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
InvestigationPolitics McCain’s Secret, Questionable Record John McCain refuses to release his Navy records and had his national security advisor inflate his resume with a bogus promotion. Is the candidate hiding something? Jeffrey KleinHuffPostJune 16, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World Gitmo in Disarray Internal memos and court documents show the prosecutors involved with the military commissions view the process to be dangerously politicized. Ross TuttleThe NationMay 26, 2008
InvestigationPolitics The Family The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power is a penetrating look at the untold story of Christian fundamentalism’s most elite organization, a self-described invisible network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. Jeff SharletHarperCollinsMay 20, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Blacklisted by the Bush Government Spying on Americans without warrants, charges based on secret evidence, small towns divided by fear. Welcome to the world of Bush’s “specially designated global terrorists.” Tim ShorrockSalon.comMay 19, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Sheldon Adelson: The Right’s White Knight? As Freedom’s Watch mounts a campaign to defend the war on Iraq, some conservatives are grumbling about the group – and its wealthy backer, Sheldon Adelson. Laura RozenMother JonesApril 8, 2008
InvestigationPolitics The Republican War on Voting Using the Department of Justice and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans. Art LevineThe American ProspectApril 1, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Smearing Obama Obama has made his Christian faith clear and he’s been defended by AIPAC on Israel. But the media keeps repeating the right-wing smears against him. Ari BermanThe NationMarch 31, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Could the Republicans Pick the Democratic Nominee? Some 2.3 million Democrats voted in primaries that broke the rules. Now Republicans may profit from the collateral damage. The untold story of how the GOP rigged Florida and Michigan. Wayne BarrettHuffPostMarch 31, 2008