InvestigationWorld The Sheik Down How American commanders have used Iraq’s Awakening Councils to pay millions of dollars in thinly disguised bribes to Sunni sheikhs. Shane BauerMother JonesSeptember 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness How Real Estate Owns Us The devastating economic and social consequences of the American obsession with home ownership during the past decade. Alyssa KatzNext American CitySeptember 1, 2009
InvestigationImmigration El Muro de los Lamentos The high cost and low security of the Secure Border Initiative, Boeing’s high-tech “superfence” across the Mexican border. Joseph RicheyExpansión (Mexico)September 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Opportunity Knocks Miami, Florida, number four in foreclosures among American cities, has a 70,000-person wait list for public housing. So activist Max Rameau restores evicted families to their homes. Paul ReyesVirginia Quarterly ReviewSeptember 1, 2009
InvestigationPolitics, World The CIA, Siberia and the $5 Million Dollar Bar Bill How a laughably inept CIA mission to buy helicopters in Siberia — another episode of the covert “war on terror” — ended in a federal corruption trial. Sharon WeinbergerThe New York PostAugust 16, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Obama’s Plan To Help Homeowners Is Struggling Why the Obama administraton’s plan for voluntary assistance to overleveraged homeowners – “all carrot and no stick” — is failing to meet national goals. Zach CarterSalon.comAugust 6, 2009
InvestigationEnvironment Eagle Alaska Exacerbated by global warming, Yukon river flooding destroys the historic Alaskan fishing village called Eagle. Ted GenowaysStudio 360 (Public Radio International)July 31, 2009
InvestigationWorld Donkey Business The Marah Zoo in Gaza is a microcosm of the coping mechanisms walled-in Gazans have had to adopt. Sharon WeinbergerSlate MagazineJuly 23, 2009
InvestigationWorld Iran’s Green Wave The state of play of Iranian politics around this year’s much-disputed presidential election, which saw a massive popular opposition movement take to the streets. Robert DreyfussThe NationJuly 20, 2009
InvestigationWorld Welcome to Hamaswood Asdaa, the Hamas movie set built to resemble a typical Gazan street, is subject to the politics of its Islamist owner and the constraints of life under Israeli siege. Sharon WeinbergerForeign PolicyJuly 16, 2009