Investigations

Tiny Little Laws

A plague of sexual violence persists in Indian Country — while law enforcement turns a blind eye.

Kathy DobieHarper'sJanuary 19, 2011

Violent Rhetoric and the Mentally Ill

For some time now, it’s been a reflexive response by media pundits, particularly conservatives and “moderate” liberals, to point to mental illness when some violent and unstable person commits a horrifying act in the name of extremist right-wing beliefs…

David NeiwertJanuary 16, 2011

InvestigationWorld

The Will to Resist

Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan

Dahr JamailHaymarket BooksJanuary 12, 2011

AnalysisPolitics

Did the Right’s Rhetoric Fuel the Actions of Arizona’s Mass Murderer?

It’s too soon to say what motivated the man apprehended for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 18 others outside a Tucson supermarket on Saturday. But the Tea Party culture of political intimidation affirmed his violent impulses.

Adele M StanJanuary 10, 2011

InvestigationEnvironment

Drugs in the System

There are half a million foster kids in the U.S. and they’re prescribed antipsychotics nine times more often than their counterparts. Does this unregulated system financially reward overmedication?

Sarah Fitzpatrick & Mar CabraNeed to KnowJanuary 7, 2011

Inside TIJournalism

Wayne Barrett Joins The Nation Institute

Having known Wayne Barrett for more than three decades, a period during which we have been both colleagues and close friends, I can state unequivocally that the investigative reporter who left the Village Voice this week is the most prolific and successful of his generation.

Joe ConasonJanuary 7, 2011

NewsHealth

Are Foster Kids Overmedicated? Tonight on PBS

Antipsychotics are the top-selling class of drugs in the United States, with sales of $14.6 billion in 2009 alone. Their use in children and adolescents in the United States is increasingly prevalent — and children in foster care are among the most likely to be medicated…

Mar CabraJanuary 7, 2011

InvestigationJustice, Politics

Military Sexual Abuse ‘Staggering’

Despite a “zero-tolerance” policy, rapes in the military are on the rise — and evidence shows that officials go to great lengths to protect the perpetrators. Part 2 of a 2-part series. Read part 1 here.

Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 23, 2010

InvestigationEnvironment

Risky Business: EPA Builds List of Potentially Dangerous Chemicals

The EPA is preparing a list of pollutants that contribute to neurological disorders; some compounds on their list are ubiquitous in household products, drinking water, medicine, and within the environment.

Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyDecember 21, 2010

InvestigationJustice, World

Rape Rampant in US Military

Statistics and soldiers’ testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military. Part 1 of a 2-part series. Read part 2 here.

Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 21, 2010

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