InvestigationWorld War is Personal This is a collection of eight photographic essays on the lives of Americans who have been profoundly affected by the Iraq War. Eugene RichardsThe NationSeptember 22, 2008
InvestigationPolitics, World How the VA Abandons Our Vets The burden of proof rests on injured vets to show their wounds are “service-connected” before they can access benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Joshua KorsThe NationSeptember 15, 2008
InvestigationWorld No JROTC Left Behind Are the new wave of public school military academies a veiled attempt to recruit American youth to fight unpopular wars? Allen McDuffeeIn These TimesSeptember 1, 2008
InvestigationWorld Class Struggle in the New China China’s peasants, the victims of land grabs for industrial development, have begun to fight back. Christian ParentiThe NationAugust 18, 2008
InvestigationWorld Zimbabwe: The Reign of Thuggery Robert Mugabe’s violent and corrupt rule faces its first significant threat in nearly three decades: a loss at the polls. Joshua HammerThe New York Review of BooksJune 26, 2008
InvestigationJustice, World Collateral Damage America's War Against Iraqi Civilians Chris Hedges & Laila Al-ArianNation BooksJune 1, 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
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
InvestigationWorld Another KBR Rape Case A paramedic for a defense contractor in Iraq was brutally gang raped by a US soldier and a KBR employee. Then KBR tried to silence her. Karen HouppertThe NationApril 3, 2008
InvestigationWorld A New Deal in Pakistan The rise of a growing and enfranchised middle class may be poised to triumph over the forces of reactionary feudal landlordism in Pakistan. William DalrympleThe New York Review of BooksApril 3, 2008