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Barrett Brown: American Journalist, Whistleblower & Prisonernew

The unofficial face of Anonymous is the only journalist jailed in America for sharing a publicly available link. Who's next?

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian | 04-10-2014 | Civil Liberties

Hollywood Eastnew

How Angelina Jolie, James Spader and Kevin Bacon have infused life into a cash-strapped New York municipality. (And Spider-Man, too.)

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian | 11-06-2013 | Economy

Revolution's Family Tree: Franklin and Adams to Manning and Snowdennew

A behind-the-scenes multimedia look inside Bradley Manning's court martial, its ramifications on journalism and civil liberties, and the handful of journalists who've been covering it since the beginning.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski, Rashed Mian and Jed Morey | 07-08-2013 | Civil Liberties

Muslim Americans: Behind The Veil Of A Religion Under Attacknew

"Don't allow the terror to prevail, don't let it make us hateful inside, don't let the anger eat away at us. On the contrary, let us defeat terror by surviving and by reaching out to one another, by building bridges with each other by educating one another on who we really are."

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian | 05-02-2013 | Religion

Tags: Islam, muslim-americans

Long Island's $2M-a-Year Counterfeiting Problemnew

An inside look at the illegal counterfeiting trade on Long Island, its origins, and the Secret Service's struggle to stop it.

Long Island Press | Rashed Mian | 10-05-2012 | Crime & Justice

Tags: counterfeiting

Toxic Plume Contaminates N.Y. Drinking Water Wellsnew

How a toxic plume created by Grumman Aerospace Corp. and the U.S. Navy during WWII continues to contaminate more and more public drinking water supplies today.

Long Island Press | Christopher Twarowski and Rashed Mian | 07-02-2012 | Environment

Tags: Navy, water supply