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InvestigationBusiness, Immigration Forever Temps Once a bastion of good jobs, manufacturing has gone gaga for temps. Sarah JaffeIn These TimesJanuary 6, 2014
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Labor Stealing Pennies from Chileros Green chiles are a hot commodity, but the fields are overgrown with wage theft. Joseph SorrentinoIn These TimesDecember 17, 2013
InvestigationPolitics The Children Left Behind What happened to the students pushed out by high-stakes testing? Debbie NathanIn These TimesOctober 28, 2013
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Labor Fear in the Fields For sexual harassers, undocumented farmworkers make the “perfect victims.” Joseph SorrentinoIn These TimesFebruary 27, 2013
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
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics How Does Your Water Glow? A politically connected waste management company operates a radioactive waste dump in Texas that sits atop one of North America’s largest aquifers — a recipe for environmental disaster. Laray PolkIn These TimesJuly 1, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Cafeteria Kickbacks Whistleblowers and company documents reveal that global food-service provider Sodexo has taken hundreds of millions of dollars of kickbacks from suppliers. Lucy KomisarIn These TimesMarch 1, 2009
InvestigationWorld No JROTC Left Behind Are the new wave of public school military academies a veiled attempt to recruit American youth to fight unpopular wars? Allen McDuffeeIn These TimesSeptember 1, 2008
InvestigationJustice Passive Resisters In this sidebar to her story on taser-related deaths, Talvi shows how Taser’s promotional materials demonstrate how to use this “less-than-lethal” weapon on nonviolent protesters. Silja TalviIn These TimesNovember 13, 2006
InvestigationJustice Stunning Revelations: The Untold Story of Taser-Related Deaths There have been 200 Taser-related deaths from 2001 to 2006, leading critics to call for better training and evaluation in their use. Silja TalviIn These TimesNovember 13, 2006