NewsWorld China Challenges the Times A story on the Chinese government’s crackdown on the press following the recent high-speed train crash in Zhejiang — and signs of resistance. Marc KilsteinAugust 3, 2011
NewsImmigration, Labor The South’s Immigration Crackdown In mid-April, Republican freshman Rep. Matt Ramsey took the floor of the Georgia House to sell his colleagues on the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act. “If we want to effectively address illegal immigration, we can’t wait for our federal government to act,” he said… Hannah Rappleye & Lisa Riordan SevilleJuly 30, 2011
NewsLabor Bob Moser’s Great American Prospects On June 28, the American Prospect announced that Bob Moser, editor of the Texas Observer since October 2008, would become its new executive editor. Moser has a long and celebrated career in journalism… Daniel JudtJuly 27, 2011
NewsEnvironment, Health EPA program on children’s toxic exposure “flawed” According to a scathing new critique by the EPA’s inspector general, efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to protect children’s health have been fatally blocked by American industry’s refusal to submit information on their commercial use of chemicals. Sheila KaplanJuly 23, 2011
NewsWorld Reporting the Arab Spring As the Arab Spring has turned to summer, journalists across the Middle East and North Africa remain active in their efforts to provide a voice from inside the conflict zones. Yet, unsurprisingly, these pursuits have often been met with extraordinary consequences… Marc KilsteinJune 25, 2011
NewsBusiness, Politics Has Obama Found a Replacement for Elizabeth Warren at the CFPB? According to Bloomberg News and other outlets, the Obama Administration is considering appointing Raj Date, a top deputy to Elizabeth Warren at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as the bureau’s permanent director. Is the White House is floating a trial balloon? Ari BermanJune 9, 2011
NewsWorld A Journalists’ Appeal to Iran Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer and his companion Josh Fattal have now been imprisoned in Tehran for nearly 21 months. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, a number of the editors and reporters who have had the good fortune of working with Shane have released an appeal to Iran… Esther KaplanMay 3, 2011
NewsBusiness School Administrators Censor Criticism of Sodexo At noon on February 17, Jordan Ash, a researcher for the Service Employees International Union, along with Josh Downey, a member of SEIU Local 105, had just finished setting up their exhibit booth at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver… Lucy KomisarApril 21, 2011
NewsPolitics ThinkProgress: Progressive Muckrakers, Targeted by the Chamber Those who’ve speculated that the Internet heralds the end of investigative journalism may not have been following the recent work of ThinkProgress.org… Jed BickmanFebruary 23, 2011
NewsJustice, World Bauer, Fattal Trial Begins in Tehran The trial for Josh Fattal and Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer, imprisoned in Iran for more than a year and a half, began yesterday in Tehran…. Esther KaplanFebruary 7, 2011