AnalysisJustice Best Investigative Reporting on US Guns You Might Have Missed As Congress and the White House prepare to battle over gun control, we rounded up some of the best, and most unsung, reporting on guns and politics for you to consider as the debate unfolds. Leticia MirandaJanuary 18, 2013
AnalysisBusiness, Labor So, You Think You Can Freelance? On December 31, 2012 the final print edition of Newsweek went to the newsstands. Splashed across the cover photo, the headline said it all: #LastPrintIssue. Anna Lekas MillerJanuary 11, 2013
AnalysisJustice, Politics What You Need to Know About Voting Fraud With elections upon us, the large and growing number of voter ID laws restricting access to the polling booth deserve our attention. Acting under the guise of limiting “voter fraud”… Eric WuestewaldNovember 5, 2012
AnalysisJustice Bronx DA Bucks Stop-and-Frisk One thing you can’t say about Robert Johnson is that he has shied away from positions that irritate cops and their allies. Personally opposed to capital punishment, the Bronx district attorney in 1996 withstood incredible public pressure and… Jarrett MurphySeptember 26, 2012
AnalysisJustice, World Empty Milestones in Ivory Coast? This month marks the one-year anniversary of the creation of Ivory Coast’s Commission for Dialogue, Truth and Reconciliation, but the results have been underwhelming… Robbie Corey-BouletSeptember 20, 2012
AnalysisJustice An Irregular Army Since the War on Terror was declared more than a decade ago, the US military has done all it can to train its troops to fight — but among its ranks lurk some of the most violent neo-Nazis and white supremacists in America. Matt KennardAugust 8, 2012
AnalysisImmigration, Justice State Audit Considered for Escondido On Wednesday August 8, 2012 the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee (JLAC) of California will consider whether to direct the State Bureau of Audits to look into Escondido’s suspect towing and impound programs. California State Senator Christine Kehoe submitted the request to JLAC after an… John Carlos FreyAugust 5, 2012
AnalysisJustice What’s Stop and Frisk Got To Do With It? Many critics of the New York Police Department’s mass stop-and-question or frisk policy focus not on the race of the people stopped but on the sheer volume of encounters. They say this reflects a larger problem for the NYPD: an obsession with metrics. The incredible decrease in crime during the… Jarrett MurphyAugust 3, 2012
AnalysisImmigration, Justice Addressing Abuse by the US Border Patrol The US Customs and Border Patrol has been in the headlines for the past few weeks — and for all the wrong reasons. There was the investigation I led into acts of abuse by border officials that aired on July… John Carlos FreyJuly 30, 2012
AnalysisBusiness, Labor Why Mary Kay is Only the Beginning In my Investigative Fund article, “The Pink Pyramid Scheme,” which appeared as the cover story of the August issue of Harper’s, cosmetics direct sales giant Mary Kay claimed “it employs multiple sales directors who earn more than $1 million a year…” Virginia Sole-SmithJuly 27, 2012