InvestigationImmigration, World Unwanted Alive The military has special recruiting programs targeting noncitizens for service. But after risking their lives in combat, many face deportation. J. Malcolm GarciaGuernicaMay 15, 2015
BackstoryEnvironment, World The Backstory: J. Malcolm Garcia Narrative storyteller and Investigative Fund reporter J. Malcolm Garcia talks about the detailed note-taking he used in his award-winning series on military burn pits, writing down everything, and how to move the story forward. J. Malcolm GarciaMarch 7, 2013
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
NewsEnvironment, Health Burned Out Conclusions in scientific studies can often be discovered not at the end but between the proverbial lines of any given report. Certainly that is the case in the recent Institute of Medicine study, “Long-Term Health… J. Malcolm GarciaNovember 10, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, World Toxic Trash Billy McKenna and Kevin Wilkins survived multiple tours in Iraq. But they died of rare illnesses not long after coming home. J. Malcolm GarciaOxford AmericanAugust 24, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, World Smoke Screen In Afghanistan, the US military disposes of millions of pounds of garbage each day — electronics, mattresses, plastics, even human feces — in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from these sites making everyone sick? J. Malcolm GarciaGuernicaAugust 16, 2011
InvestigationWorld Now Ye Know Who the Bosses Are Here It’s an uneasy peace in Northern Ireland. Behind the silence shrouding the brutal death of Paul Quinn, who had the bad luck to tussle with the son of an IRA man. J. Malcolm GarciaMcSweeney'sApril 28, 2011
InvestigationWorld A Troubled Peace in Northern Ireland A decade after a brokered peace, some elements of the IRA have morphed into criminal gangs — that prey largely on fellow Catholics J. Malcolm GarciaThe Washington TimesDecember 29, 2009