NewsHealth Are Foster Kids Overmedicated? Tonight on PBS Antipsychotics are the top-selling class of drugs in the United States, with sales of $14.6 billion in 2009 alone. Their use in children and adolescents in the United States is increasingly prevalent — and children in foster care are among the most likely to be medicated… Mar CabraJanuary 7, 2011
InvestigationJustice, Politics Military Sexual Abuse ‘Staggering’ Despite a “zero-tolerance” policy, rapes in the military are on the rise — and evidence shows that officials go to great lengths to protect the perpetrators. Part 2 of a 2-part series. Read part 1 here. Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 23, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment Risky Business: EPA Builds List of Potentially Dangerous Chemicals The EPA is preparing a list of pollutants that contribute to neurological disorders; some compounds on their list are ubiquitous in household products, drinking water, medicine, and within the environment. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyDecember 21, 2010
InvestigationJustice, World Rape Rampant in US Military Statistics and soldiers’ testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military. Part 1 of a 2-part series. Read part 2 here. Dahr JamailAl JazeeraDecember 21, 2010
NewsJustice Bradley Manning’s “cruel and inhumane” imprisonment After spending nine days in solitary confinement in a jail in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been released on bail. Meanwhile, Bradley Manning, the whistleblower behind WikiLeaks, sits in solitary confinement for the seventh month. Kate MurphyDecember 16, 2010
InvestigationJustice A Shtetl Divided In the 1990s, the NYPD often clashed with Brooklyn’s Hasidic community. Now the community’s own para-police forces, the Shmira and the Shomrim, are at war with each other. Matthew ShaerHarper'sDecember 13, 2010
ImpactJustice Jury Convicts Three in Post-Katrina Police Shooting A federal jury has convicted three current or former New Orleans police officers in connection with the death of Henry Glover, a 31-year old man who was shot by a police officer and died in custody shortly after Hurricane Katrina tore through Louisiana in 2005. A.C. ThompsonDecember 10, 2010
AnalysisEnvironment, Politics The Race for Waste Space Why worry about the next billion years when there’s money to be made right now in Texas? Laray PolkDecember 7, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Indonesia’s Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests? A close look at a new UN program to reduce deforestation around the globe. Robert EshelmanMother JonesDecember 6, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Fiji Water Relents Fiji Water announced today that it will re-open its factory at 8 a.m. Wednesday, less than 48 hours after brusquely dismissing its Fijian workforce… Anna LenzerNovember 30, 2010