InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Labor Fear in the Fields For sexual harassers, undocumented farmworkers make the “perfect victims.” Joseph SorrentinoIn These TimesFebruary 27, 2013
InvestigationWorld The Legion of Christ’s Web of Deceit Legion of Christ founder Father Marcial Maciel Degollado abused seminarians for years while enjoying Rome’s support. New court documents indicate a wider cover-up — and a lavish life for Maciel in his final years. Jason BerryNational Catholic ReporterFebruary 19, 2013
InvestigationBusiness, Politics OMB Contender Led Walmart’s Foundation The foundation gives out $175 million a year — often to groups that support Walmart during contentious political disputes. Lee Fang & Josh EidelsonThe NationFebruary 15, 2013
InvestigationWorld Seven Days in Syria Tales of torture from the civil war. Janine di GiovanniGrantaFebruary 11, 2013
InvestigationEnvironment, Immigration, Politics Immigrants in Post-Sandy Limbo Many of Hurricane Sandy’s hardest hit victims aren’t eligible for federal aid. Ray SanchezCity LimitsFebruary 11, 2013
InvestigationPolitics Lack of Authority The city’s public housing agency knew where its disabled and elderly residents lived when Sandy struck. So why weren’t they taken care of? Sasha ChavkinThe New York WorldFebruary 1, 2013
InvestigationPolitics, World Kill Anything That Moves A startling history of the American war on Vietnamese civilians based on classified documents and first-person interviews. Nick TurseMetropolitan BooksJanuary 28, 2013
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Sandy’s Lost Lives The Bloomberg administration proposed, then dropped, a database of residents needing evacuation and aid. Sasha ChavkinWNYCJanuary 16, 2013
InvestigationWorld Subsidizing Starvation Huge subsidies to rice farmers in Arkansas have had brutal unintended consequences in Haiti. Maura R. O'ConnorForeign PolicyJanuary 14, 2013
InvestigationBusiness Georgia’s Hunger Games Fewer than 4,000 adults in the southern state receive welfare, even as poverty is soaring. How Georgia declared war on its poorest citizens. Neil deMauseSlate MagazineDecember 26, 2012