InvestigationBusiness A Home Owners’ Revolt Against the Banks MERS, the massive registry that tracks sales of mortgages, just may provide a loophole allowing homeowners to escape foreclosure. Christopher KetchamHarper'sJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics NAFTA’s Human Costs NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was hailed as a boon to economies on both sides of the border. A look at the policy’s human costs. David BaconThe Investigative FundJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationJustice, World Mexico’s Anti-Abortion Backlash In just two years, half of Mexican states passed extreme fetal-rights amendments — and women are serving time in jail for suspected abortions. Mary CuddeheThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Migration Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now they’re condemned as “illegals.” David BaconThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, World Torn Apart Nebraska child welfare officials took Maria Luis’s kids, then US immigration officers sent her back to Guatemala. How deportation is tearing apart families. Aaron NelsenIn These TimesDecember 20, 2011
InvestigationPolitics, World Dictators Rely on DC Front Men Professors and lobbyists tout autocrats from Central Asian countries inside the beltway, skirting disclosure laws. Ken SilversteinSalon.comDecember 14, 2011
InvestigationPolitics How Bahrain Works Washington In the latest twist on lobbying, Middle East autocracies repackage propaganda as “media awareness.” Ken SilversteinSalon.comDecember 8, 2011
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Politics How the Food Industry Eats Your Kid’s Lunch A cozy alliance between companies that manufacture processed foods and companies that serve school meals is making students fat and sick. Lucy KomisarThe New York TimesDecember 3, 2011
InvestigationJustice, World Justice Denied The UN tribunal established to prosecute Khmer Rouge war criminals is in shambles — and those responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands may avoid facing charges. Douglas GillisonForeign PolicyNovember 23, 2011
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Selling Schools Out Under the banner of high-tech progress, corporate lobbyists have rammed through legislation privatizing K-12 education across the country. Lee FangThe NationNovember 17, 2011