NewsJustice Bradley Manning’s “cruel and inhumane” imprisonment After spending nine days in solitary confinement in a jail in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released on bail. Meanwhile, Bradley Manning, the whistleblower behind WikiLeaks, sits in solitary confinement for the seventh month. Kate MurphyDecember 16, 2010
InvestigationJustice A Shtetl Divided In the 1990s, the NYPD often clashed with Brooklyn’s Hasidic community. Now the community’s own para-police forces, the Shmira and the Shomrim, are at war with each other. Matthew ShaerHarper'sDecember 13, 2010
ImpactJustice Jury Convicts Three in Post-Katrina Police Shooting A federal jury has convicted three current or former New Orleans police officers in connection with the death of Henry Glover, a 31-year old man who was shot by a police officer and died in custody shortly after Hurricane Katrina tore through Louisiana in 2005. A.C. ThompsonDecember 10, 2010
AnalysisEnvironment, Politics The Race for Waste Space Why worry about the next billion years when there’s money to be made right now in Texas? Laray PolkDecember 7, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Indonesia’s Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests? A close look at a new UN program to reduce deforestation around the globe. Robert EshelmanMother JonesDecember 6, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Fiji Water Relents Fiji Water announced today that it will re-open its factory at 8 a.m. Wednesday, less than 48 hours after brusquely dismissing its Fijian workforce… Anna LenzerNovember 30, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Fiji Water Threatens to Shut Down Operations Fiji Water announced today that it will close its operations in Fiji in response to a water extraction tax hike proposed by the Fijian government… Anna LenzerNovember 29, 2010
InvestigationBusiness Books After Amazon Missing buy buttons, rigged search results, and other strong-arm tactics enabled Amazon to offer steep discounts on books. But at what cost? Onnesha RoychoudhuriThe Boston ReviewNovember 23, 2010
InvestigationJustice, Politics The Tea Party’s Armed Extremists In places like rural Montana, the Tea Party is working hand-in-glove with Patriot movement radicals — many of whom have close ties to white supremacists and anti-government armed militias David NeiwertAlterNetNovember 22, 2010
NewsJustice, World Iranian Official Questions Whether US Hikers Are Spies In an interview with NBC’s Ann Curry this week, a top Iranian human rights official cast doubt on the charge that Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, the two Americans detained in Iran, are spies… Esther KaplanNovember 21, 2010