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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 The Poison Crib New evidence has emerged that using chemical flame retardants, especially in baby products which are in little danger of catching fire, can do more harm than good. Sheila KaplanSalon.comJune 14, 2010
InvestigationPolitics The Democrats’ New ‘Family Values’ Key Congressional players behind the Stupak amendment, which would bar health plans from covering abortion, are members of a secretive evangelical group, The Family. Jeff SharletSalon.comNovember 10, 2009
InvestigationJustice, Politics The Bitter Tears of Johnny Cash As singer Johnny Cash built ties with the American Indian movement, the record industry lashed out — and the FBI began to surveil him as a radical. Antonino D'AmbrosioSalon.comNovember 9, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Healthcare Reform Foe’s History of Discrimination A probe into the chain of profitable clinics founded by Rick Scott, the health care reform nemesis who once ran the Columbia-HCA hospital conglomerate. Part two of two. (See part one.) Tristram KortenSalon.comOctober 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Rick Scott Profits off the Uninsured A probe into the chain of profitable clinics founded by Rick Scott, the health care reform nemesis who helped mobilize protesters to disrupt those infamous town hall meetings. Part one of two. Tristram KortenSalon.comSeptember 30, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Obama’s Plan To Help Homeowners Is Struggling Why the Obama administraton’s plan for voluntary assistance to overleveraged homeowners – “all carrot and no stick” — is failing to meet national goals. Zach CarterSalon.comAugust 6, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World Neo-Nazis Are in the Army Now With the military loosening its regulations, neo-Nazis are joining its ranks in higher numbers, hoping to gain the skills to fight a domestic race war. Matt KennardSalon.comJune 15, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Predatory Lending with a Smiley Face The biggest winners in the government’s $275 billion homeowner bailout may be the very mortgage brokers responsible for creating the disaster. Alyssa KatzSalon.comMarch 4, 2009