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Miles de trabajadores de caña de azúcar mueren ante escasez de acción oficial

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Jesus Sosa Mancia, a CKD patient in Bajo Lempa, El Salvador, during a home visit by a medical team from the national health ministry.

Sasha Chavkin http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/sasha-chavkin Ronnie Greene http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/ronnie-greene

FACT CHECK: Soft on Anti-Semitism

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U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Howard Gutman

FactCheck.Org http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/factcheckorg

Management gurus claim they were blindsided by toxic culture at Countrywide

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Cynder Niemela

Michael Hudson http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/michael-hudson

Environmental injustice: EPA neglects discrimination claims from polluted communities

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This former zinc smelter turned hazardous waste processing facility sits 950 feet from the edge of the Dona Park neighborhood in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Corbin Hiar http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/corbin-hiar

About this project

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Thousands of men working in the Pacific Coast sugarcane fields of El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and neighboring countries have been dying of chronic kidney disease, an ailment that in most parts of the developed world is a manageable condition.

An epidemic of expulsions

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Teresa Arredondo stands with her son in front of his elementary school in Bakersfield, Calif.

Susan Ferriss http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/susan-ferriss

Paper mill air pollution standards 25 years out of date, environmental groups sue EPA

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A Kraft pulp mill looms in the background near Tacoma, Wash.

Rachael Marcus http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/rachael-marcus

FACT CHECK: Crossroads GPS twists facts in Senate ads

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Screen shot of Crossroads GPS TV ad

FactCheck.Org http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/factcheckorg

Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on solutions

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Jesus Sosa Mancia, a CKD patient in Bajo Lempa, El Salvador, during a home visit by a medical team from the national health ministry.

Sasha Chavkin http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/sasha-chavkin Ronnie Greene http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/ronnie-greene

San Francisco lets students own up to misdeeds rather than face expulsion

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Tony Litwak, the director of the Peer Courts program in San Francisco, has recruited more than 20 students from schools across the city to work with misbehaving students and keep them in class. With him are (left to right) 11th grader Breonna Frierson, 10th grader Ramon Gomez and current City College student Lona Kwon.

Jeremy Adam Smith http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/jeremy-adam-smith

Expulsion overturned for boy at heart of Center probe

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A California school board has cancelled the proposed expulsion of a sixth-grade boy featured in a Center for Public Integrity investigation into harsh school discipline.   The Kern County Board of Education voted Tuesday to overturn the 11-year-old’s expulsion for alleged  sexual battery and obscenity. Earlier this year, the boy was accused of swatting a female student on the rear at his school in Bakersfield, Calif.

Methodology

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Our analysis of the toll from chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Central America is based on mortality data from the World Health Organization.

Pro-Romney super PAC using media firms tied to Swift Boat, Willie Horton ads

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Convicted murderer and rapist William Horton Jr.

Josh Israel http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/josh-israel

ANALYSIS: A life-changing event

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Attorney Mark Geragos, left, representing Krikor Sarkisyan, right, and the family of 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan.

Wendell Potter http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/wendell-potter

And now, left-wing Mitt Romney, out of context and in French

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The head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, who was head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee. 

Josh Israel http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/josh-israel Aaron Mehta http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/aaron-mehta

Center garners top journalism awards

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iWatch News http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/iwatch-news

ANALYSIS: Who is essential? Insurers or consumers?

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Department of Health and Human Services

Wendell Potter http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/wendell-potter

Brominated battle: Soda chemical has cloudy health history

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Kyle Victers, a regular at the Battle & Brew in Conyers, Ga., chugs 'gamer fuel' for the sugar and caffeine. Unlike some citrus-flavored drinks, his Monster beverage does not contain BVO.

Brett Israel http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/brett-israel-0

FACT CHECK: Plenty to question in GOP debate

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Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, stand together prior to their Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Associated Press http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/associated-press

Senate committee finds most 'trapped' offshore income is already in U.S.

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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates during a keynote address.

John Aloysius Farrell http://www.iwatchnews.org/authors/john-aloysius-farrell
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