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
InvestigationBusiness, Labor Can Labor Revive the American Dream? From Wal-Mart to Home Depot to the Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby has declared war on the Employee Free Choice Act — to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Esther KaplanThe NationJanuary 7, 2009
InvestigationBusiness From Kurdistan to K Street How small-time businessman Shlomi Michaels became a key middleman in Washington’s covert foreign policy machine. Laura RozenMother JonesNovember 18, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Three Years After Hurricane Katrina, Homelessness Looms Where are families evacuated after Hurricane Katrina supposed to go once FEMA kicks them out of government trailer parks? Deepa FernandesMother JonesSeptember 28, 2008
InvestigationBusiness The Subprime Swindle The mortgage industry’s predatory lending practices are not only destroying home ownership – they’re bankrupting black America. Kai WrightThe NationJuly 14, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Why the Economy Went South A reformed Wall Streeter explains where Congress went wrong on lending. Nomi PrinsMother JonesJuly 6, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Politics Where Credit Is Due: A Timeline of the Mortgage Crisis A field guide to the loan sharks and politicos who got us into the predatory lending mess, from 1913 to 2008 Nomi PrinsMother JonesJuly 1, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Labor Meet the Wealth Gap The super rich fund think tanks and lobbyists to increase the distance between them and everyone else – while those at the bottom face the economic draft. Gabriel ThompsonThe NationJune 30, 2008
InvestigationBusiness Identity Crisis Rupert Murdoch is giving The Wall Street Journal more global reach, but he’s sacrificed in-depth investigations for breaking news. Liza FeatherstoneColumbia Journalism ReviewMay 1, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics, Technology Investing in Insecurity Along U.S. Borders Private contractor Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is policing America’s borders with sophisticated surveillance equipment – to the tune of $30 billion. Joseph RicheyNational Radio ProjectDecember 19, 2007