across the United States during 2021 and 2022, most consumers blamed inflation. Rising fuel costs, supply-chain disruptions, labor shortages, and broader economic pressures appeared to offer a straightforward explanation for higher food bills. A newly settled antitrust case involving Agri Stats, Inc., however, has renewed a more complex debate among economists and regulators: Can periods of...
MBA Hiring Cools for a Third Straight Year as Employers Turn More Selective
Introduction Hiring of newly minted Master of Business Administration graduates has softened for a third consecutive year, with placement rates at several of the most selective U.S. programs falling to their lowest levels in more than a decade. The shift has reopened a long-running debate over the value of the degree at a time when companies are recruiting more cautiously...
Fire From the Sky: How Cheap Drones and Ukraine’s “Dragon” Thermite Strikes Are Rewriting the Rules of War
Picture a trench somewhere along the eastern front in Ukraine. It’s dark, it’s cold, and the soldiers in it have done everything right — dug in deep, parked under tree cover, stayed quiet. For most of military history, that would have been enough to stay hidden for a night. Then a faint buzzing drifts in overhead, and a small quadcopter...
Mamdani’s Housing Plan Revives NYC Third Party Transfer Program Amid Legal Scrutiny
New Housing Proposal Would Bring Back Controversial Property Transfer Tool New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly announced housing strategy is reigniting debate over one of the city’s most controversial affordable housing enforcement tools. Unveiled on May 26, the administration’s “Block by Block” housing initiative includes a program known as “Fix the City,” an enforcement campaign designed to address chronic...
How Free Apps Like Life360 and GasBuddy May Increase Your Auto Insurance Premiums
Many consumers assume that free apps earn revenue through advertising. However, some popular mobile applications generate additional income by collecting and sharing user data—including information about driving habits. Privacy advocates, regulators, and consumer protection groups have increasingly raised concerns about how driving behavior data gathered through smartphone apps can ultimately influence auto insurance underwriting decisions. The issue has become significant...
Automakers Are Becoming Data Companies: How GM, Ford, Tesla and Stellantis Plan to Generate Billions From Driver Data
The global automotive industry is quietly undergoing one of the largest business model transformations in its history. For more than a century, automakers generated revenue primarily through vehicle sales and financing. Today, companies including General Motors, Ford, Stellantis and Tesla are pursuing a different objective: turning every connected vehicle into a recurring revenue platform. According to public investor disclosures, leading...