NewsBusiness UBS, JP Morgan Implicated in Scheme To Cheat Taxpayers Over a dozen Wall Street firms, including Bank of America Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and the financial services arm of General Electric Co. have been implicated in a conspiracy to defraud taxpayers, Marissa Colon-MargoliesMarch 26, 2010
NewsEnvironment, World Global Water Crisis In many cases, when reporting on crises, voices of people get lost among statistics and comparisons. The global water crisis has been gaining momentum and stories about a potential “water bankruptcy” are not futuristic anymore. Chantal FloresMarch 2, 2010
NewsEnvironment, Health News Outlets Cover Local Effects of Toxic Coal Ash Two local news outlets picked up on a report last week detailing the damages of coal ash contamination. Both The Michigan Messenger and The New Mexico Independent used the opportunity to cover the impact of coal ash in their communities detailed in the report. Nicholas KusnetzMarch 2, 2010
NewsJustice, World Democracy Now! Interviews Mothers of Jailed American Hikers Six months since their arrest by Iranian officials, Investigative Fund reporter Shane Bauer and his two companions, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, are still in custody in Tehran…. Jayati VoraFebruary 27, 2010
NewsJustice Another Questionable Case on Texas’s Death Row A number of stories published over the last six months have drawn attention to Texas’s questionable death row policies. Now, The Texas Tribune has the latest… Nicholas KusnetzFebruary 2, 2010
NewsHealth Chicago Trib nursing home exposé Thanks to our friends at Pro Publica for highlighting a great investigation by The Chicago Tribune into the Illinois practice of nursing homes mixing their populations of mentally ill felons with the elderly… Jayati VoraFebruary 1, 2010
NewsPolitics, World Sri Lanka Blocks Websites Hours Before Announcement of Poll Results After Google’s announcement that it would stop filtering its search results in China when its email accounts were hacked from within the country, there’s more news on the silencing of information front: Sri Lanka’s main internet service provider blocked access to independent news websites just hours before the expected announcement of poll results. Jayati VoraJanuary 26, 2010
NewsWorld Army Builds Fantasy Island in Second Life The U.S. Army has scores of bases scattered all across the world. Soon, it’ll be occupying virtual territory in a bid to win recruits. Nick TurseDecember 3, 2008