Analysis

Worldfocus Has Shut Its Doors

A year ago, the nightly public television news program Worldfocus landed a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for its report “War in DR Congo.” It scored two Emmy nominations…

Brian PalmerMay 6, 2010

AnalysisWorld

“Countless journalists have been harassed, threatened and killed. It has been my honour to belong to all those categories and now especially the last,” wrote Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickramatunga in an editorial published three days after his death.

Chantal FloresMay 3, 2010

AnalysisBusiness, Politics

Mike Bloomberg loves New York — and invests in Cayman Islands

Speculation is mounting lately that Mike Bloomberg will run for president in 2012 as an independent — but if that is his plan, despite his routine denials, then the mayor may want to clean up his offshore finances.

Joe ConasonApril 21, 2010

AnalysisPolitics

Tracking Lobbyist Spending on the Local Level

The New Mexico Independent, an online-only news organization, has a series of posts tracking lobbyist spending in the state capital, with short entries that include links to pdfs of individual filings. The biggest expenditure is a $9,040 cocktail dinner and breakfast combo…

Nicholas KusnetzFebruary 15, 2010

AnalysisBusiness

Alt Weekly Pioneered Probe of Prius Dangers

Alternative weeklies, those hippie outposts of the old print media, often provide an important outlet for investigative stories that are far ahead of their mainstream competitors. The latest example is the exposure of dangerous design flaws in the Toyota Prius…

Joe ConasonFebruary 10, 2010

AnalysisLabor

2009: Worst year for journalists

I shouldn’t state this publicly, but I’m beginning to feel immune to stories about journalists’ deaths…

Chantal FloresFebruary 5, 2010

AnalysisJustice, World

Last Lawsuit Standing

I strongly recommend checking out Jeremy Scahill’s new documentary on Blackwater and its alleged murder of a nine-year-old boy during the 2007 massacre at Nisour Square.

Marissa Colon-MargoliesJanuary 29, 2010

AnalysisBusiness

Gawker hits HuffPost I Fund

Tough piece on Gawker yesterday about the HuffPost Investigative Fund. John Cook particularly goes after the project for running almost all of its investigations on its for-profit partner, The Huffington Post, along with a scattering of other sites, such as AlterNet and Common Dreams.

Esther KaplanJanuary 26, 2010

AnalysisEnvironment, Politics

For Obama, No Opportunity Too Big To Blow

Contrary to countless reports, the debacle in Copenhagen was not everyone’s fault. It did not happen because human beings are incapable of agreeing, or are inherently self-destructive. Nor was it all was China’s fault, or the fault of the hapless UN…

Naomi KleinDecember 21, 2009

AnalysisEnvironment, World

Ambassador Lumumba, What Do You Really Think?

On Wednesday in Copenhagen, I interviewed Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chief negotiator for the G77, the largest developing country bloc represented at the climate summit in Copenhagen. Over the course of the negotiations, Ambassador Lumumba has gained a reputation for candor…

Naomi KleinDecember 17, 2009

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