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Unholy Trinity: Katrina, Allbaugh and Brown
The Bush administration's director of FEMA, Michael Brown, was highly ridiculed for his lack of credentials after Hurrican Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. This story looks in-depth at Brown's background, credentials and whether or not he was the right man to be FEMA director.
Tags: new orleans; George Bush; Dick Cheney; Joe Allbaugh, Michael Brown; FEMA
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Cotton Bailout: How your tax dollars turn markets upside down, prop up big growers and squeeze small farmers
"The series examined the impact of U.S. agricultural subsidies on small farmers in the United States and Africa, and investigated the buse of federal payment limits by large growers."
Tags: agriculture; AJC; Georgia; Congress; USDA; subsidy; subsidies; farming; growers; Africa; USA; United States
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Unholy Trinity: Katrina, Allbaugh and Brown
this is a duplicate. For the story-- go to 23249
Tags: FEMA; hurricane; Katrina; Michael Brown; Joe Allbaugh
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Cover-up: Crisis in the Catholic Church
Los Angeles Times report shows how Cardinal Roger Mahony approved a then-secret $1.3 million payment to two men who claimed that Father Michael Baker sexually abused them over a period of 15 years. "The Times identified and interviewed nine victims who said that Baker had molested them as children. Baker told The Times that he had informed Mahony in 1986 about his sexual abuse of young boys. Mahony initially denied participating in any such meeting, then acknowledged the Baker meeting and apologized for his handling of the case."
Tags: molestation; Catholic Church; sexual abuse; children; kids; child; priest; Michael Baker; Cardinal Roger Mahony; Jesuits
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Race and the Law
ABA Journal and the National Bar Association Magazine collaborated on a special report on race and the legal system. Articles describe how views of the legal system are influenced by lawyers' race, discriminatory race-based profiling by the U. S. Customs Service, environmental justice, racially skewed juries, and the struggles of minorities in the legal profession. ABA Journal's series of articles focuses primarily on the experiences of African Americans.
Tags: Civil Rights; Courts; Criminal Justice System; Environment; Discrimination; Minorities
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Meth and Murder in Madison County
A reporter discovered some strange financial dealings related to Ralph Baker who had been sheriff of Madison County since 1973. He kept no records of the drugs he seized, did not obtain court orders for the drugs he destroyed, and kept no log of destructions. In the past five years, he and his deputies have signed out about 25,000 for the payment of drug informants.
Tags: drug traffic; law enforcement; drugs; murder; suspects
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Newsday reporters investigate the U.S. aviation system and how cost and convenience have taken precedence, except in the crisis atmosphere immediately following tragedies. The report looks at how an economically troubled airline industry joined forces with a cautious government bureaucracy and compliant congress to block most significant change. (Dec. 15-22)
Tags: Disasters; Plane crash
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The Reckoning
The Washington Post Magazine reports that "When a white D.C. policeman unwittingly shot a black colleague, the cops in one of the city's toughest precincts came to the brink of a racial conflict and then found their shared humanity... Officer James McGee lay dying. Officer Michael Baker sat dazed, absorbing the news that he had mistaken a cop for a robber. In the aftermath, the ideal of racial integration in the DC police department became a matter of life and death...."
Tags: race relations suspicions tensions accidental shooting
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Trust and Betrayal
The Toronto Star series "exposes the activities of Metro Police Staff Inspector John Jackson, Bay St. lawyer Tom BAker and Vancouver accountant Michael Graye. Using these men as central characters, the series details corruption at the organizations and exposes a major cover-up."
Tags: police corruption; ethics; money