AnalysisImmigration Diary of a Dobbs Story Gone Viral Our Twitter feed has gone crazy. Romenesko, Olbermann, and David Carr are all tweeting it. The Huffingon Post has it front-paged; Politico calls it a “PR bomb” for Dobbs; Salon gleefully announces that Isabel Macdonald “nails [Dobbs] to the wall”… Esther KaplanOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Labor Lou Dobbs, American Hypocrite While he railed against “illegal aliens” and their “illegal employers,” undocumented immigrants tended to Lou Dobbs’ estates and prize horses. Isabel MacdonaldThe NationOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Labor Indocumentados trabajaron para Dobbs Lou Dobbs regularmente arremetía contra los “empleadores de ilegales.” Sin embargo, el propio Dobbs utilizó mano de obra de indocumentados para que trabajaran en sus propiedades multimillonarias y que atendieran los caballos que le tiene a su hija Hillary. Isabel MacdonaldEl DiarioOctober 7, 2010
InvestigationBusiness Stranded on the Sidelines of a Jobs Crisis Long-term unemployment has risen to historic levels, producing a devastating effect on the hearts and minds of jobless Americans — and particularly on hard-hit older workers. Andy KrollTomDispatchOctober 5, 2010
NewsWorld Cost of Dissent for Iranian Journalists Though we are all too familiar with the repression reporters increasingly face in Iran, we were extremely troubled this week to hear that Hossein Derakhshan, an influential Iranian blogger, has been sentenced to nineteen and a half years in prison for his… Marissa Colon-MargoliesSeptember 30, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, World An Ugly Exploration The BP spill raised the stakes for offshore oil exploration. So will oil companies regain an appetite for drilling in conflict zones? A close look at Ethiopia, where several foreign oil companies are implicated in human rights violations. Jonathan EwingThe World Policy JournalSeptember 30, 2010
InvestigationJustice, World Dangerous Liaisons American evangelicals are losing ground at home in the culture war against homosexuality, but they’ve exported their hate politics to Uganda, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and beyond. Jeff SharletAdvocateSeptember 29, 2010
InvestigationImmigration, Justice At War in Texas Border policy is now effectively dictated by alarmist border-area sheriffs and politicians — and the federal funds flow fast and loose their way, with little accountability. Tom BarryThe Boston ReviewSeptember 28, 2010
InvestigationJustice, Politics C Street The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy Jeff SharletLittle, Brown and CompanySeptember 27, 2010
BackstoryWorld The Backstory: Aram Roston Veteran investigative reporter Aram Roston shares his experiences embedding with the military, explains when it’s best to remain unembedded, and offers advice to anyone reporting from a conflict zone for the first time. Aram RostonSeptember 27, 2010