InvestigationJustice, Politics The Bitter Tears of Johnny Cash As singer Johnny Cash built ties with the American Indian movement, the record industry lashed out — and the FBI began to surveil him as a radical. Antonino D'AmbrosioSalon.comNovember 9, 2009
InvestigationJustice A Heartbeat and a Guitar The story of the collaboration of two distinct yet connected musicians — iconoclast Johnny Cash and little known folk artist Peter LaFarge – and the album they created, Bitter Tears. Antonino D'AmbrosioNation BooksOctober 22, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World A Truth Commission on the Amazon Massacre Weinberg exposes a June 2009 police massacre of indigenous activists opposing oil exploitation in Peru’s Amazon, while protests against a Hunt Oil contract threaten renewed unrest. Bill WeinbergIndian Country TodayOctober 13, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking How the Gates Foundation’s “war” on child prostitution in developing countries may harm the young victims it is supposed to rescue. Part one of two. Noy ThrupkaewThe NationOctober 5, 2009
InvestigationBusiness, Justice, Politics A Healthcare Reform Foe’s History of Discrimination A probe into the chain of profitable clinics founded by Rick Scott, the health care reform nemesis who once ran the Columbia-HCA hospital conglomerate. Part two of two. (See part one.) Tristram KortenSalon.comOctober 1, 2009
InvestigationJustice Surrogacy: Wombs for Rent Young women are routinely exploited by brokers and agencies in the highly unregulated American market for surrogate pregnancies. Habiba Nosheen & Hilke SchellmannNOW on PBSSeptember 18, 2009
InvestigationJustice Shotgun Adoption The spread of highly questionable practices — including coercion of destitute pregnant women — in the anti-abortion movement’s “crisis counseling” centers. Kathryn JoyceThe NationSeptember 14, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World A Thousand Little Gitmos In pursuit of alleged terrorists, abuse of secrecy and detention rules by federal prosecutors has compromised basic principles of American justice. Petra BartosiewiczMother JonesJuly 1, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World Neo-Nazis Are in the Army Now With the military loosening its regulations, neo-Nazis are joining its ranks in higher numbers, hoping to gain the skills to fight a domestic race war. Matt KennardSalon.comJune 15, 2009