InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Sapping the Superfund’s Strength As Washington dithers, sites long slated for clean up continue to threaten human health, coating homes and yards with poisonous dust and saturating the air near schools. Sheila Kaplan & Marilyn Berlin SnellThe NationApril 15, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Offset Buyers Beware To Western consumers, carbon offsets sound good on paper — but the devil is in the details. On the ground, many of these enterprises are dubious at best. Heather RogersThe NationApril 15, 2010
ImpactJournalism I Fund Stories Honored for Best Poverty Reporting Investigative Fund projects “Opportunity Knocks,” Paul Reyes’ piece in the Fall 2009 Virginia Quarterly Review, and “There Goes the Neighborhood” by Alyssa Katz, published in the September 2009 American Prospect, are two of the three finalists for the Harry Chapin Media Award for magazine reporting on poverty and hunger…. Jayati VoraApril 15, 2010
NewsLabor Newspaper Layoffs Aren’t Color-Blind Massive job loses over the last couple of years have fallen particularly hard on people of color, hitting groups already plagued by high unemployment. It turns out this trend applies to the news business too. As daily newspapers continue to hemorrhage staff, these groups are losing out at a higher rate, according to the annual newsroom census by the American Society of Newspapers and Editors. Nicholas KusnetzApril 15, 2010
InvestigationJustice How Father Maciel Built His Empire Mexico City is a flashpoint in the deepening Legion scandal, which reveals how money buys power — and protection — in the Vatican. (Part 2 of 2; read part 1 here). Jason BerryNational Catholic ReporterApril 12, 2010
InvestigationWorld Pushed by China, Tibetans Leave Nepal Political instability, economic uncertainty, and pressure from China bear down on one of world’s most vulnerable populations. Greg BrunoGlobal PostApril 12, 2010
ImpactJournalism A Nod from the WashPost A Roy Harris piece in The Washington Post today on the Pulitzer Prize and the future of journalism mentions an Investigative Fund collaboration with ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune… Esther KaplanApril 12, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Bloomberg’s Offshore Millions A charitable foundation controlled by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg shunted hundreds of millions of dollars into offshore tax havens, producing nothing in revenue for the city. Aram RostonNew York ObserverApril 10, 2010
InvestigationJustice The Cloud Panopticon A close look inside Google, cloud computing, neuromarketing, national intelligence, and the new age of no privacy. Christopher Ketcham & Travis KellyCounterPunchApril 9, 2010
NewsTechnology Wikileaks, Whistleblowing Website, in Spotlight Until Wikileaks.org posted the horrifying video of an American attack helicopter shooting civilians in Iraq — including two journalists — the pioneering whistleblower website was little known to the general public. Joe ConasonApril 9, 2010