InvestigationPolitics New Footage from Inside Palin’s Church A peek inside the church where Sarah Palin was baptized, plus interviews at an Alaska rally protesting the morning-after contraceptive pill. Max BlumenthalThe Daily BeastOctober 9, 2008
InvestigationPolitics McCain and the POW Cover-up John McCain never misses an opportunity to tout his Vietnam POW credentials. Then why did he help suppress a real investigation into evidence of POWs left behind? Sydney SchanbergThe NationOctober 6, 2008
InvestigationImmigration, Justice In Arizona, Undocumented Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges Drastic changes in immigration enforcement mean that undocumented immigrants who were once allowed to leave voluntarily are now being tried as criminals. David BaconThe NationOctober 6, 2008
InvestigationPolitics The Palin Payoff Thanks to Sarah Palin, McCain’s campaign coffers are overflowing with evangelical cash, giving him new clout in battleground states. Bill Berkowitz & Michael ReynoldsAlterNetOctober 1, 2008
InvestigationEnvironment, World The Wrong Path to Conservation Conservation International attracted $6 million to protect marine life in Papua New Guinea. Instead, they secured little more than plush offices and first class travel. Mark DowieThe NationSeptember 29, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Three Years After Hurricane Katrina, Homelessness Looms Where are families evacuated after Hurricane Katrina supposed to go once FEMA kicks them out of government trailer parks? Deepa FernandesMother JonesSeptember 28, 2008
InvestigationPolitics The Witch Hunter Anoints Sarah Palin In 2005, at Sarah Palin’s childhood church, Wasilla Assembly of God, Kenyan pastor Thomas Muthee called upon Jesus to put her in the governor’s mansion. Max BlumenthalHuffPostSeptember 24, 2008
InvestigationWorld War is Personal This is a collection of eight photographic essays on the lives of Americans who have been profoundly affected by the Iraq War. Eugene RichardsThe NationSeptember 22, 2008
InvestigationLabor, Politics The American Dream Comic and social critic Harmon Leon embarks on a gonzo journey across America and inside a Fort Lauderdale weapons convention, where he finds that even a self-declared revolutionary with a Cayman Island PO Box is treated as a potential customer. Harmon LeonNation BooksSeptember 22, 2008
InvestigationImmigration The Fence to Nowhere The Minutemen promised their supporters a high-tech border blockade. Instead, they got a five-strand barbed-wire fence – and a bunch of angry splinter groups. David NeiwertThe American ProspectSeptember 22, 2008