InvestigationWorld Starting from Zero The carnage wreaked by resource wars in Southern Sudan through the eyes of those who have survived. Part one of two. David MorseTomDispatchOctober 14, 2007
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Labor The High Price of Beauty Cheap beauty products are making Americans sick. How an epidemic is plaguing poorly paid workers at nail salons – while the FDA does nothing. Virginia Sole-SmithThe NationOctober 8, 2007
InvestigationEnvironment, World The Fight to Save Congo’s Forests Congo’s tropical forests are the second largest on the planet, and they process staggering amounts of CO2. But the nation’s new political stability may put them at risk of deforestation. Christian ParentiThe NationOctober 4, 2007
InvestigationBusiness Medifraud Amok Drug companies are paying off doctors and profiting enormously from off-label use of anti-psychotics in kids. How Big Pharma defrauds Americans. Art LevineThe American ProspectSeptember 26, 2007
InvestigationWorld The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness Fifty military veterans speak on the record about attacks on Iraqi civilians Chris Hedges & Laila Al-ArianThe NationJuly 30, 2007
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics, Technology Fencing the Border: Boeing’s High-Tech Plan Falters Boeing’s plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border — involving chain-link fences, 100-foot towers, radars and surveillance equipment, and costing billions of dollars — is a boondoggle-in-the-making. Joseph RicheyCorpwatchJuly 9, 2007
InvestigationWorld The Bitter End Many troops in Iraq want to remain there. Democrats, haunted by the legacy of Vietnam, want to bring them back. But they need to realize that arguing in the name of the troops won’t work. Spencer AckermanWashington MonthlyJuly 7, 2007
InvestigationPolitics Hillary, Inc. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton vows to defend Americans against the privileged and powerful, but her ties to big business compromise her populist promises. Ari BermanThe NationJune 4, 2007
InvestigationWorld Training Iraq’s Death Squads Though the U.S. Army in Iraq is training the Iraqi Police, many worry that the militiamen who infiltrate the police cadre will use their newfound knowledge to turn on the Americans or rival sects. Spencer AckermanThe NationJune 4, 2007
InvestigationPolitics, World How Specialist Town Lost His Benefits He took shrapnel to the head in Ramadi, Iraq. But instead of care, he got booted from the Army for an alleged pre-existing “personality disorder.” Joshua KorsThe NationApril 9, 2007