AnalysisJustice, World Dying to Tell the Truth in Pakistan “You want to be a hero? We’ll make you a hero,” said the men in police uniforms who last month mercilessly beat up Waqar Kiani, a freelance Pakistani journalist, in Pakistan’s capital… Jayshree BajoriaJuly 7, 2011
AnalysisWorld Alexey Navalny: Russia’s Julian Assange? Alexey Navalny is decidedly not a journalist; the young corporate lawyer has dabbled in property development, the stock market, and politics… Adam FedermanJune 7, 2011
AnalysisImmigration, Justice Toughest Sheriff in America in Trouble The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Arizona’s employer sanctions law yesterday overshadowed yet another blow against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio… Aura BogadoMay 28, 2011
AnalysisEnvironment, World Is Indonesia’s Program to Stop Deforestation in Meltdown? Back in December, I wrote an article for Mother Jones about Indonesia’s efforts to reduce its levels of deforestation and, by extension, its greenhouse gas emissions, which are the third highest in the world, trailing only the U.S. and China. Robert EshelmanApril 25, 2011
AnalysisImmigration Reporting on Undocumented Immigrants Hundreds of thousands march in our nation’s capital to call — loudly — for President Obama and Congress to take on immigration reform… Molly O'TooleApril 4, 2011
AnalysisWorld The Scars on American Soil The wartime journalist is a curious creature. He or she must stomach devastation and turn it into digestible fodder for the outside world. “War was unbearable for me,” the legendary documentary photographer Eugene Richards said at an event in Manhattan earlier this month. “I hated that I was earning my living from it. I had to stop.” Carmel DeAmicisFebruary 23, 2011
AnalysisJustice Justifying Murder “There is no way I or any other representatives wish to see abortion doctors murdered,” South Dakota State Representative Phil Jensen told a Washington Post reporter yesterday. Jensen’s proposed law expands South Dakota’s definition of justifiable homicide to killings that aim to prevent a fetus’ demise… Amanda RobbFebruary 17, 2011
AnalysisPolitics Violent Rhetoric and the Mentally Ill For some time now, it’s been a reflexive response by media pundits, particularly conservatives and “moderate” liberals, to point to mental illness when some violent and unstable person commits a horrifying act in the name of extremist right-wing beliefs… David NeiwertJanuary 16, 2011
AnalysisPolitics Did the Right’s Rhetoric Fuel the Actions of Arizona’s Mass Murderer? It’s too soon to say what motivated the man apprehended for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others outside a Tucson supermarket on Saturday. But the Tea Party culture of political intimidation affirmed his violent impulses. Adele M StanJanuary 10, 2011
AnalysisEnvironment, Politics The Race for Waste Space Why worry about the next billion years when there’s money to be made right now in Texas? Laray PolkDecember 7, 2010