InvestigationLabor, Politics The American Dream Comic and social critic Harmon Leon embarks on a gonzo journey across America and inside a Fort Lauderdale weapons convention, where he finds that even a self-declared revolutionary with a Cayman Island PO Box is treated as a potential customer. Harmon LeonNation BooksSeptember 22, 2008
InvestigationImmigration The Fence to Nowhere The Minutemen promised their supporters a high-tech border blockade. Instead, they got a five-strand barbed-wire fence – and a bunch of angry splinter groups. David NeiwertThe American ProspectSeptember 22, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World How the VA Abandons Our Vets The burden of proof rests on injured vets to show their wounds are “service-connected” before they can access benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Joshua KorsThe NationSeptember 15, 2008
InvestigationWorld No JROTC Left Behind Are the new wave of public school military academies a veiled attempt to recruit American youth to fight unpopular wars? Allen McDuffeeIn These TimesSeptember 1, 2008
InvestigationJustice, Politics Life Sentence A sharp look at John McCain’s votes on reproductive rights and his track record in Arizona challenge the candidate’s image as an abortion moderate. Sarah BlustainNew RepublicAugust 27, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Rep. Vern Buchanan Facing Legal Complaints Rep. Vern Buchanan, a Florida Republican, had seven civil suits filed against him, his executives and his car dealerships for alleged fraud and retaliatory personnel actions. John FriedmanHuffPostAugust 19, 2008
InvestigationWorld Class Struggle in the New China China’s peasants, the victims of land grabs for industrial development, have begun to fight back. Christian ParentiThe NationAugust 18, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power New indications of illegal surveillance conducted by NSA inside the U.S., including a sophisticated database system for monitoring people considered potential threats. Tim ShorrockSalon.comJuly 23, 2008
InvestigationBusiness The Subprime Swindle The mortgage industry’s predatory lending practices are not only destroying home ownership – they’re bankrupting black America. Kai WrightThe NationJuly 14, 2008
InvestigationPolitics John McCain’s Voodoo Reformism McCain’s close ties with lobbyists and corporate interests give the lie to his image as a maverick campaign finance reformer. Ari BermanThe NationJuly 14, 2008