InvestigationJustice The Missionary Movement to “Save” Black Babies Inside the anti-abortion movement’s evangelical drive to reach “urban” and “underserved” women and communities. Akiba SolomonColorlines.comMay 2, 2013
InvestigationJustice The 10 Worst Prisons in America Prisons are nasty places by design, but these 10 stand out as the most brutal and horrific places to do time. Jean Casella & James RidgewayMother JonesMay 1, 2013
InvestigationBusiness, Politics How Wall Street Defanged Dodd-Frank Battalions of regulatory lawyers burrowed deep in the federal bureaucracy to foil reform. Gary RivlinThe NationApril 30, 2013
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Justice Will This Pill Fix Your Sex Life? Inside big pharma’s campaign to hype — and treat — women’s sexual dysfunction. Jennifer BlockNewsweekApril 29, 2013
InvestigationBusiness, Environment What BP Doesn’t Want You To Know about the Gulf Spill On the third anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, a secret manual suggests that BP sacrificed clean-up workers’ health to make the oil spill “disappear.” Mark HertsgaardNewsweekApril 19, 2013
InvestigationBusiness Renting to Addicts for Profit In the wake of the housing crash, unscrupulous landlords are making a profit by renting rooms in “sober houses” to recovering addicts. Sarah Gross & Lisa DesaiMarketplaceApril 5, 2013
InvestigationWorld The New Roma Ghettos Welcome to Slovakia, where scapegoating and isolating the country’s most precarious minority has become sport for skinheads and elected officials alike. Aaron Lake SmithViceApril 4, 2013
InvestigationPolitics The Right Leans In Media-savvy conservative nonprofits take aim and fire at progressive power bases in the states. Lee FangThe NationMarch 28, 2013
InvestigationJustice Gideon and the Decline of the Public Defender Fifty years ago Gideon v. Wainwright gave poor people the right free legal counsel. But in many states, that right now only exists on paper. Karen HouppertAl JazeeraMarch 27, 2013
InvestigationJustice Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-blowers The NSA Four reveal how a toxic mix of cronyism and fraud blinded the agency in the lead-up to 9/11. Tim ShorrockThe NationMarch 26, 2013