The Nation InvestigationWorld Afghan Lobby Scam A private memo from lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs reveals that a Pentagon contractor currently under Congressional investigation has sought to influence U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Aram RostonThe NationDecember 22, 2009 InvestigationWorld How the US Funds the Taliban Defense contractors in Afghanistan use federal funds to pay off suspected insurgents not to attack US supply convoys. And this payola may be a major source of funds for the Taliban. Aram RostonThe NationNovember 30, 2009 InvestigationJustice, World Beyond Rescue Beyond Rescue Noy ThrupkaewThe NationOctober 26, 2009 InvestigationWorld Russian Journalists Still Under Threat The brazen killing of journalists in Russia and its former territories continues post-Putin, unabated, unpunished – and too often uninvestigated. Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 7, 2009 InvestigationJustice, World The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking How the Gates Foundation’s “war” on child prostitution in developing countries may harm the young victims it is supposed to rescue. Part one of two. Noy ThrupkaewThe NationOctober 5, 2009 InvestigationPolitics, World The American Leviathan How the Pentagon is asserting new control over US foreign policy with its own vast programs of foreign aid and “military operations other than war.” Stephen GlainThe NationSeptember 28, 2009 InvestigationJustice Shotgun Adoption The spread of highly questionable practices — including coercion of destitute pregnant women — in the anti-abortion movement’s “crisis counseling” centers. Kathryn JoyceThe NationSeptember 14, 2009 InvestigationWorld Iran’s Green Wave The state of play of Iranian politics around this year’s much-disputed presidential election, which saw a massive popular opposition movement take to the streets. Robert DreyfussThe NationJuly 20, 2009 InvestigationBusiness, Environment Radioactive Revival in New Mexico Plans to resume uranium mining on Native American lands in New Mexico have sparked fears of renewed environmental destruction, illness and death – along with racial tensions. Shelley SmithsonThe NationJune 29, 2009 InvestigationPolitics, World Iraq’s New Death Squad The first major investigation of Iraq’s Special Operations Forces, the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, which functions with near total impunity. Shane BauerThe NationJune 22, 2009 1 … 13 14 15 … 21
InvestigationWorld Afghan Lobby Scam A private memo from lobbying powerhouse Patton Boggs reveals that a Pentagon contractor currently under Congressional investigation has sought to influence U.S. policy in Afghanistan. Aram RostonThe NationDecember 22, 2009
InvestigationWorld How the US Funds the Taliban Defense contractors in Afghanistan use federal funds to pay off suspected insurgents not to attack US supply convoys. And this payola may be a major source of funds for the Taliban. Aram RostonThe NationNovember 30, 2009
InvestigationWorld Russian Journalists Still Under Threat The brazen killing of journalists in Russia and its former territories continues post-Putin, unabated, unpunished – and too often uninvestigated. Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 7, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking How the Gates Foundation’s “war” on child prostitution in developing countries may harm the young victims it is supposed to rescue. Part one of two. Noy ThrupkaewThe NationOctober 5, 2009
InvestigationPolitics, World The American Leviathan How the Pentagon is asserting new control over US foreign policy with its own vast programs of foreign aid and “military operations other than war.” Stephen GlainThe NationSeptember 28, 2009
InvestigationJustice Shotgun Adoption The spread of highly questionable practices — including coercion of destitute pregnant women — in the anti-abortion movement’s “crisis counseling” centers. Kathryn JoyceThe NationSeptember 14, 2009
InvestigationWorld Iran’s Green Wave The state of play of Iranian politics around this year’s much-disputed presidential election, which saw a massive popular opposition movement take to the streets. Robert DreyfussThe NationJuly 20, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Radioactive Revival in New Mexico Plans to resume uranium mining on Native American lands in New Mexico have sparked fears of renewed environmental destruction, illness and death – along with racial tensions. Shelley SmithsonThe NationJune 29, 2009
InvestigationPolitics, World Iraq’s New Death Squad The first major investigation of Iraq’s Special Operations Forces, the largest special forces outfit ever built by the United States, which functions with near total impunity. Shane BauerThe NationJune 22, 2009