InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Health BP’s Toxic Legacy Gulf residents and cleanup workers continue to suffer serious health problems from the 2010 disaster, but the oil giant is not being held to account. Antonia JuhaszThe NationApril 18, 2012
InvestigationBusiness Good Riddance to the Tax Refund Loan Refund anticipation loans, part of a fraud-ridden industry, are targeted at low-income people at exorbitant subprime fees. Kai WrightReutersApril 17, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Politics The Price of Romney as Savior The GOP presidential hopeful touts his success with the Salt Lake City Olympics on the campaign trail — but maintains ties to central figures in the Olympic Games scandals. Wayne BarrettThe Daily BeastApril 12, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Justice, Politics Gambling on Immigration Detention One Georgia county bet its financial future on becoming a regional center for immigrant detention. But harsh immigration politics scared off the very workers farmers depend on for the harvest. Hannah Rappleye & Lisa Riordan SevilleThe NationApril 11, 2012
AnalysisBusiness Investigating New York Blogger John Robinson saw a tweet about North Carolina News & Observer editor John Drescher on the astronomical cost of investigative journalism — $150,000 to $200,000 by some estimates… Hannah MurphyApril 10, 2012
InvestigationWorld Testing Myanmar’s Political Dispensation Two years after the last general election, after a sweep of political reforms, Myanmar’s National League for Democracy is contesting all available constituencies. Delphine SchrankThe New York TimesMarch 31, 2012
ImpactJournalism Kathy Dobie Named a Finalist for the Michael Kelly Award The Investigative Fund is pleased to announce that Kathy Dobie’s investigation, “Tiny Little Laws,” about unprosecuted sexual violence in Indian Country, has been named a finalist for the Michael Kelly Award… Onnesha RoychoudhuriMarch 27, 2012
NewsBusiness, Health Hair Salons Still Putting Workers’ Health At Risk with Brazilian Blowout On March 5, the New York Times reported that Brazilian Blowout, makers of a popular hair straightening service, had agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit for about… Virginia Sole-SmithMarch 19, 2012
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Wolves to the Slaughter The reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Northern Rockies was an ecological success story — until money and politics got in the way. Christopher KetchamThe American ProspectMarch 13, 2012
AnalysisImmigration, Justice The Chief of Police Doth Protest Too Much The chief of police in Escondido, CA, insisted I interview him. Chief Jim Maher had “an immigrant-friendly agenda,” he said, and was a friend to Latinos. He had done nothing wrong, and the media and activists were just spreading lies… John Carlos FreyMarch 12, 2012