InvestigationBusiness The Billion Dollar Bank Heist How the financial industry is buying off Washington and killing reform. The only winners seem to be well-paid lobbyists and the legislators who are being showered with campaign dollars. Gary RivlinNewsweekJuly 12, 2011
InvestigationWorld The Shelters That Clinton Built After Haiti’s earthquake, the Clinton Foundation promised hurricane shelters that would double as classrooms. But they delivered shoddy, formaldehyde-tainted trailers from the same company that supplied FEMA after Katrina. Isabel Macdonald & Isabeau DoucetThe NationJuly 11, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, Labor, Politics Bycatch 22 As a twisted consequence of overfishing regulations, commercial fishermen have no choice but to catch sea bass, flounder, monkfish, and tuna — and throw them dead back into the sea. Tom GogolaNew YorkJuly 10, 2011
AnalysisJustice, World Dying to Tell the Truth in Pakistan “You want to be a hero? We’ll make you a hero,” said the men in police uniforms who last month mercilessly beat up Waqar Kiani, a freelance Pakistani journalist, in Pakistan’s capital… Jayshree BajoriaJuly 7, 2011
InvestigationWorld Doubt, Suspicion at Cambodia War Trial A UN court brings some former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice amid suspicions that it whitewashed related investigations. Douglas GillisonTimeJune 28, 2011
NewsWorld Reporting the Arab Spring As the Arab Spring has turned to summer, journalists across the Middle East and North Africa remain active in their efforts to provide a voice from inside the conflict zones. Yet, unsurprisingly, these pursuits have often been met with extraordinary consequences… Marc KilsteinJune 25, 2011
Inside TIJournalism Support intrepid young investigative reporters We’re halfway through our summer fund drive here at The Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund — and we hope this story, about one of our fantastic young reporters, will inspire you to give… Esther KaplanJune 16, 2011
InvestigationWorld Operation Birthright How a small group of wealthy American Jews and Israeli politicians set out to create the next generation of Zionists. Kiera FeldmanThe NationJune 16, 2011
Inside TIJournalism How To Support Award-Winning Journalism Last night, Jeff Sharlet, a six-time Investigative Fund reporter, won the Molly National Journalism Prize. The award, named for the late great Molly Ivins, went to Sharlet’s harrowing report in Harper’s on the role American evangelicals played… Esther KaplanJune 10, 2011
NewsBusiness, Politics Has Obama Found a Replacement for Elizabeth Warren at the CFPB? According to Bloomberg News and other outlets, the Obama Administration is considering appointing Raj Date, a top deputy to Elizabeth Warren at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as the bureau’s permanent director. Is the White House is floating a trial balloon? Ari BermanJune 9, 2011