Santiago Villa, for Confidencial Magazine, investigates and connects the dots between the developer of the Nicaragua Canal and the Chinese military. [Reporting sponsored by The Reva and David Logan Foundation.] ...
From Amy Bracken for Al Jazeera America, part one of an investigation of the working conditions for Haitians in the Dominican Republic. Conditions were supposed to improve under a trade deal between the U.S., the Dominican Republic, and five Central American countries. But Bracken documents a harsh life for Haitians working on the sugar plantations including excessive hours and unsanitary ...
From James Neff, an investigation of the battle between Bobby Kennedy and Jimmy Hoffa, waged during Kennedy’s time with the Senate Rackets Committee and later at the U. S. Justice Department where Kennedy assembled a “Get Hoffa” squad devoted to destroying Hoffa. Neff’s book, published by Little, Brown and Company, is now on sale. Neff was interviewed about his book on ...
From Sandra Bartlett for Reveal, the story of South Korean and Vietnamese electronics workers who suffer from reproductive problems, disabling illnesses, and cancer after being exposed to toxic chemicals in the factories where they work. Many of the victims are young women. Reveal airs on public radio stations across the U.S. Photo credit: Sandra Bartlett [Reporting sponsored by The Nicholas ...
From Justine Gubar, Fanaticus: Mischief and Madness in the Modern Sports Fan, an investigation of fan violence in the United States and around the globe, published by Rowman & Littlefield. Gubar conducted original interviews of victims and perpetrators to explore the roots, and the modern manifestation, of fan mayhem. Her investigation also explores the role of sports leagues and the security and ...
From R.G. Dunlop and Jacob Ryan for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, the story of jailers elected to watch over jails that don’t exist. They have nothing to do, but collect their paychecks. [Reporting sponsored by The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.] Photo credit: Jacob Ryan ...
From Moises Mendoza for Newsweek, a report on the legal limbo that defines “stateless” people who do not have citizenship in any country. He also reported on residents of the U. S. Territories, denied citizenship and the right to vote. John Oliver commented on the absurdity of their status. Mendoza has compiled his multi-media reporting on the Stateless Voices website. ...
From Jeanne Baron, for NPR. The World Bank finances development to fight poverty around the world. It has conceded there can be “serious shortcomings” in its practices – as people get uprooted. [Reporting sponsored by The Nicholas B. Ottaway Foundation.] Photo credit: Jeanne Baron ...
From Ana Arana for El Daily Post: her team’s two-part investigation of drug trafficking and policing in Ciudad Juarez, once the murder capital of the world, pinpoints how and why the violence came to an end, but also describes a fragile peace that may be a temporary illusion. Click here to read part one and part two. [Reporting sponsored by ...
From Adriana Cardona-Maguigad, a fellow at the Social Justice News Nexus, at Northwestern University, reporting for This American Life and WBEZ-Chicago: the government of Puerto Rico buys one-way tickets to send drug addicts to Chicago, with promises of drug treatment and housing. But the addicts get no treatment and no housing. If they want to go back home, they’re on their own. ...