InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Hanford’s Nuclear Option Department of Energy scientists allege catastrophic mismanagement by Bechtel of the costliest environmental cleanup in world history. Joshua FrankSeattle WeeklyOctober 19, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics, World Bolivia’s March Against Evo Morales Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous head of state, faces a major challenge from his allies over plans to build a highway in the Amazon. Jean Friedman-RudovskyTimeOctober 17, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment Deep Cuts North Carolina’s Triangle Land Conservancy was set up to protect trees and forests on the lands it acquires. So why is it logging them instead? Laura HerbstIndependent WeeklyOctober 12, 2011
InvestigationWorld The Strange Power of Qatar A look at the Gulf nation of Qatar and its vexed relationship to the Arab Spring — cheerleading Egyptians and Libyans but silent on protests closer to home. Hugh EakinThe New York Review of BooksOctober 5, 2011
InvestigationImmigration, Politics Alabama’s Divisive Immigration Bill Alabama’s new anti-immigration bill, HB 56, is the most draconian in the nation. And it’s already adversely affecting the local economy. Paul ReyesMother JonesSeptember 28, 2011
InvestigationWorld Fault Lines in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Evidence emerges of the Muslim Brotherhood’s cooperation with the Egyptian military — sparking tensions between the Brotherhood’s old guard and new. Stephen GlainThe NationSeptember 12, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, World Toxic Trash Billy McKenna and Kevin Wilkins survived multiple tours in Iraq. But they died of rare illnesses not long after coming home. J. Malcolm GarciaOxford AmericanAugust 24, 2011
InvestigationJustice Deadly Secrets How a California court decision has shielded brutal Oakland police officers from accountability. Ali WinstonColorlines.comAugust 16, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment, World Smoke Screen In Afghanistan, the US military disposes of millions of pounds of garbage each day — electronics, mattresses, plastics, even human feces — in open burn pits. Are toxic clouds from these sites making everyone sick? J. Malcolm GarciaGuernicaAugust 16, 2011
InvestigationPolitics, World State vs. Defense How sixty years of American militarism created the Cold War, fanned decades of unnecessary conflict, fueled Islamist terror, and could bankrupt the country. Stephen GlainCrown PublishingAugust 2, 2011