InvestigationBusiness Predatory Lending with a Smiley Face The biggest winners in the government’s $275 billion homeowner bailout may be the very mortgage brokers responsible for creating the disaster. Alyssa KatzSalon.comMarch 4, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Cafeteria Kickbacks Whistleblowers and company documents reveal that global food-service provider Sodexo has taken hundreds of millions of dollars of kickbacks from suppliers. Lucy KomisarIn These TimesMarch 1, 2009
InvestigationEnvironment Toxic Coal in Tennessee A toxic Tennessee spill shows clean coal is an oxymoron: though technology can restrict atmospheric emissions, toxins simply get transferred into waste water and coal ash. Kelly HearnThe NationFebruary 23, 2009
AnalysisWorld Blasts in Iraq Aren’t News Anymore At the front desk, the hotel manager tells me to settle up my tab; it’s been a long time and the bill is rising. “Tomorrow,” I tell him… Shane BauerFebruary 21, 2009
InvestigationPolitics The Loan Ranger Prospects are dim for President Obama’s plan to ease troubled mortgages, as most loan modifications have only dug homeowners deeper into debt. Alyssa KatzThe Big MoneyFebruary 17, 2009
InvestigationWorld Pakistan in Peril The Taliban’s advance, the Afghan blowback and continued suicide bombings show that the U.S. “war on terror” has further destabilized Pakistan. William DalrympleThe New York Review of BooksFebruary 12, 2009
InvestigationWorld US-Backed Iraqi Security Gains Forged on Mass Deaths The U.S. military strategy of allying with Sunni militias was credited with improved security in parts of Iraq. But at what cost? Shane BauerDemocracy Now!February 9, 2009
InvestigationJustice Albania: Getting Out of Gitmo Despite being exonerated, only five of twenty-two Chinese Uighurs at Guantánamo were released — to Albania. The rest remain at a supermax prison. Alexandra PoolosFrontlineJanuary 27, 2009
InvestigationWorld Bhutan’s Radicalized Refugees Nearly 100,000 ethnic Nepalese still live in Bhutan, where discrimination is rife – and the community is growing increasingly radical. Part 3 of 3. Don DuncanWorld Politics ReviewJanuary 23, 2009
InvestigationWorld Gaza Invasion Powered by the U.S. Since 2005, the Defense Department has shipped fuel worth a billion dollars to Israel – in effect fueling the Israeli occupation. Robert BryceSalon.comJanuary 16, 2009