InvestigationHealth, Labor Risky Rides Why carnival workers’ grueling hours may threaten their health — and riders’ safety too. John Carlos FreyNBC NewsAugust 24, 2014
InvestigationBusiness The DOJ’s Gift to Wall Street The Department of Justice failed to build criminal cases for financial-crisis misdeeds. Now it’s settling with banks without even filing civil suits. Dean StarkmanNew RepublicAugust 20, 2014
InvestigationImmigration “A Cemetery for Our People” A Guatemalan diplomat struggles to save her countrymen in south Texas and nearly loses herself. Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 20, 2014
InvestigationImmigration “This Is Our Home” With migrants streaming through south Texas, landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving lives. Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 13, 2014
InvestigationBusiness A Billionaire’s Middle East Gamble Meet Thomas Kaplan — the man betting on war with Iran. Eli CliftonSalon.comAugust 11, 2014
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice, World A Looming Man-Made Famine Civil war and food insecurity in South Sudan — and how US nation-building crashed and burned in Africa. Nick TurseTomDispatchAugust 7, 2014
InvestigationImmigration Into the Wilderness To comply with US immigration law, Exelina Hernandez would have to risk her life. Melissa del BosqueThe Texas Observer, The GuardianAugust 6, 2014
InvestigationJustice The Black Men Left Behind In a society that demands innocence as a prerequisite for compassionate response, many victims of violence can’t get the resources they need. Carla MurphyColorlines.comAugust 4, 2014
InvestigationImmigration Muriendo Por Cruzar Facing brutal weather conditions, hundreds of migrants have died in Brooks County, Texas over the past two and a half years. John Carlos Frey, Neida Sandoval & Carmen DominicciNoticias TelemundoAugust 3, 2014
InvestigationPolitics, World A New Cold War in Africa? Is the conflict in South Sudan the opening salvo in the battle for a continent? Nick TurseTomDispatchJuly 31, 2014