Beau Hodai - In These Times

Beau Hodai, a former In These Times Staff Writer, is the founder of DBA Press (dbapress.com), an online news publication and source materials archive.

Hodai studied at the University of Arizona School of Journalism and lives in Tucson, Ariz. He has been a staff reporter for the Marianas Variety and Pacific Daily News (based in Guam), and the Carbon County News in Red Lodge, Mont. During his time reporting on Guam, Hodai’s reporting on issues of militarization in the Northern Marianas and on violence perpetrated by the Guam Police Department (GPD) led to the Marianas Variety being barred from military functions and in a call for a Guam Senate oversight hearing on the GPD.

Throughout 2010 and 2011, he provided research to the American Friends Service Committee, Southern Poverty Law Center and Private Corrections Working Group. His work has also appeared in Extra! (the magazine of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), Prison Legal News, PRWatch.org (Center for Media and Democracy), Tucson Weekly, and News from Indian Country.

Hodai’s work has been featured on several radio and television shows, including Talk of the Nation, “Howard 100 News” (of The Howard Stern Show), CounterSpin (of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), The David Sirota Show, Citizen Radio, The Rick Smith Show, The Big Picture With Thom Hartmann, and Arizona Illustrated, as well as two nascent documentaries (one produced by Brave New Films and one by MSNBC).

Will Arizona Hold ALEC Accountable?

Proposed legislation would treat corporate-backed American Legislative Exchange Council like what its critics say it is: a lobbyist organization.

ALEC’s Arizona Escort Service

Our intrepid reporter learns he is not welcome at an annual summit for business-friendly lawmakers.

Private Prisons Gone Wild

Legal challenges are no match for Arizona politicians determined to privatize the state's correctional services.

Zombie Lobbyists Occupy Washington

Swarms of money-hungry corporate gladhands fight over the brains of our elected leaders in the nation's capital.

Publicopoly Exposed

How ALEC, the Koch brothers and their corporate allies plan to privatize government.

Marco Rubio’s Prison Problem

As the FBI investigates $120 million in subsidies for a new private prison in Florida, the new U.S. senator could end up in the hot seat over close ties to prison operator Geo Group.

Big High Country

Medical marijuana foments culture war in Montana.

King of the Crazy Suit

Meet Jonathan Lee Riches, the most litigious man in history.

Ties That Bind: Arizona Politicians and the Private Prison Industry

A revolving cast of lobbyists and legislators blur the line between public service and corporate profits.

Corporate Con Game

How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law.

Secrets of the Tea Party

The troubling history of Tea Party leader Dick Armey

Banking on private prisons in the fleecing of small-town America.

The Strange Fruit of Desperation

How con men and paranoiacs learned to love the Hardin hoosegow.