Amy Martyn
Reporter
Amy Martyn is a writer and reporter who lives in Texas with her husband and dog. When she is not writing, reading or investigating, she is on her bicycle, running or on good days taking a road trip somewhere.
Recent Articles
North Korea tour companies change policies and tone down safety language6/21/2017
Otto Warmbier's death has prompted the North Korean tourism industry to stop accepting Americans
Booze, bribes and propaganda: The company that promises 'safe' travel in North Korea6/19/2017
'Gareth was pretty much blind drunk the whole time we were in the country,' says one tourist
Company that brought Otto Warmbier to North Korea says that country is 'extremely safe!'6/16/2017
At the end of his trip with Young Pioneer Tours, Warmbier was arrested and later imprisoned. Doctors now say he suffers from brain damage
Toyota is liable for a fatal car crash that sent a driver to prison, appeals court rules6/15/2017
Koua Fong Lee's Camry was not included in Toyota's sudden acceleration recall, but Lee insisted that his car did exactly that.
Activists urge Mexican shrimp boycott to save a tiny porpoise6/12/2017
China's demand for an exotic fish bladder is driving a rare breed of porpoise to extinction
Local lawmakers carry heavier climate change burden in wake of Paris accord6/6/2017
Even corporations that plan to burn more fossil fuel are critical of President Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate agreement.
Dakota Access Pipeline firm monitored protesters and shared intel with police6/1/2017
Police have arrested dozens of anti-pipeline protesters and even filed federal charges against some
Everyone wants to be a pioneer in the fight for boxed mattress dominance5/26/2017
Silicon Valley is taking credit for "disrupting" Big Mattress with a sales gimmick that was actually developed by an 84-year-old Tennessee welder
Fight for single-payer exposes divide between the nation's nurses and doctors.5/25/2017
Nurses are demanding that lawmakers bring single-payer health care to the United States
Sanofi gets an exclusive on Zika vaccine; what do taxpayers get?5/25/2017
Despite exclusivity, Sanofi makes no promises about price or availability
What humans can learn from research on turtles exposed to plastics and birth control5/18/2017
The way that turtles respond to a common chemical has disturbing implications for people
EPA wrongfully approved use of bee-killing pesticides, judge rules5/17/2017
Insecticides in the neonic family are blamed for the widespread death of the world's honey bees
Insurance industry supports government-subsidized healthcare when they profit from it5/16/2017
Aetna has made billions from Medicaid expansion, says government business is driving its growth
It's a mattress in a box, not a collapsing office tower5/9/2017
Traditional mattresses are expensive to ship and sometimes contaminated with formaldehyde
Feds admit marijuana may reduce opioid use5/4/2017
As the country struggles through an opioid crisis, researchers point to an alternative
Animal lovers warn against shipping pets as cargo, but there are few other options5/3/2017
People who are trying to move overseas with larger dogs find themselves at the mercy of the airline industry
One professor’s convoluted journey through FedLoan student loan forgiveness4/27/2017
An open letter to a senator, a surprise call from a 'head honcho dude,' and a messy '6' that places his payments in jeopardy
Disabled people can be fired for using medical marijuana, even in Colorado4/21/2017
A paralyzed man has been unable to find work after Dish Network fired him for using the drug
Florida's congressional establishment dips toes into grassroots anti-pipeline effort4/20/2017
Lawmakers are asking environmental groups about controversial oil and gas projects coming to Florida
Texas landowners, facing pipelines and border walls, push for eminent domain reform4/17/2017
An oil company is able to seize land to deliver natural gas to Mexico while the feds prepare for a border wall