InvestigationLabor, Politics The American Dream Comic and social critic Harmon Leon embarks on a gonzo journey across America and inside a Fort Lauderdale weapons convention, where he finds that even a self-declared revolutionary with a Cayman Island PO Box is treated as a potential customer. Harmon LeonNation BooksSeptember 22, 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
InvestigationLabor, World Dollar-Driven Recruiting To get enough recruits to go fight in Iraq, the Department of Defense has lowered recruiting standards – and now it’s throwing money at the problem. Allen McDuffeeThe NationMay 16, 2008
InvestigationBusiness, Health, Labor The High Price of Beauty Cheap beauty products are making Americans sick. How an epidemic is plaguing poorly paid workers at nail salons – while the FDA does nothing. Virginia Sole-SmithThe NationOctober 8, 2007
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Labor Hard Labor The organic food industry, which prides itself on a gentler approach to land and the people who work it, is little different in its shabby treatment of a low-paid immigrant workforce. Felicia MelloThe NationAugust 24, 2006
InvestigationBusiness, Labor, Politics Welfare: Where Are They Now? Sarah Karp investigates the state of welfare in Chicago: thousands are now off the welfare system because they can’t navigate the new rules or have trouble getting onto welfare. Sarah KarpChicago Public RadioAugust 22, 2006