InvestigationJustice Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans Seven years after Katrina, poor people in New Orleans who are accused of crimes are being denied counsel — and left to languish behind bars. Karen HouppertThe NationAugust 22, 2012
InvestigationWorld Dissident Thunder How a pro-democracy insurgency — comprised of activists in exile, in prison, or underground — returned to take Burma’s military junta by storm. Delphine SchrankVirginia Quarterly ReviewAugust 13, 2012
InvestigationPolitics Romney Steered a Key Olympic Project to a Friend Did the insider deal violate Romney’s own Salt Lake ethics rules? Wayne BarrettMother JonesJuly 27, 2012
InvestigationEnvironment, World Peruvians Face Off Against Newmont Mining The Colorado-based Newmont Mining Corporation is embroiled in a controversial project in Peru that locals say threatens their water and their future. Bill WeinbergThe ProgressiveJuly 25, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Justice The Minutemen’s Demise How the murder of a 9-year-old girl and her father caused the implosion of the nativist border-watch movement. David NeiwertAlterNetJuly 23, 2012
InvestigationWorld Rumble in the Jungle As Brazil builds continental infrastructure in South America, indigenous communities fight for their way of life. A photo essay. Noah Friedman-RudovskyForeign PolicyJuly 20, 2012
InvestigationWorld The Bully from Brazil South America’s superpower is the force behind a highway that will bisect Bolivia, part of a continental infrastructure network mired in controversy. Jean Friedman-RudovskyForeign PolicyJuly 20, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Inside the US Border Patrol Recent deportees level charges of verbal and physical abuse, sexual assault, and even torture at the US Border Patrol. Part 2 of a series; see Part 1 and Part 3. John Carlos FreyNeed to KnowJuly 20, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Justice, Politics Cultura de crueldad en la frontera Revelan que agentes destruyen botellas de agua dejadas para quienes cruzan. John Carlos FreyEl DiarioJuly 20, 2012
InvestigationImmigration Cruelty on the Border A hidden camera shows Border Patrol agents destroying water jugs left for migrants, and the abuse just gets worse. John Carlos FreySalon.comJuly 20, 2012