Economy
August 24, 2010 -
By Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica Yesterday, independent paymaster Kenneth Feinberg took the reins from BP in managing damage claims from the Gulf oil spill. He has promised to make sweeping improvements in BP's system, which has been criticized by applicants as slow, bureaucratic and lacking in transparency. Our checklist of the fixes that Feinberg has promised describes the changes claimants can expect as Feinberg's Gulf Coast Claims Facility
August 23, 2010 -
By Jacob Horwitz, Labor Notes Hilario Jimenez was a farmer from a poor town in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Working on tobacco, bean, and tomato farms, he would earn as
August 16, 2010 -
By Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica Kenneth Feinberg, the independent administrator appointed by President Barack Obama to oversee compensation for the Gulf oil spill, last week described broad changes to BP's claims system that he will put in place when he takes over the process.
August 12, 2010 -
Despite repeated promises to take action, the U.S. Senate adjourned for summer recess without funding the federal discrimination settlement for black farmers.
August 12, 2010 -
"Strictly speaking, there are no such things as natural disasters." So reads the U.N.'s International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, which