LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
09.22.13
I don’t understand why
they weren’t drug testing
him more frequently.”
differently. “I don’t understand
why they weren’t drug testing him
more frequently,” Elliott Miranda
— Joshua’s best friend and battle
buddy in Iraq — said of the Navy.
In an extensive review of Joshua’s
medical records and Navy investigation reports — in addition to
interviews with those who knew
him best — David pieces together the story of one young man’s
life unraveling, and of the many
missed opportunities to help him
along the way.
Elsewhere in the issue, Ben
Hallman peers into a corner of the
foreclosure market that is rarely
given attention — the millions of
renters who are the victims of the
wars between their landlords and
banks. According to one academic
study, tenants make up 40 percent of all American evictions in
foreclosed properties.
Ben centers his story around one
such family in Anaheim, California. After being evicted by Bank of
America from their condominium
— not far from the tourist fantasy
of Disneyland — Renee Genel, her
boyfriend, her two children, and
her toddler niece begin moving
from cheap hotel to cheap hotel.
As part of our ongoing focus on
The Third Metric, we also show
you ways to make your workday
healthier and less stressful.
And finally, Wharton School
professor Adam Grant breaks
down the varying personality
types that populate the world of
social media — from the impressers, who aim to “disclose information that is flattering,” to the expressers, who see social media as
“an opportunity to be seen
accurately by others.”
ARIANNA
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