InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report The Tennessee Valley Authority’s botched efforts to clean up its massive coal ash spill could kill entire fish species, creating a human health threat. Kelly HearnThe NationMay 8, 2009
InvestigationEnvironment, World Can China Catch a Cool Breeze? The planet’s future depends largely on the fate of China’s nascent wind sector—but the increase in renewable energy may not be large or fast enough. Christian ParentiThe NationMay 4, 2009
InvestigationBusiness The List: What the Business Press Did (and Didn’t Do) While the Financial Crisis Was Brewing A comprehensive list of the most significant business press investigations into Wall Street and subprime lenders preceding the crash. Dean StarkmanColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Waiting for CNBC: A Tragicomedy in One Long Act To buy or not to buy seems to be the only question MSNBC’s reporters and commentators are capable of asking. Maureen TkacikColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Power Problem The business press did everything but take on the institutions that brought down the financial system Dean StarkmanColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationPolitics Casualties of Care A peek inside Project HERO, an ambitious “public-private partnership” at the Veterans Health Administration could threaten the agency’s ability to provide top-notch care. Tara McKelveyThe NationApril 27, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Tennessee’s Dirty Data The Tennessee Valley Authority appears to have manipulated science to downplay water contamination caused by a massive coal ash disaster. Kelly HearnThe NationApril 20, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World Nepalese Minority Poses a Problem for Bhutan Refugee camps in Nepal have become breeding grounds for a fledgling militancy, whose adherents seek to overthrow Bhutan’s monarchy. Don DuncanSan Francisco ChronicleApril 19, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics The Dirt on Clean Coal Despite PR claims of a new commitment to sustainability, the biggest coal companies have spent only a fraction of their profits to reduce carbon emissions. Ari BermanThe NationApril 13, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World Iraq’s Invisible Refugees Hardship and trauma mark the lives of 2 million Iraqis — more than a sixth of the population — forced into exile since the American invasion in 2003. Ann JonesThe NationMarch 9, 2009