InvestigationBusiness, Labor Making Ends Meet in the Great Recession The story of Tisha, an unemployed mother of three in Connecticut, who’s facing a social safety net shredded further by the economic crisis. Seth Freed WesslerLink TVFebruary 3, 2010
NewsJustice Another Questionable Case on Texas’s Death Row A number of stories published over the last six months have drawn attention to Texas’s questionable death row policies. Now, The Texas Tribune has the latest… Nicholas KusnetzFebruary 2, 2010
InvestigationJustice, World For Us Surrender is Out of the Question A story from Burma's never-ending war Mac McClellandSoft Skull PressFebruary 1, 2010
InvestigationWorld Moscow’s New Rules It’s either death threats and assassinations or state subsidies with lots of strings attached; all in all, a tough time for investigative reporting in Russia. But some are gutting it out. Adam FedermanColumbia Journalism ReviewFebruary 1, 2010
NewsHealth Chicago Trib nursing home exposé Thanks to our friends at Pro Publica for highlighting a great investigation by The Chicago Tribune into the Illinois practice of nursing homes mixing their populations of mentally ill felons with the elderly… Jayati VoraFebruary 1, 2010
InvestigationWorld Chinese Backlash to Obama-Lama Summit As President Obama plans to meet with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, Western governments are increasingly conceding to Chinese pressure on the issue of Tibet. Greg BrunoForbesJanuary 31, 2010
ImpactJournalism Thompson named Goldsmith finalist Great news today that A.C. Thompson was named a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, for a series of reports on white vigilante violence in New Orleans — and NOPD complicity — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Esther KaplanJanuary 29, 2010
AnalysisJustice, World Last Lawsuit Standing I strongly recommend checking out Jeremy Scahill’s new documentary on Blackwater and its alleged murder of a nine-year-old boy during the 2007 massacre at Nisour Square. Marissa Colon-MargoliesJanuary 29, 2010
AnalysisBusiness Gawker hits HuffPost I Fund Tough piece on Gawker yesterday about the HuffPost Investigative Fund. John Cook particularly goes after the project for running almost all of its investigations on its for-profit partner, The Huffington Post, along with a scattering of other sites, such as AlterNet and Common Dreams. Esther KaplanJanuary 26, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Health Is Your Cell Phone Hazardous to Your Health? Ever worry that that gadget you spend hours holding next to your head might be damaging your brain? Well, the evidence is starting to pour in, and it’s not pretty. Christopher KetchamGQJanuary 26, 2010