David Crook

1 week ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Laura Michie |Katherine A. Harrisson |Meaghan L. Rourke |David Crook

1 Introduction Dispersal plays an important role in driving species' distributions, providing access to different habitats that support recruitment and promoting gene flow between subpopulations (Hanski 1998; Heggenes et al. 2006; Radinger and Wolter 2014). The construction of dams and weirs to regulate rivers has caused major losses of lotic habitats, reduced longitudinal connectivity, altered floodplain function and has ultimately resulted in biodiversity declines globally (Grill et al. 2019).

Oct 27, 2024 | dcreport.org | David Crook

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”There’s not a lot to say, really. Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bezos are just the latest generation of wealthy owners of newspapers. The news titans of the past are household names–Pulitzer, Scripps, McCormick, Hearst, Bingham, Annenberg, De Young, Knight, Ridder, Murdoch, Cox. The list goes on and on. Some of them bought respectability, others just bought incredibly lucrative advertising franchises.

Sep 24, 2024 | ft.com | David Crook

In 2022 an astonishing three out of four companies going public in the US did so by means of a special purpose acquisition company, or...

Jul 14, 2024 | greenvilleonline.com | David Crook

Imagine a South Carolina student who graduates high school and lands a job at a manufacturing or tech company in Greenville. This might sound typical, but now picture that company as a subsidiary of a major British firm listed on the London Stock Exchange. During a visit by a British delegation, attended by our governor and other dignitaries, that same student is part of the welcoming committee.

Jul 4, 2024 | dcreport.org | David Crook

There’s a precise term for the situation in which the United States and its people find themselves on this the 248th anniversary of the country’s independence: Screwed. In the last week, we have witnessed two death blows to our republic: 1) the mental deterioration of President Joe Biden and 2) the wholesale sacking of the nation’s foundational commitment to equal justice under the law.