Politics

KBR’s $400 Million Iraq Question

Will the mammoth contractor be forced to pay the U.S. government $400 million because they violated military policy by hiring Blackwater to provide security for them rather than the military?

Jeremy Scahill & Garrett OrdowerThe NationMarch 12, 2007

InvestigationPolitics

Dick Cheney’s Dangerous Son-in-Law

White House officials don’t want to alienate the chemical industry, and Phillip Perry, Cheney’s son-in-law, is just the man to help them not do it.

Art LevineWashington MonthlyMarch 1, 2007

InvestigationPolitics

The Gutting of the Civil Service

The executive branch is systematically being replaced by a conservative cadre hired by the Bush administration for their political views, not their merits.

Dan ZegartThe NationNovember 20, 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

InvestigationPolitics

Watching What You Say

Shorrock reports that AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants are cooperating with the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program.

Tim ShorrockThe NationMarch 20, 2006

InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics

Hotel U.S.A.

The government is planning on building detention and relocation centers with 40,000 beds and barracks for an undetermined “immigration emergency” — courtesy Kellogg, Brown and Root.

Joseph RicheyAlterNetMarch 14, 2006

InvestigationHealth, Politics

As Medicaid payments to nursing homes stagnate, regulation is weakened, and a Texas law capping damages for pain and suffering in all medical malpractice suits is enacted, the death of Noe Martinez Sr. reveals a coming crisis in the nursing home industry.

Dave MannThe Texas ObserverSeptember 22, 2005

InvestigationPolitics, World

James Baker’s Double Life

Bush’s Special Presidential Envoy to Iraq, James Baker, has a classic conflict of interest: to reduce — and to maximize — the country’s debt burden.

Naomi KleinThe NationNovember 1, 2004

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