InvestigationWorld The Will to Resist Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan Dahr JamailHaymarket BooksJanuary 12, 2011
AnalysisPolitics Did the Right’s Rhetoric Fuel the Actions of Arizona’s Mass Murderer? It’s too soon to say what motivated the man apprehended for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others outside a Tucson supermarket on Saturday. But the Tea Party culture of political intimidation affirmed his violent impulses. Adele M StanJanuary 10, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment Drugs in the System There are half a million foster kids in the U.S. and they’re prescribed antipsychotics nine times more often than their counterparts. Does this unregulated system financially reward overmedication? Sarah Fitzpatrick & Mar CabraNeed to KnowJanuary 7, 2011
Inside TIJournalism Wayne Barrett Joins The Nation Institute Having known Wayne Barrett for more than three decades, a period during which we have been both colleagues and close friends, I can state unequivocally that the investigative reporter who left the Village Voice this week is the most prolific and successful of his generation. Joe ConasonJanuary 7, 2011
NewsHealth Are Foster Kids Overmedicated? Tonight on PBS Antipsychotics are the top-selling class of drugs in the United States, with sales of $14.6 billion in 2009 alone. Their use in children and adolescents in the United States is increasingly prevalent — and children in foster care are among the most likely to be medicated… Mar CabraJanuary 7, 2011
InvestigationJustice, Politics Military Sexual Abuse ‘Staggering’ Despite a “zero-tolerance” policy, rapes in the military are on the rise — and evidence shows that officials go to great lengths to protect the perpetrators. Part 2 of a 2-part series. Read part 1 here. Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 23, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment Risky Business: EPA Builds List of Potentially Dangerous Chemicals The EPA is preparing a list of pollutants that contribute to neurological disorders; some compounds on their list are ubiquitous in household products, drinking water, medicine, and within the environment. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyDecember 21, 2010
InvestigationJustice, World Rape Rampant in US Military Statistics and soldiers’ testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military. Part 1 of a 2-part series. Read part 2 here. Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 21, 2010
NewsJustice Bradley Manning’s “cruel and inhumane” imprisonment After spending nine days in solitary confinement in a jail in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released on bail. Meanwhile, Bradley Manning, the whistleblower behind WikiLeaks, sits in solitary confinement for the seventh month. Kate MurphyDecember 16, 2010
InvestigationJustice A Shtetl Divided In the 1990s, the NYPD often clashed with Brooklyn’s Hasidic community. Now the community’s own para-police forces, the Shmira and the Shomrim, are at war with each other. Matthew ShaerHarper'sDecember 13, 2010