InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Politics How Does Your Water Glow? A politically connected waste management company operates a radioactive waste dump in Texas that sits atop one of North America’s largest aquifers — a recipe for environmental disaster. Laray PolkIn These TimesJuly 1, 2010
AnalysisJustice Chicago’s Burge convicted, thanks in part to John Conroy It’s a moment that seemed like it would never come. But yesterday former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was convicted for perjury and obstruction of justice related to his years-long practice of torturing… Esther KaplanJune 29, 2010
Inside TIJournalism Ask [Kai Wright] About Gay Youth in New York The New York Times is recognizing one of our favorite Investigative Fund reporters, Kai Wright, whose stories “The Subprime Swindle,” “More Mortgage Madness,”… Jayati VoraJune 28, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Toxic Sand: Another Enemy in Afghanistan? US forces in Afghanistan may be facing another enemy: toxic sand. A new Navy study has found returning soldiers have memory loss and difficulty concentrating, which can’t be attributed to brain injuries. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyJune 25, 2010
InvestigationWorld US Hikers Were Seized in Iraq Two independent eyewitnesses say Iranian forces crossed the border into Iraq to arrest the three Americans last July. Then a rogue officer took over custody. Babak SarfarazThe NationJune 24, 2010
InvestigationWorld None of Us Were Like This Before American Soldiers and Torture Joshua E. S. PhillipsVerso BooksJune 24, 2010
AnalysisPolitics A Backstory We Like Most everyone has probably read freelance reporter Michael Hastings’ high-impact profile in Rolling Stone of the (now former) top commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal. Jayati VoraJune 24, 2010
InvestigationWorld Who Killed Roque Dalton? Former Salvadoran revolutionary Joaquin Villalobos has remade himself as an author, commentator and Oxford scholar. But questions remain about his role in the death of the bard of the Latin American left. Ben EhrenreichLondon Review of BooksJune 22, 2010
ImpactJournalism Dean Starkman wins Mirror Award Congratulations to Dean Starkman, whose Investigative Fund-supported cover story in the Columbia Journalism Review, has won the Mirror Award… Jayati VoraJune 22, 2010
InvestigationWorld Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Funds Afghan Warlords The congressional report was sparked by an Investigative Fund/Nation magazine probe. Aram RostonThe NationJune 21, 2010