Sexual Warfare in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Sydney Morning HeraldSexual violence is a devastating weapon in the war-torn North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congolese army and rebel groups systematically use brutal gang rape against their enemies, causing crippling injuries and spreading HIV. Aid groups estimate one in three women in North Kivu have been raped. A child soldier tells why he participated in the gang rapes, and victims of sexual violence talk about their ordeals. More…
Mexico at War: Journey Along the Border
The Washington PostThe border between United States and Mexico is the land where straight lines blur, and where two national cultures collide and collude. There is a lot of good on the border, and these days, plenty of bad. The border is a militarized hot zone, where tens of thousands of Mexican soldiers are fighting a vicious drug war against well-armed, rich and powerful drug traffickers, who smuggle across these desert highways 90 percent of the cocaine so voraciously consumed in the United States. More…
Scientology: The Truth Rundown
St. Petersburg TimesScientology leader David Miscavige is the focus of this special report from the St. Petersburg Times. Former executives of the Church of Scientology, including two of the former top lieutenants to Miscavige, have come forward to describe a culture of intimidation and violence under David Miscavige. These former Scientology leaders served for years with Miscavige. More…
New York City Homicides Map
The New York TimesEach day, the New York Police Department announces major crimes, including most homicides, in the five boroughs. This data is compiled from those reports, in addition to news accounts, court records and additional reporting. The map will be updated as new information becomes available. More…
L'Oeil du Viseur ('Behind the viewfinder')
Espritblog.comL'oeil Du Viseur ('Behind the viewfinder') is a french web-documentary about photojournalism. Each day during a month, a photographer speaks about one of this pictures he like. Because behind the bytes of a jpg file, there are always encounters between photographer and his characters. More…
Waiting Topless
The Sunday BestWhen the Grand View Topless Coffee shop in Vassalboro opened in February 2009, Lisa Beaudreau and Star Cunningham both found jobs there. "Yes, I am a topless waitress, but I'm just a regular normal person in society," Cunningham says. "I honestly don't think in this economy right that there is a job out there that would pay roughly the same." In June, the shop burned down in a suspected arson and reopened in tent‎. More…
How Buddy Johnson's Ad Campaign Cost Florida Taxpayers $643,016
St. Petersburg TimesIn its investigation of Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson's elections office, the FBI has seized audit papers, financial records and records pertaining to an ambitious ad campaign created by the South Tampa firm Schifino Lee. The St. Petersburg Times undertook a comprehensive review of the ad campaign and found that Johnson approved spending $643,016 -- 16 times greater than the original contract amount -- on materials that promoted his own re-election efforts as much as its intended purpose of educating voters. More…
Our POWs
The Virginian-PilotIt happened when they were young, on distant battlefields. When they leave us, it will be part of their obituaries: Prisoner of war. (Video interviews and series of articles) More…
Virginia's Indians: 'We're Still here'
The Virginian-PilotThey’re known as "The First People." The first to be invaded. The first to be forgotten. No more. They’ve got a message: We’re still here. A three-part series about the people of Pocahontas and Powhatan fighting for federal recognition. More…
Promise and Peril in South L.A.
Los Angeles TimesIn a long-troubled pocket of South Los Angeles, gang violence is declining, a wave of construction is underway and social services are expanding. But police and residents know the tide could turn at any time. More…
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