NewsJustice, World Cambodia Rejects UN Genocide Judge New York — In another blow to investigations for alleged genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Cambodian officials are set to reject a United Nations judge nominated for a court created for the crimes of the Khmer Rouge, officials said. Douglas GillisonJanuary 15, 2012
BackstoryWorld The Backstory: Kiera Feldman Kiera Feldman talks about immersion journalism, how she decided join a Birthright trip to Israel, what it was like to watch Birthrighters “check their liberalism at Zionism’s door,” and the responses to her piece from the Jewish media. Kiera FeldmanJanuary 13, 2012
InvestigationBusiness A Home Owners’ Revolt Against the Banks MERS, the massive registry that tracks sales of mortgages, just may provide a loophole allowing homeowners to escape foreclosure. Christopher KetchamHarper'sJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics NAFTA’s Human Costs NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, was hailed as a boon to economies on both sides of the border. A look at the policy’s human costs. David BaconThe Investigative FundJanuary 10, 2012
InvestigationJustice, World Mexico’s Anti-Abortion Backlash In just two years, half of Mexican states passed extreme fetal-rights amendments — and women are serving time in jail for suspected abortions. Mary CuddeheThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
InvestigationImmigration, Labor, Politics How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Migration Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now they’re condemned as “illegals.” David BaconThe NationJanuary 4, 2012
AnalysisWorld 10 Best Investigative Outlets You’ve Never Heard Of Sometime during this past year I began to grow curious about how investigative journalism is practiced in other parts of the world. In the United States, severe newsroom cuts have meant that budgets were slashed for investigative reporting… Jayati VoraDecember 21, 2011
Inside TIJournalism Announcing the Winners of the I.F. Stone Award The Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural I.F. Stone Award, created to support original investigative reporting by emerging journalists, such as journalism grad students, recent journalism school graduates and interns. Onnesha RoychoudhuriDecember 20, 2011
InvestigationImmigration, World Torn Apart Nebraska child welfare officials took Maria Luis’s kids, then US immigration officers sent her back to Guatemala. How deportation is tearing apart families. Aaron NelsenIn These TimesDecember 20, 2011
InvestigationPolitics, World Dictators Rely on DC Front Men Professors and lobbyists tout autocrats from Central Asian countries inside the beltway, skirting disclosure laws. Ken SilversteinSalon.comDecember 14, 2011