Analysis

Behind a Human Trafficking Investigation

On September 1, the Department of Justice leveled the largest human trafficking indictment in US history…

John BoweSeptember 14, 2010

Shourd Released; Detention Extended for Bauer, Fattal

Some amazing news: Sarah Shourd, one of the Americans detained in Iran for more than thirteen months, was finally released today to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran…

Esther KaplanSeptember 14, 2010

InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World

Will Ecuador Forego an Oil Bonanza?

Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, is home to remote Indian tribes. It also sits atop a billion barrels of oil.

Kelly HearnYale Environment 360September 13, 2010

NewsWorld

One American, Detained in Iran, Set for Release

The wire services are reporting that one of the three Americans detained in Iran since July 2009 will be released on Saturday in an act of clemency to mark the close of Ramadan…

Esther KaplanSeptember 9, 2010

AnalysisWorld

Iraq After Invasion Bloodiest Country for Journalists

Another journalist was gunned down in Iraq today, prominent Al-Iraqiya television anchor, Riad al-Saray. According to Iraqi police al-Saray was ambushed by gunmen using silencers outside his car. The Committee to Protect Journalists…

Marissa Colon-MargoliesSeptember 7, 2010

ImpactImmigration, Labor

Federal Indictments in Human Trafficking Scheme

Mordechai Orian, the target of an Investigative Fund probe into human trafficking, is now under federal indictment, in the largest such federal case in history.

Esther KaplanSeptember 7, 2010

AnalysisBusiness, Environment

Worker Abuses Abound in Oil Cleanup Scandal

Unthinkably, another oil rig has exploded off the Gulf Coast. No one died in the explosion that occurred around 9 a.m. this morning, but there have been conflicting reports of worker injuries. An oil slick a mile long and 100 feet wide has already been spotted…

Marissa Colon-MargoliesSeptember 2, 2010

AnalysisJustice

‘Take Back New Orleans’

One phrase haunts both Law & Disorder and If God is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise, two television documentaries released this week featuring the work of Investigative Fund reporter A.C. Thompson: “Take back New Orleans.”

George WarnerAugust 27, 2010

InvestigationJustice

Crossing the Line

In Texas, the combination of abstinence education and anti-abortion stigma is driving some women away from abortion clinics — to unsafe do-it-yourself chemical abortions at home. Is the post-Roe era already here?

Laura TillmanThe NationAugust 26, 2010

ImpactJournalism

Investigative Fund reporters on PBS and Fresh Air

Tune in to tonight’s episode of PBS’ Frontline to catch the story of Henry Glover, a victim of police violence in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His murder was first uncovered by The Investigative Fund’s A.C. Thompson…

Jayati VoraAugust 25, 2010

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