InvestigationBusiness A Narrowed Gaze Once the middle class started investing in stocks, business news narrowed its focus to investor concerns, going back to its early 20th century roots as a servant of the markets. Dean StarkmanColumbia Journalism ReviewFebruary 1, 2012
InvestigationPolitics The GOP’s New Southern Strategy Republicans are using the redistricting process to undermine minority voting power and ensure their party’s dominance. Ari BermanThe NationJanuary 31, 2012
InvestigationPolitics Paid for by Sheldon Adelson Newt Gingrich went from Middle East moderate to saber-rattling hawk after Sheldon Adelson’s millions began flowing into the candidate’s coffers. Wayne BarrettThe Daily BeastJanuary 18, 2012
InvestigationBusiness A Home Owners’ Revolt Against the Banks MERS, the massive registry that tracks sales of mortgages, just may provide a loophole allowing homeowners to escape foreclosure. Christopher KetchamHarper'sJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics NAFTA’s Human Costs NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was hailed as a boon to economies on both sides of the border. A look at the policy’s human costs. David BaconThe Investigative FundJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationJustice, World Mexico’s Anti-Abortion Backlash In just two years, half of Mexican states passed extreme fetal-rights amendments — and women are serving time in jail for suspected abortions. Mary CuddeheThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Migration Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now they’re condemned as “illegals.” David BaconThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, World Torn Apart Nebraska child welfare officials took Maria Luis’s kids, then US immigration officers sent her back to Guatemala. How deportation is tearing apart families. Aaron NelsenIn These TimesDecember 20, 2011
InvestigationPolitics, World Dictators Rely on DC Front Men Professors and lobbyists tout autocrats from Central Asian countries inside the beltway, skirting disclosure laws. Ken SilversteinSalon.comDecember 14, 2011
InvestigationPolitics How Bahrain Works Washington In the latest twist on lobbying, Middle East autocracies repackage propaganda as “media awareness.” Ken SilversteinSalon.comDecember 8, 2011