AnalysisBusiness CRC Cries Foul and Art Levine Responds Dr. Philip Herschman, CRC’s clinical director, responded to our July 18 investigation into Bain Capital’s investment in the troubled chain of residential treatment facilities by calling the investigation “inaccurate, unbalanced and disheartening.” Reporter Art Levine responds… Art LevineJuly 26, 2012
AnalysisBusiness, Labor Why I Went to Beauty School I’d been enrolled in beauty school as a night student for two months. And for a total of ten months between 2009 and 2010, I spent every weeknight learning to give facials, blend eye shadow, and wax bikini lines. Virginia Sole-SmithJuly 19, 2012
AnalysisBusiness Investigating New York Blogger John Robinson saw a tweet about North Carolina News & Observer editor John Drescher on the astronomical cost of investigative journalism — $150,000 to $200,000 by some estimates… Hannah MurphyApril 10, 2012
AnalysisImmigration, Justice The Chief of Police Doth Protest Too Much The chief of police in Escondido, CA, insisted I interview him. Chief Jim Maher had “an immigrant-friendly agenda,” he said, and was a friend to Latinos. He had done nothing wrong, and the media and activists were just spreading lies… John Carlos FreyMarch 12, 2012
AnalysisImmigration, Justice Custody Battles The fate of kids whose undocumented parents are swept into an immigration dragnet has largely escaped the attention of mainstream media, but a recent ABC News investigation tackles the issue… Aaron NelsenFebruary 10, 2012
AnalysisWorld 10 Best Investigative Outlets You’ve Never Heard Of Sometime during this past year I began to grow curious about how investigative journalism is practiced in other parts of the world. In the United States, severe newsroom cuts have meant that budgets were slashed for investigative reporting… Jayati VoraDecember 21, 2011
AnalysisWorld In Iran, Journalism is an “Anti-State” Activity In its December 8 report, the Committee to Protect Journalists announced that Iran was the worst place in the world for journalists in 2011. According to this report, 179 writers, editors, and photojournalists have been imprisoned around the world this year… Roozbeh MirebrahimiDecember 14, 2011
AnalysisPolitics Veterans Day Reads Just in time for Veterans Day, the Senate is preparing to endorse a bill that would provide tax credits of up to $9,600 for companies that hire disabled veterans. Angela AiutoNovember 11, 2011
AnalysisBusiness, Justice Investigating “The Greatest Show on Earth” Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Deborah Nelson has a heartbreaking expose in the November/December 2011 issue of Mother Jones about ritual animal abuse, specifically… Jayati VoraNovember 8, 2011
AnalysisJustice Police Raid on Occupy Oakland Nothing New Over 2,500 people have been arrested across the United States as the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread from its genesis in Lower Manhattan to over 1,000 American cities and municipalities… Ali WinstonOctober 28, 2011