| Investigative Fund Projects | more > | Northern Exposure
By Sheila Kaplan and Marilyn Berlin Snell
published in The New Republic Who wouldn't believe Sarah Palin, when—with youngest child Trig in her arms—she says she will advocate for families of special-needs children once in the White House? But in Alaska, with a birth defect rate that's twice the national average, she has consistently blocked initiatives that would limit environmental toxins known to cause fetal abnormalities. The article was mentioned in the Times Online (UK) blog, Magazine Rack.
John McCain's Kremlin Ties
By Mark Ames and Ari Berman
published in The Nation During Georgia's recent conflict with Russia, John McCain rushed to publicly support the small Eastern European nation. But the senator's anti-Kremlin bonafides seem suspect when contrasted with the role played by McCain and his senior adviser Rick Davis in advancing Vladimir Putin's imperial ambitions in Mediterranean Montenegro. The article was picked up on Talking Points Memo blog Café Talk, Common Dreams and Yahoo! News.
McCain and the POW Cover-up
By Sydney H. Schanberg
published on The Nation Institute website;
edited version published on The Nation John McCain never loses an opportunity to display his credentials as a POW who spent five and a half years in Vietnam. Then why is he trying to hide information about the POWs who were left behind? An edited version was posted on the website of The Nation, Truthout and mentioned on The Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo blog Café Talk. Schanberg was also interviewed about his article on Antiwar Radio.
The Republican War on Voting
By Art Levine
published in The American Prospect During the last presidential debate, Senator McCain said that the voter registration group, ACORN, was "on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country." But the allegation of voter fraud is a favorite Republican tactic for disqualifying voters; only 24 people were convicted of illegal voting in federal elections between 2002 and 2005. The article was "dugg" and linked to in a Huffington Post blog. | Recent article appearances An important part of The Nation Institute's mission is to support and strengthen independent media and, whenever possible, to publish articles in the mainstream press. Articles by Nation Institute writers frequently appear in numerous print, online and broadcast outlets such as: The Nation, Common Dreams, Rolling Stone, The Baltimore Chronicle, Countercurrents, ZNet, The Huffington Post, Truthdig, Democratic Underground, Yahoo! News, The Guardian (UK), Truthout, Mother Jones, Alternet and BuzzFlash. | | TomDispatch.com | more > | The Rising Body Count on Main Street
By Nick Turse Turse's article begins, "On October 4, 2008, in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles, Karthik Rajaram, beset by financial troubles, shot his wife, mother-in-law, and three sons before turning the gun on himself." Rajaram was beset with financial trouble due to the economic crisis, and he is not alone. Turse's reporting on the extreme acts that people are committing in these extreme times was picked up ZNet, Truthout, Countercurrents, Common Dreams and reprinted in The Baltimore Chronicle.
F is for Failure
By Tom Engelhardt Engelhardt's damning report card for Bush's eight years in office fails the president on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the war on terror, the capture of Osama bin Laden, the "freedom agenda" in Lebanon and Gaza. Engelhardt's grade was picked up on Mother Jones, Democratic Underground, Common Dreams, Truthout, Asia Times and BuzzFlash. Listen to the audio interview of Engelhardt discussing his article here. | | Nation Books | more > | Salvation Boulevard
By Larry Beinhart  "This book probes and pokes and provokes more deeply than most so-called serious novels... This is smart, snappy and unsettling." Chicago Sun Times "...splendid religious legal thriller." PublishersWeekly starred review "Intelligent, provocative, often outrageous, it pits a tough ex-cop turned born-again PI against what only looks like innocence, covering a dark world of power and treachery anddeceit. It will grip you, first page to last." Donald Westlake "A gripping, page-turning tale that takes one through bad lawyers and good ones, treachery and faith, pornography and preaching, torture and Homeland Security. Salvation Boulevard is a great and memorable read." Vincent Bugliosi
American Dream
By Harmon Leon  Journalist and social chameleon Harmon Leon hits the road in pursuit of the American Dream. His travels take him from the pot fields of Northern California to reality T.V. shows in Culver City; from swinging parties in the suburbs to Christian protests against fornicators in Kansas; and into Mexico and a tourist attraction that allows people to simulate illegally crossing the border. It's a "manic mix of Borat and Hunter S. Thompson," says The Guardian (UK). Leon was interviewed on New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth and WCCO's What's Happening on the Jack Rice Show.
The Age of the Warrior
By Robert Fisk  Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondent, Robert Fisk has reported from the Middle East for more than 30 years. In this collection of eloquent and far-ranging articles on international politics, he speaks out against "the fraud and injustices of a world in which consent has become automatic." He was recently on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman to talk about the U.S. election and its bearing on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Israel-Palestine. | | Who is Reading Us? | more > | In HBO's new vampire hit series, True Blood, the inhabitants of a small town in Louisiana read Institute Fellow Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine. New York magazine's review of this new series mentions the book: "Sookie's smart-mouth black best friend and co-worker, Tara (Rutina Wesley)...reads Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine, insults her customers, and takes slavery personally." | | Institute Fellows | more > | Greg Palast
 Greg Palast, who exposed Florida's illegal voter purges in the 2000 election, is back with a stark warning about the ways the G.O.P. can steal your vote on November 4. In this Rolling Stone article, co-written with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., he breaks down six tactics used disproportionately against poor, black and Hispanic voters; in his comic book guide he also gives tips to "steal your vote back" and in this video he and Kennedy give highlights of their investigation.
Gary Younge
 Virginia is in the news as one of the states where Barack Obama is wooing the rural, small-town voters who traditionally identify with the Republican Party, and Alfred Knobler Fellow Gary Younge brings you the on-the-ground coverage. Using Roanoke, VA as a prism to view which way Virginia will turn, Younge finds that public engagement with politics is intense. | |
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