BackstoryEnvironment The Backstory: Heather Rogers Heather Rogers tells about how she mucked through old growth forest in Borneo only to come upon locals with the chain saws out. It turns out they were clear cutting ancient trees to plant biofuel crops — a green energy paradox. Heather Rogers & Andrea DCruzOctober 22, 2009
InvestigationJustice A Heartbeat and a Guitar The story of the collaboration of two distinct yet connected musicians — iconoclast Johnny Cash and little known folk artist Peter LaFarge – and the album they created, Bitter Tears. Antonino D'AmbrosioNation BooksOctober 22, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World A Truth Commission on the Amazon Massacre Weinberg exposes a June 2009 police massacre of indigenous activists opposing oil exploitation in Peru’s Amazon, while protests against a Hunt Oil contract threaten renewed unrest. Bill WeinbergIndian Country TodayOctober 13, 2009
InvestigationWorld Russian Journalists Still Under Threat The brazen killing of journalists in Russia and its former territories continues post-Putin, unabated, unpunished – and too often uninvestigated. Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 7, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking How the Gates Foundation’s “war” on child prostitution in developing countries may harm the young victims it is supposed to rescue. Part one of two. Noy ThrupkaewThe NationOctober 5, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Healthcare Reform Foe’s History of Discrimination A probe into the chain of profitable clinics founded by Rick Scott, the health care reform nemesis who once ran the Columbia-HCA hospital conglomerate. Part two of two. (See part one.) Tristram KortenSalon.comOctober 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Rick Scott Profits off the Uninsured A probe into the chain of profitable clinics founded by Rick Scott, the health care reform nemesis who helped mobilize protesters to disrupt those infamous town hall meetings. Part one of two. Tristram KortenSalon.comSeptember 30, 2009
InvestigationPolitics, World The American Leviathan How the Pentagon is asserting new control over US foreign policy with its own vast programs of foreign aid and “military operations other than war.” Stephen GlainThe NationSeptember 28, 2009
InvestigationJustice Surrogacy: Wombs for Rent Young women are routinely exploited by brokers and agencies in the highly unregulated American market for surrogate pregnancies. Habiba Nosheen & Hilke SchellmannNOW on PBSSeptember 18, 2009
InvestigationJustice Shotgun Adoption The spread of highly questionable practices — including coercion of destitute pregnant women — in the anti-abortion movement’s “crisis counseling” centers. Kathryn JoyceThe NationSeptember 14, 2009