InvestigationBusiness Get Out of Jail Fee Lobbyists, guns, and money: inside the shadowy — and very well-connected — bail bonds industry. Shane BauerMother JonesMay 15, 2014
NewsLabor, World Report Finds Children Face Dangers in Tobacco Fields In the United States, it’s perfectly legal for children as young as 12 to work on tobacco farms. Rayner RamirezMay 15, 2014
NewsWorld Iranian Exile Shakes up Canadian Parliament’s Human Rights Program Are politicians trying to advocate for human rights in Iran hurting their own cause? Ali GharibMay 14, 2014
InvestigationBusiness, Environment Warning: Highly Flammable Oil trains are crisscrossing the US and Canada with volatile cargo, yet many communities aren’t prepared in case of an accident. Adam FedermanEarth Island JournalMay 7, 2014
AnalysisPolitics Neoconservative Super PAC Bets Big on North Carolina GOP Primary Challenge But its candidate would rather talk about fishing than foreign policy. Eli CliftonMay 6, 2014
InvestigationLabor, Politics From the Folks Who Took Down ACORN The same right-wing operatives that led the attack on ACORN are now going after “alt labor.” Lee FangThe NationMay 1, 2014
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World Exxon’s New Guinea Nightmare How a US government loan enabled an environmentally destructive project plagued by lethal landslide, police repression and civil unrest. Ian T. ShearnThe NationMay 1, 2014
AnalysisWorld Netanyahu’s Denial of Holocaust Acceptance The increasing acceptance of the Holocaust by Palestinian and Iranian leaders poses a unique challenge to Netanyahu’s hard-line policies. Eli CliftonApril 28, 2014
ImpactImmigration, Labor A Victory for New Mexico’s Chileros Farmers must pay chile pickers 25 cents more per hour, state says. Joseph SorrentinoApril 24, 2014
InvestigationBusiness Renters v. Wall Street Overmortgaged buildings that pass from bank to bank often leave tenants not knowing who’s in charge. Elaisha Stokes & John LightAl Jazeera AmericaApril 20, 2014