Inside TI

More Mortgage Madness

Forged signatures and wildly exaggerated incomes on loan paperwork. Home loans granted for properties without homes on them. Criminals hired as a mortgage brokers. These were common practices among some of the country’s biggest banks and lenders…

Erika EichelbergerOctober 11, 2011

NewsJustice, World

Doubts Remain After Arrest in Politkovskaya Case

Five years ago today, Russian investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya was shot in the elevator of her Moscow apartment building. Last month, a central figure in the case, a former police officer, was finally arrested — and today a known mobster was charged in the crime.

Adam FedermanOctober 7, 2011

InvestigationWorld

The Strange Power of Qatar

A look at the Gulf nation of Qatar and its vexed relationship to the Arab Spring — cheerleading Egyptians and Libyans but silent on protests closer to home.

Hugh EakinThe New York Review of BooksOctober 5, 2011

InvestigationImmigration, Politics

Alabama’s Divisive Immigration Bill

Alabama’s new anti-immigration bill, HB 56, is the most draconian in the nation. And it’s already adversely affecting the local economy.

Paul ReyesMother JonesSeptember 28, 2011

AnalysisWorld

Birthright bites back

Just months after The Investigative Fund and The Nation published the first in-depth exposé of Birthright Israel, the free educational tours of Israel offered to young Jews abroad, comes the announcement of a press junket, designed to woo reporters who also just happen to be Birthright alums.

Esther KaplanSeptember 20, 2011

AnalysisJustice

Fear, Inc: Anatomy of an Anti-Islam Epidemic

Fear sells, and it is a solid business. Institutions, movements, and careers have been built around addressing that fear, too. But there are more subtle political lessons to be drawn from Fear, Inc., a new report from the Center for American Progress.

Meg StalcupSeptember 15, 2011

AnalysisJustice

The Girl from Trails End

By March of 2011, the news was everywhere: An 11-year-old girl had been gang raped by eighteen (now known to be nineteen) teenagers and men, ranging in age from 16 to 27, in the East Texas town of Cleveland.

Onnesha RoychoudhuriSeptember 14, 2011

Inside TIJustice, World

Iran to pardon hikers

In a “unilateral humanitarian gesture,” Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced that he will grant a pardon to Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, jailed in Tehran on charges of espionage and illegal border crossing for more than two years.

Esther KaplanSeptember 13, 2011

InvestigationWorld

Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood

Evidence emerges of the Muslim Brotherhood’s cooperation with the Egyptian military — sparking tensions between the Brotherhood’s old guard and new.

Stephen GlainThe NationSeptember 12, 2011

NewsBusiness, Politics

Investor protections imperiled by Wall Street, GOP assault on financial reform

It’s no secret that a powerful, well-funded coalition of mega-banks, derivatives users and insurance brokers wants to see major pieces of the Wall Street financial reform law dismembered and defunded. They are partnering with mostly GOP House members to do so.

John WasikSeptember 7, 2011

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