InvestigationJustice, World Look No Further Grave allegations of brutality and torture by US forces extend far beyond water boarding and Abu Ghraib. But has there been accountability? Inside the Army’s Detainee Abuse Task Force. Joshua E. S. PhillipsNeed to KnowMay 13, 2011
InvestigationJustice, World Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force Former agents say the Army’s attempt at accountability after Abu Ghraib was a whitewash. Joshua E. S. PhillipsThe NationMay 13, 2011
InvestigationJustice, World Left in Limbo Adoptive parents on the verge of bringing home a child from Nepal come face to face with the consequences of adoption corruption and fraud. Habiba Nosheen & Lisa DesaiNeed to KnowMay 10, 2011
Inside TIJournalism Investigative Fund Story on PBS’s Need to Know As Mother’s Day approaches, PBS’s “Need to Know” investigates the murky world of international adoption… Ruth BaldwinMay 5, 2011
InvestigationJustice, World Covering Obama’s Secret War When the US unleashes drone strikes on Pakistan, key questions go unasked by the U.S. media — and unanswered by government officials. Tara McKelveyColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 3, 2011
NewsWorld A Journalists’ Appeal to Iran Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer and his companion Josh Fattal have now been imprisoned in Tehran for nearly 21 months. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, a number of the editors and reporters who have had the good fortune of working with Shane have released an appeal to Iran… Esther KaplanMay 3, 2011
InvestigationPolitics Suspension Trap They’re called “alternative learning centers,” but little learning takes place there. Welcome to the suspension dumping grounds. Anna SussmanThe ProgressiveApril 28, 2011
InvestigationWorld Now Ye Know Who the Bosses Are Here It’s an uneasy peace in Northern Ireland. Behind the silence shrouding the brutal death of Paul Quinn, who had the bad luck to tussle with the son of an IRA man. J. Malcolm GarciaMcSweeney'sApril 28, 2011
InvestigationJustice The Evangelical Adoption Crusade Even after the Silsby affair, when ten American missionaries were arrested in Haiti for attempted child theft, the Christian adoption movement is unchastened. Kathryn JoyceThe NationApril 26, 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