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Jessie Singer

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Author of THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS -- a Slate, Mother Jones, Fortune Magazine and The Economist best of book of the year. Now in paperback: bit.ly/3IsxS4f

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Jessie Singer is a journalist whose writing appears in the Washington Post, BuzzFeed, the Village Voice, The Awl, New York magazine, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She currently serves as senior strategist and head writer at Transportation Alternatives, the editor in chief of Reclaim Magazine, and the founding editor of the international Vision Zero Cities Journal. She studied journalism at the Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism at New York University, and under the wing of the late investigat…

Jessie Singer’s Journalist Portfolio

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Opinion | Don't call the deadly Bronx apartment fire an accident. It's a failure of government.

Opinion | Don't call the deadly Bronx apartment fire an accident. It's a failure of government.

Jessie Singer is the author of the forthcoming book, " There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and …

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Opinion: We Should Ban Cars From Big Cities. Seriously.

Opinion: We Should Ban Cars From Big Cities. Seriously.

In the coming days, politicians will try to convince you that what happened on the West Side Highway in Manha…

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Wayne Barrett, the Voice's Great Trump Reporter, Dies at 71

Wayne Barrett, the Voice's Great Trump Reporter, Dies at 71

In late September, Wayne Barrett stood behind a lectern at a party in his honor and pulled on a familiar red …

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The Sex Scandal That Put Bush in the White House

The Sex Scandal That Put Bush in the White House

Pat Buchanan is on the tube again, co-hosting a Crossfire facsimile on MSNBC. Just a celebrity commentator no…

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The Ghost Bikes

The Ghost Bikes

Louis CK and Jerry Seinfeld are on the West Side Highway in New York City, driving a tiny antique car with ra…

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But Was It an Accident, Really?

But Was It an Accident, Really?

America's death rate is on the rise. So is dodging the blame.

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Whether or not you die by accident is just a measure of your power

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By Austin L. Ray, Jessie Singer Verified, Luke O'Neil Verified
| Welcome to Hell World
Is Hell World a valued part of your weekly media diet? Then you know what to do buddy. Sorry I said the words "media diet." You may have read this story in the Philadelphia Inquirer a few weeks ago about a a group of friends who raised $17,000 to purchase and erase $1.6 million in medical debt. Inspiring stuff. Not the fact that such a thing as medical debt exists in the first place mind you but the rest of it. Our man in Atlanta Austin L.
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There Are No Accidents

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By Gabra Zackman, Jessie Singer Verified
| Simon and Schuster
There Are No Accidents By Jessie Singer Read by Gabra Zackman The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster—Who Profits and Who Pays the Price Trade Paperback LIST PRICE $18.99 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Buy from Other Retailers About The Book A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they’ve come to define all that’s wrong with America.
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There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster--Who Profits and Who Pays the Price

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By Jessie Singer Verified
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Description A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they've come to define all that's wrong with America. We hear it all the time: "Sorry, it was just an accident." And we've been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but predictable and preventable.
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