Garrett Ordower

Garrett Ordower is an investigative journalist based in New York. His work has appeared in The Nation, Chicago's Daily Herald and the Beacon News.

Currently

  • The Loan Shark Lobby

    March 29, 2007

    With Democrats in control of Congress, prospects for regulating subprime lenders have improved. But don't hold your breath.

  • KBR's $400 Million Iraq Question

    March 12, 2007

    Did the Pentagon's biggest Iraq contractor violate military policy by hiring Blackwater and other private military companies?

2006

  • From Whitewater to Blackwater

    October 26, 2006

    Blackwater USA has a new attorney to defend it against a wrongful death lawsuit by families of four contractors killed in Iraq: Kenneth Starr.

  • The Dot-Degree Boom

    March 28, 2006

    Thanks to aggressive recruiting tactics and a complaisant Congress, online enrollments at the University of Phoenix and its spinoff, Axia College, are soaring. So are student debt and disaffection.

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Blogs

» The Beat

House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after allowing anti-choice Dems to bar access to abortion in new programs.
John Nichols
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» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
137 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman