AnalysisJustice How a Dragnet Snagged Philly’s Poor A reckless crusade to collect questionable and sometimes illegitimate debt allegedly owed by hundreds of thousands of Philadelphians has finally ended. Daniel DenvirOctober 16, 2014
InvestigationBusiness, Environment How Cancer Came to the Acreage Families in this south Florida town point to two companies as the source of the contamination that caused their children’s disease. Sharon LernerThe NationOctober 16, 2014
InvestigationPolitics Office Politics Inside the PAC teaching corporate America how to make its employees vote for the right candidates and causes. Spencer WoodmanSlate MagazineOctober 16, 2014
NewsJustice Philly Courts Rein in Debt-Collection Campaign The campaign squeezed the city’s poorest residents for old, uncertain, and possibly erroneous debts. Daniel DenvirOctober 9, 2014
AnalysisLabor Why I Crowdfunded My Own Investigative Journalism Project It’s hard out there for a journalist. Robin MartyOctober 7, 2014
InvestigationJustice, Politics Reform Money Pours Into Minn. School Board Race Why are Teach for America and a California billionaire investing in a tiny local election? Sarah LahmIn These TimesOctober 7, 2014
InvestigationJustice Bias in the Box For capital juries across America, race still plays a role in who gets to serve. Dax-Devlon RossVirginia Quarterly ReviewOctober 6, 2014
InvestigationPolitics, World Far-Right Birther’s Secret Funders America’s biggest defense and aerospace contractors are pouring thousands into Frank Gaffney’s “work.” Eli CliftonSalon.comOctober 1, 2014
InvestigationJustice, Politics How to Destroy a Public-School System In Philadelphia, education reformers got everything they wanted. Look where the city’s schools are now. Daniel DenvirThe NationSeptember 30, 2014
InvestigationPolitics Are Venture Capitalists Poised to ‘Disrupt’ Education? Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education. Lee FangThe NationSeptember 25, 2014