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
InvestigationWorld Bhutan’s Radicalized Refugees: Border Antics In one Indian town on the Bhutanese border, Nepalese refugees and their compatriots still in Bhutan can meet – and plot. Part 2 of 3. Don DuncanWorld Politics ReviewJanuary 16, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Future Shock at the Army Science Conference Inside the 26th Army Science Conference, where dumbed-down science meets gold-digging defense contractors. Nick TurseTomDispatchJanuary 15, 2009
InvestigationWorld Bhutan’s Radicalized Refugees: Camp Crucible After the exodus of Bhutan’s ethnic Nepalese minority to refugee camps in neighboring Nepal, a Maoist-inspired insurgency is emerging. Part 1 of 3. Don DuncanWorld Politics ReviewJanuary 9, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Labor Can Labor Revive the American Dream? From Wal-Mart to Home Depot to the Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby has declared war on the Employee Free Choice Act — to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Esther KaplanThe NationJanuary 7, 2009
InvestigationPolitics How Bush Broke the Government No government since Watergate has systematically abused power on such a widespread scale as has the Bush administration. An assessment of the damage. Tara McKelvey, Esther Kaplan & Sheila KaplanThe American ProspectJanuary 5, 2009
InvestigationJustice Katrina’s Hidden Race War In post-Katrina New Orleans, armed white residents, shouting racial epithets, opened fire on passersby, shooting at least eleven African Americans seeking refuge. A.C. ThompsonThe NationJanuary 5, 2009