NewsJustice Sexual Abuse of Juvenile Inmates in Texas Check out Laura Burke’s probing cover story in The Texas Observer, “A Woman’s Touch,” about the prevalence of women staffers abusing juvenile inmates in Texan facilities. Jayati VoraSeptember 22, 2010
NewsWorld Juárez Reporters Fight For Their Lives On Sunday September 19th El Diaro de Juárez published an editorial entitled “Qué quieren de nosotros?” The editorial was an open letter to warring drug cartels… Marissa Colon-MargoliesSeptember 22, 2010
NewsWorld Shourd Released; Detention Extended for Bauer, Fattal Some amazing news: Sarah Shourd, one of the Americans detained in Iran for more than thirteen months, was finally released today to the Swiss Embassy in Tehran… Esther KaplanSeptember 14, 2010
NewsWorld One American, Detained in Iran, Set for Release The wire services are reporting that one of the three Americans detained in Iran since July 2009 will be released on Saturday in an act of clemency to mark the close of Ramadan… Esther KaplanSeptember 9, 2010
NewsBusiness, Labor The Big Beverage Problem A report released last Monday by British NGO War on Want and Unite, Britain’s largest union, “A Bitter Cup,” documents the precarious lives of tea processors and pickers in the developing world. While UK’s socialist daily, the Morningstar, covered the report, it has been for the most part ignored by the media… George WarnerAugust 4, 2010
NewsEnvironment, Health Lifesaving Drugs a Menace for Health Workers Pacific Northwest-based investigative unit Investigate West just released a report on the dangers of chemotherapy drugs for American health-care workers. George WarnerJuly 13, 2010
NewsEnvironment, Health Frisco on the Verge of Signing Law to Post Cell Phone Radiation San Francisco will be the first city in the nation to pass a law requiring that retailers post the “specific absorption rate” or SAR of each cell phone they are selling, the LA Times… Jayati VoraJune 18, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Despite BP’s History, Obama Administration Let it Get Away With Murder Tim Dickinson has a meaty investigative piece in Rolling Stone about the regulatory failure at the MMS under President Obama. Despite knowing that the agency was riddled with corruption… Jayati VoraJune 15, 2010
NewsLabor American Apparel Won’t Hire You Unless You’re Hot Nice scoop by Gawker. The website published documentation today of American Apparel’s “Full Body Head to Toe” Employment Policy — that requires… Marissa Colon-MargoliesJune 9, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment In the Shadow of BP, Small Spills Abound As we highlighted last week, the federal government and news organizations have responded to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico with a flurry of hearings, reports, and investigations… Nicholas KusnetzMay 14, 2010