NewsEnvironment, Justice FBI Held “Strategy Meeting” with TransCanada In 2012 the bureau held a meeting with the company builiding the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Adam FedermanMarch 13, 2014
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Poisoned Politics Worker and consumer safety advocates are vastly outgunned by lobbyists for pesticide manufacturers. Lee FangThe NationMarch 13, 2014
ImpactImmigration, Justice Border Patrol Halts Lethal Force Against Rock Throwers This long overdue policy change dates back to a series broadcast in 2012 and 2013 on PBS’s Need to Know, reported in partnership with The Investigative Fund. Esther KaplanMarch 12, 2014
InvestigationPolitics CPAC Isn’t As Grassroots As You Think The American Conservative Union’s annual shindig takes big sums from the gun, oil, and cigarette industries. Eli CliftonSlate MagazineMarch 10, 2014
InvestigationBusiness Not Everyone Is to Blame Exposing the big lie of post-crash America. Dean StarkmanNew RepublicMarch 10, 2014
AnalysisBusiness, Politics Koch Spends More Than Double Top Ten Unions Combined The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel gets the facts about Koch spending versus union spending completely wrong. Lee FangMarch 7, 2014
AnalysisBusiness A New Consensus on the Future of News The future isn’t what it used to be, and that’s a good thing. Dean StarkmanFebruary 28, 2014
NewsJustice Half a Century of Vatican Scandals A Frontline documentary details the scandals currently confronting the Catholic Church, from sexual abuse to bribery and fraud — and weighs the odds of successful reform. Laura CremerFebruary 26, 2014
AnalysisPolitics Former NSA Contractor Lobbyists Head Key Congressional Committees The House Homeland Security Committee and the House Intelligence Committee are managed by former lobbyists for major NSA contractors. Lee FangFebruary 25, 2014
AnalysisBusiness, Politics Bob Barr’s Missing Résumé Barr, who is now running for Congress, has a private-sector career filled with work for the lobbying industry and for causes that run counter to his political persona. Lee FangFebruary 24, 2014