NewsEnvironment, Health Lifesaving Drugs a Menace for Health Workers Pacific Northwest-based investigative unit Investigate West just released a report on the dangers of chemotherapy drugs for American health-care workers. George WarnerJuly 13, 2010
AnalysisBusiness The New Foreclosures: Homes Seized for Unrelated Unpaid Bills NPR did a great piece the other day uncovering a little known law that has caused 10 percent of Texas’s foreclosures… George WarnerJuly 13, 2010
InvestigationWorld American Evangelicals in Kurdistan Evangelicals have established schools, radio stations and churches in northern Iraq — all with the blessings of the Kurdistan government and assistance from U.S. taxpayers. Michael ReynoldsAlterNetJuly 12, 2010
InvestigationPolitics Message Control An unsettling trend of limiting press at major events shows that the Obama White House has regressed on transparency, limiting news access more severely than Bush. Clint HendlerColumbia Journalism ReviewJuly 8, 2010
AnalysisEnvironment, Health Cracks Appear in Texas’ RadWaste Program Thanks to outspoken Texas politicians like Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Joe Barton — who preach that regulation and oversight kills jobs — the state has garnered a reputation for being hostile toward health concerns, environmental controls and federal intervention. Laray PolkJuly 7, 2010
AnalysisPolitics McChrystal, Hastings, and the Culture of Dependence Plenty of noise erupted after Michael Hastings’ Rolling Stone profile of General Stanley McChrystal hit the Web two weeks ago. Lara Logan slammed him for betraying what she views as the sacred trust between those in… Brian PalmerJuly 5, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics How Does Your Water Glow? A politically connected waste management company operates a radioactive waste dump in Texas that sits atop one of North America’s largest aquifers — a recipe for environmental disaster. Laray PolkIn These TimesJuly 1, 2010
AnalysisJustice Chicago’s Burge convicted, thanks in part to John Conroy It’s a moment that seemed like it would never come. But yesterday former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was convicted for perjury and obstruction of justice related to his years-long practice of torturing… Esther KaplanJune 29, 2010
Inside TIJournalism Ask [Kai Wright] About Gay Youth in New York The New York Times is recognizing one of our favorite Investigative Fund reporters, Kai Wright, whose stories “The Subprime Swindle,” “More Mortgage Madness,”… Jayati VoraJune 28, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan? US forces in Afghanistan may be facing another enemy: toxic sand. A new Navy study has found returning soldiers have memory loss and difficulty concentrating, which can’t be attributed to brain injuries. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyJune 25, 2010