InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know? Internal documents show OSHA detected dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers used to house Katrina evacuees as early as 2005 but FEMA distributed them anyway. Deepa FernandesMother JonesMarch 25, 2008
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics Silencing the Scientist A whistleblower at the federal Centers for Disease Control tried to sound the alarm about toxic formaldehyde in FEMA trailers – but faced retaliation instead. Sheila KaplanDan Rather ReportsMarch 4, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Missing: The ‘Right’ Babies The Christian Right warns of a “demographic winter” in Europe – as immigrant birth rates outpace that of white Europeans. Kathryn JoyceThe NationMarch 3, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Rigged Trials at Gitmo Col. Morris Davis, former chief prosecutor for Guantánamo’s military commissions, claims process was manipulated by Administration appointees to foreclose the possibility of acquittal. Ross TuttleThe NationFebruary 20, 2008
InvestigationPolitics The Hawks’ Last Hurrah? Major policy shifts are afoot as Washington hawks warn Israeli policymakers that they could be on their own on Iran. Laura RozenMother JonesFebruary 8, 2008
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Great Lakes Danger Zones? A suppressed report documents the impact of industrial contaminants in the Great Lakes – increasing cancer risk and infant mortality. Sheila KaplanThe Center for Public IntegrityFebruary 8, 2008
InvestigationPolitics FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risks to Katrina Victims FEMA officials ignored scientific advice about the risks of formaldehyde in thousands of emergency trailers used after Hurricane Katrina. Sheila KaplanSalon.comJanuary 29, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World Bush’s Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up The Bush administration implicated Iran for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina, but a deeper look at the evidence finds no persuasive link. Gareth PorterThe NationJanuary 18, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Huckabee and Romney Jockey for the Support of the Christian Base How Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney cater to fringe elements in the religious right — and reap generous political benefits. Sarah PosnerThe American ProspectJanuary 3, 2008
InvestigationPolitics Return of the Swift Boaters The operatives behind the campaign that smeared John Kerry’s war service have deep pockets – and they’ve given to Republicans from Mike Huckabee to John McCain. Christopher HayesThe NationJanuary 2, 2008