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
InvestigationJustice, World Nepalese Minority Poses a Problem for Bhutan Refugee camps in Nepal have become breeding grounds for a fledgling militancy, whose adherents seek to overthrow Bhutan’s monarchy. Don DuncanSan Francisco ChronicleApril 19, 2009
InvestigationJustice, World Iraq’s Invisible Refugees Hardship and trauma mark the lives of 2 million Iraqis — more than a sixth of the population — forced into exile since the American invasion in 2003. Ann JonesThe NationMarch 9, 2009
InvestigationJustice Albania: Getting Out of Gitmo Despite being exonerated, only five of twenty-two Chinese Uighurs at Guantánamo were released — to Albania. The rest remain at a supermax prison. Alexandra PoolosFrontlineJanuary 27, 2009
InvestigationJustice Katrina’s Hidden Race War In post-Katrina New Orleans, armed white residents, shouting racial epithets, opened fire on passersby, shooting at least eleven African Americans seeking refuge. A.C. ThompsonThe NationJanuary 5, 2009