Esther Kaplan is a radio and print journalist and editor of the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. She has written for The Nation, The American Prospect, In These Times, The Village Voice, and other publications. She is the author of With God on Their Side: George W. Bush and the Christian Right (New Press), which Ms. magazine called "a frightening and necessary read." She is co-host of Beyond the Pale, a weekly program covering Jewish culture and politics, on WBAI in New York City. She was formerly a senior editor at The Nation and features editor at Poz, the award-winning national AIDS magazine. She began her journalism career as an assistant editor at The Village Voice, where she became a regular contributor to the Female Trouble and Street Beat columns. Last updated July 2017
Esther Kaplan
Investigations
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.
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.
Blog Posts
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Fellowships will be awarded to Adeshina Emmanuel, Ese Olumhense, Nadine Sebai, and Nikhil Swaminathan.June 16, 2016
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Thanks to Sheila Coronel for her provocative post earlier this week, "Is Investigative Reporting Dominated by Men?"...March 14, 2013
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The Investigative Fund is now accepting applications for the Fall 2012 I.F. Stone Award for emerging journalists. The prize supports the work of...November 2, 2012
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Wikileaks today made public a classified American military report that confirms that the American hikers detained by Iran were arrested in IraqOctober 22, 2010