InvestigationImmigration, Labor Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite While he railed against “illegal aliens” and their “illegal employers,” undocumented immigrants tended to Lou Dobbs’ estates and prize horses. Isabel MacdonaldThe NationOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Labor Indocumentados trabajaron para Dobbs Lou Dobbs regularmente arremetía contra los “empleadores de ilegales.” Sin embargo, el propio Dobbs utilizó mano de obra de indocumentados para que trabajaran en sus propiedades multimillonarias y que atendieran los caballos que le tiene a su hija Hillary. Isabel MacdonaldEl DiarioOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationBusiness Stranded on the Sidelines of a Jobs Crisis Long-term unemployment has risen to historic levels, producing a devastating effect on the hearts and minds of jobless Americans — and particularly on hard-hit older workers. Andy KrollTomDispatchOctober 5, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, World An Ugly Exploration The BP spill raised the stakes for offshore oil exploration. So will oil companies regain an appetite for drilling in conflict zones? A close look at Ethiopia, where several foreign oil companies are implicated in human rights violations. Jonathan EwingThe World Policy JournalSeptember 30, 2010
InvestigationJustice, World Dangerous Liaisons American evangelicals are losing ground at home in the culture war against homosexuality, but they’ve exported their hate politics to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and beyond. Jeff SharletAdvocateSeptember 29, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Justice At War in Texas Border policy is now effectively dictated by alarmist border-area sheriffs and politicians — and the federal funds flow fast and loose their way, with little accountability. Tom BarryThe Boston ReviewSeptember 28, 2010
InvestigationJustice, Politics C Street The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy Jeff SharletLittle, Brown and CompanySeptember 27, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World Will Ecuador Forego an Oil Bonanza? Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, is home to remote Indian tribes. It also sits atop a billion barrels of oil. Kelly HearnYale Environment 360September 13, 2010
InvestigationJustice Crossing the Line In Texas, the combination of abstinence education and anti-abortion stigma is driving some women away from abortion clinics — to unsafe do-it-yourself chemical abortions at home. Is the post-Roe era already here? Laura TillmanThe NationAugust 26, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Tanzanian Highway Threatens the Serengeti One of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles, the annual wildebeest migration, is jeopardized by plans to build a highway right through the Serengeti. Jesse DukesGlobal PostAugust 19, 2010