InvestigationWorld Alone Among the Ghosts A look behind Roberto Bolaño’s last novel, 2666, and the author’s relationship to reporter Sergio González Rodríguez, who risked his life to uncover the Juarez murders. Marcela ValdesThe NationDecember 8, 2008
NewsWorld Army Builds Fantasy Island in Second Life The U.S. Army has scores of bases scattered all across the world. Soon, it’ll be occupying virtual territory in a bid to win recruits. Nick TurseDecember 3, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Army Builds Fantasy Island in Second Life Four million youth are at play in the virtual 3D world “Second Life,” so the U.S. Army has set up shop there to recruit them. Nick TurseWiredDecember 3, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World A My Lai a Month A multiyear investigation into Operation Speedy Express uncovers a pattern of civilian slaughter by the US military during Vietnam whose carnage dwarfs My Lai. Nick TurseThe NationDecember 1, 2008
InvestigationBusiness From Kurdistan to K Street How small-time businessman Shlomi Michaels became a key middleman in Washington’s covert foreign policy machine. Laura RozenMother JonesNovember 18, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn’t A 1972 Newsweek article could have exposed US killing of Vietnamese civilians on a massive scale — but editors there excised much of the reporting, fearing to antagonize President Nixon. Nick TurseThe NationNovember 13, 2008
InvestigationJustice, Politics Obama’s big win obscured ongoing voting problems Just because it wasn’t a nightmare scenario like the 2000 Florida recount doesn’t mean there weren’t systemic problems on voting day. Art LevineThe New Mexico IndependentNovember 8, 2008
InvestigationPolitics After Obama Victory, Hard Lessons from the ACORN Smear Campaign A new wave of vote suppression followed the Republican Party’s attacks against ACORN. Art LevineAlterNetNovember 7, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Activists Fear Long Voting Lines in Virginia Virginia Governor Tim Kaine failed to provide enough voting machines and poll workers to meet the expected explosion in turnout in minority precincts. Art LevineThe Washington IndependentNovember 3, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Aish HaTorah’s New ‘Obsession’ Aish HaTorah’s New ‘Obsession' Sarah PosnerThe Jewish WeekOctober 29, 2008