A branch worth half of one percent of its bank was earning nearly all of its money from foreign customers nobody had verified.

Nobody had to trace a transaction to see it. It was in the branch's own profit line, every year, for years.

One employee read it and wrote it down on 27 December 2013. Three months later Copenhagen replied that there were "some shortcomings in customer documentation."

The portfolio ran another year and a half.

Today on Longreads, we have an excerpt from the new @atavist issue, "Toxic Lies," about four friends who risked everything to expose the dangers at a US nuclear site. 

Fowler and Deuschle have never shared their story in full—the details of what it was like to live, breathe, and possibly die from their commitment to the truth. But they want people to know, particularly in light of recent news reports: In August 2025, more than a decade after the plant was shut down, a private firm announced that it planned to revive uranium-enrichment operations there. To Fowler and Deuschle, it seems wrong to begin a new chapter in Paducah’s nuclear story. Many former employees are still seeking compensation for their exposure to radiation. Will future generations of workers be any safer?

Visit Longreads to read "Secrets of the Atomic City."

Whistleblowing will be made illegal in blue states soon

https://www.wyalusing-wes.com/joe-hubbards-fight-for-justice/