InvestigationEnvironment, Health Is New York Drenched in Monsanto’s Roundup? Despite piles of research suggesting that Roundup is dangerous, the Big Apple douses its parks with the stuff. Anna LenzerMother JonesSeptember 17, 2012
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Mitt Romney, Monsanto Man In his Bain years, the GOP nominee helped fashion Monsanto into a biotech giant. What would the notorious purveyor of genetically modified foods get from a Romney presidency? Wayne BarrettThe NationSeptember 13, 2012
InvestigationJustice, World A Ghost Town Counting Its Dead One of the first journalists to enter the Syrian town of Daraya after the slaughter finds a desperate search for lost relatives. Janine di GiovanniThe GuardianSeptember 8, 2012
InvestigationPolitics Paul Ryan Quietly Requested Obamacare Cash The GOP veep candidate loves to rail against Obamacare. But in December 2010, he requested grant money for a health clinic in his Wisconsin district — a grant funded by Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Lee FangThe NationSeptember 5, 2012
InvestigationWorld Ivory Coast: Victor’s Justice In 2011, post-election violence in Ivory Coast left some 3,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. But the ICC has prosecuted only one side of the bloodshed, giving the victors de facto immunity. Robbie Corey-BouletThe World Policy JournalAugust 31, 2012
InvestigationPolitics How Big Business Is Buying the Election Never mind the Super PACs, post-Citizens United, it’s trade associations that are shoveling corporate cash into the November elections — and helping foreign money influence American politics. Lee FangThe NationAugust 30, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Backyard Battlefields The rolling hills, forests, and rural communities of Northern Arkansas share this misfortune: they sit atop the Fayetteville Shale, one of the country’s largest natural gas reserves. Welcome to the bloody business of fracking. J. Malcolm GarciaOxford AmericanAugust 27, 2012
InvestigationEnvironment, World Bolivia Battles a Highway Indigenous groups in Bolivia are resisting a Brazilian-led highway project that would slice through a national park—risking vast environmental damage. Jean Friedman-Rudovsky & Noah Friedman-RudovskyYale Environment 360August 27, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Justice Gun Politics The NRA’s pro-gun competitors; the rise of concealed carry; and disturbing gun violence in the birthplace of the gun industry are the subjects of these sidebars to “How the Gun Industry Got Rich.” Jarrett MurphyCity LimitsAugust 24, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Are New York City Gun Laws the Next to Fall? New York City is one of the last places left in America with a rigorous process for handgun permits. And that puts it in the NRA’s crosshairs. (A sidebar to “How the Gun Industry Got Rich.”) Jarrett MurphyCity LimitsAugust 23, 2012