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Beyond “Grey’s Anatomy”: What We Learned About UNOS
A new system of liver sharing hurt some states with poorer, medically struggling residents. Persistence was the key to uncovering it
Ryan Tate
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Ryan Tate has been writing and editing technology stories for more than 15 years. He was previously at The Intercept, where as deputy and technology editor he led lengthy investigations into companies like Facebook, Google, and TikTok and into surveillance by the National Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and authorities in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.
Before that, he wrote about the use and abuse of corporate power in the tech sector at Wired and Gawker.
(Photograph by Noah Berger.)
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