Ava Kofman

Feb 1, 2024 | nybooks.com | Ava Kofman

In the summer of 2017, eleven FBI agents searched a small house in a run-down neighborhood in Augusta, Georgia, where a twenty-five-year-old NSA contractor named Reality Winner lived alone with a cat and a foster dog, neither of whom liked men.

Jan 29, 2024 | heysocal.com | Ava Kofman

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Easy money and a lack of regulation have transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into a $22 billion industry rife with fraud, abuse and exploitation. The year 2023 was a banner one for hospice reform.

Jan 24, 2024 | propublica.org | Ava Kofman |Anna Maria Barry-Jester |Bianca Fortis |Laura Beil

Easy money and a lack of regulation have transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into a $22 billion industry rife with fraud, abuse and exploitation. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The year 2023 was a banner one for hospice reform.

Jan 22, 2024 | dissentmagazine.org | Sam Adler-Bell |S. David |Dan Sinykin |Ava Kofman

Marvel World Marvel Studios has managed to recruit fans into rooting not just for its superheroes, but for the company’s business plan. ▪ Winter 2024 As a kid, my favorite superhero was Batman. For me, superheroes are all about their origin story—not necessarily how they got their superpowers (Batman, after all, doesn’t have any), but why they’re driven to super-heroism.

Jul 30, 2023 | healthleadersmedia.com | Ava Kofman

Federal regulators have announced enhanced oversight of new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Texas, targeting providers highlighted by a ProPublica investigation. by Ava KofmanLast week, regulators rolled out enhanced oversight for new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.