InvestigationBusiness, Politics More Mortgage Madness A Main Street fix depends on mortgage servicers, but Wright finds they are incentivized to foreclose on homes, rather than ever cut back on principal. Kai WrightThe NationMay 18, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Tennessee Spill: The Dredge Report The Tennessee Valley Authority’s botched efforts to clean up its massive coal ash spill could kill entire fish species, creating a human health threat. Kelly HearnThe NationMay 8, 2009
InvestigationBusiness The List: What the Business Press Did (and Didn’t Do) While the Financial Crisis Was Brewing A comprehensive list of the most significant business press investigations into Wall Street and subprime lenders preceding the crash. Dean StarkmanColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Waiting for CNBC: A Tragicomedy in One Long Act To buy or not to buy seems to be the only question MSNBC’s reporters and commentators are capable of asking. Maureen TkacikColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Power Problem The business press did everything but take on the institutions that brought down the financial system Dean StarkmanColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Tennessee’s Dirty Data The Tennessee Valley Authority appears to have manipulated science to downplay water contamination caused by a massive coal ash disaster. Kelly HearnThe NationApril 20, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics The Dirt on Clean Coal Despite PR claims of a new commitment to sustainability, the biggest coal companies have spent only a fraction of their profits to reduce carbon emissions. Ari BermanThe NationApril 13, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Predatory Lending with a Smiley Face The biggest winners in the government’s $275 billion homeowner bailout may be the very mortgage brokers responsible for creating the disaster. Alyssa KatzSalon.comMarch 4, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Cafeteria Kickbacks Whistleblowers and company documents reveal that global food-service provider Sodexo has taken hundreds of millions of dollars of kickbacks from suppliers. Lucy KomisarIn These TimesMarch 1, 2009
InvestigationBusiness Future Shock at the Army Science Conference Inside the 26th Army Science Conference, where dumbed-down science meets gold-digging defense contractors. Nick TurseTomDispatchJanuary 15, 2009