The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "right-wing" ...
-
"Republican Gomorrah"
In this book, Max Blumenthal takes an in-depth look at the Christian Right, and how it took control of the "Republican Party's grassroots base." Blumenthal explains how the Christian Right party is comprised of people "who have experienced profound trauma" and therefore tend toward "rigid religiosity and political authoritarianism."
Tags: Republican Party; Christian Right; authoritarianism; religiosity; right-wing; Council for National Policy; Ralph Reed; Jack Abramoff; Media Matters for America
-
Follow the Money
Anderson examines how the Texas political system and the White House were "dominated by a group of ultra-right-wing conservatives" through their money. "The scandals at the heart of Follow the Money are Watergate, Teapot Dome, the Whiskey Ring and Credit Mobilier rolled upinto one."
Tags: Karl Rove; Jack Abramoff; Tom DeLay; George W. Bush; politics; Texas; White House; government;
-
The Plane Truth
Anand Kilari self proclaims to be one of the largest Christian ministers in the world. He has ties to "right-wing movers and shakers" as well as claiming "to have counseled despots like Charles Taylor and Saddam Hussein." However the focus of his ministry’s finances has seemingly gone into his plane. "In fact, if you scrape the surface, you will discover that Kilari has spent the last 25 years pretending to be a big shot- and fooling most people most of the time."
-
Whatever Happened to the Class of 1994?
The New York Times magazine looks at what happened to "the right-wing firebrands who charged into Congress in 1994" and "launched the missile that impeached Bill Clinton." It concludes that more than a third of these politicians are out of office and the ones remaining are becoming Washington insiders.
Tags: right-wing politicians; President Clinton; Congress; impeachment; 1994; Newt Gingrich; Republicans; conservative; politics; 1994 election
-
The New McCarthyism
The Progressive probes the threat to free speech after Sept. 11. "The FBI and Secret Service are harassing artists and activists. Publishers are firing anti-war columnists and cartoonists. University presidents are scolding dissident faculty members. And right-wing citizen's groups are demanding conformity."
Tags: democracy; human rights; freedom of speech; First Amendment; treason accusations; anti-war movement
-
Judicial Junkets
ABC News investigates "big money lobbying of federal judges ... through the use of free junkets." Large corporations and foundations with interests in cases that come before the federal courts often invite the judges on all-expense paid trips. The main finding is that "one in ten judges, nearly 300 members of the federal bench, including two U.S. Supreme Court justices, have accepted the controversial free trips to one or several privately funded luxury "seminars" held at golf resorts, dude ranches and luxury hotels."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; ethics; financial disclosure; money and politics; hidden camera; undercover footage; business; right wing; justice; law
-
Shadow Wars
The Joplin Globe delves into the past of Timothy McVeigh, the man believed to have masterminded the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. The Globe uncovers some facts that suggest that McVeigh wasn't alone when he bombed the building -- and that he "may have been a member of a radical right-wing group of bank robbers known as the 'Midwest Bank Bandits' who were attempting to spark a race revolution."
Tags: Oklahoma City bombing; Timothy McVeigh; terrorism; right-wing; Midwest Bank Bandits
-
Plan for Colombia
The Express-News looks at the United States' efforts to eradicate drug trade in Colombia by spending $1.3 billion on army operations aiming to destroy coca fields. The series questions the effectiveness of the plan. Coca farmers account for the majority of the population in Columbia, and the project would be more successful, if they were provided some alternatives. The reporter examines how the drug war combines with the civil war that has been going on for decades, and finds "that it's unlikely that any significant change will come in Colombia's status as a drug exporter until the civil war is ended."
Tags: kidnapping; assassinations; guerrillas; military; Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); right-wing militia; international politics; foreign affairs; crime; violence; drug trafficking; cocaine; heroin; Latin America; human rights
-
Plan Columbia
Colombia is now the third-largest recipient of US aid in the world after Israel and Egypt. The two-year, $3.2 billion aid package is to help fight "the war on drugs," by eradicating half of the nation's 300,000 acres of coca fields within five years. Yet others consider the escalating US military presence and its technological aid to the right wing paramilitary forces a thinly veiled military intervention, stabilizing the government in power against guerillas in the coca-producing regions. Kidnappings are up sharply, and others fear they'll increase even more if drugs profits are stymied.
Tags: Columbia; US Aid; War on Drugs; anti-narcotics; School of the Americas; U.S. military advisors; toxic herbicides; Plan Colombia; Pais Libre; kidnapping; FARC; ELN; death squads; human rights; Pentagon's Southern Command; Amnesty International; Paz Colombia; social inequality
-
Nazism's new global threat
Between 100,000 and 200,000 Americans are suspected of being linked with right-wing neo-Nazi and white supremacist hate groups. In this article News and Report examines how the Internet is creating a new presence of well-connected and well-funded racists globally. Groups such as Hammershkin Nation, the World Church of the Creator, and the National Alliance all claim to having thriving websites as well as international chapters popping up around the world.