Nod to the competition:
Haiti: Eroding Nation the Sun-Sentinel series anticipates Haiti's January bicentennial. There's a Multimedia version too.

On the issues:

Creative Loafing Atlanta did a profile of Choicepoint called Big Brother's Little Helper. The link is no longer working, though; and so far only the old link shows up in search. Worth looking for later, though, on the company that owns Autotrack, a long-time researcher favorite, whose image has changed since 2000 election fiasco.

Good summary of today's Supreme Court decision on campaign finance law from FECWatch (Center for Responsive Politics).

On same topic: Campaign Finance Institute's EGuides .