Inside TI

Chicago Trib nursing home exposé

Thanks to our friends at Pro Publica for highlighting a great investigation by The Chicago Tribune into the Illinois practice of nursing homes mixing their populations of mentally ill felons with the elderly…

Jayati VoraFebruary 1, 2010

InvestigationWorld

Chinese Backlash to Obama-Lama Summit

As President Obama plans to meet with Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, Western governments are increasingly conceding to Chinese pressure on the issue of Tibet.

Greg BrunoForbesJanuary 31, 2010

ImpactJournalism

Thompson named Goldsmith finalist

Great news today that A.C. Thompson was named a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, for a series of reports on white vigilante violence in New Orleans — and NOPD complicity — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Esther KaplanJanuary 29, 2010

AnalysisJustice, World

Last Lawsuit Standing

I strongly recommend checking out Jeremy Scahill’s new documentary on Blackwater and its alleged murder of a nine-year-old boy during the 2007 massacre at Nisour Square.

Marissa Colon-MargoliesJanuary 29, 2010

AnalysisBusiness

Gawker hits HuffPost I Fund

Tough piece on Gawker yesterday about the HuffPost Investigative Fund. John Cook particularly goes after the project for running almost all of its investigations on its for-profit partner, The Huffington Post, along with a scattering of other sites, such as AlterNet and Common Dreams.

Esther KaplanJanuary 26, 2010

InvestigationBusiness, Health

Is Your Cell Phone Hazardous to Your Health?

Ever worry that that gadget you spend hours holding next to your head might be damaging your brain? Well, the evidence is starting to pour in, and it’s not pretty.

Christopher KetchamGQJanuary 26, 2010

NewsPolitics, World

Sri Lanka Blocks Websites Hours Before Announcement of Poll Results

After Google’s announcement that it would stop filtering its search results in China when its email accounts were hacked from within the country, there’s more news on the silencing of information front: Sri Lanka’s main internet service provider blocked access to independent news websites just hours before the expected announcement of poll results.

Jayati VoraJanuary 26, 2010

InvestigationPolitics

Dallas’s Evil Genius

How will Texas billionaire and conservative political donor Harold Simmons make his next billion? By burying hazardous waste in West Texas.

Laray PolkD magazineJanuary 25, 2010

InvestigationBusiness, Justice

The Promise of Mortgage Relief

Women struggling with fallout from the mortgage crisis could get help in 2010 — if the federal government starts analyzing lending data for gender bias. Part three of a series. (See parts 1 and 2.)

Molly M. GintyWomensEnewsJanuary 17, 2010

InvestigationBusiness, Justice

For Women, Home Ownership Became a Debt Trap

Women’s large-scale entry into home ownership coincided with the advent of toxic, high-risk instruments in the mortgage market. From financial security to crushed dreams. Part two of a series. (See parts 1 and 3.)

Molly M. GintyWomensEnewsJanuary 15, 2010

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