Special Reports

  • Lost Among Us

    Award-winning writer Jennifer Berry Hawes examines the one in four among us who contends with mental illness.

  • Veronica Adoption Case

    Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Baby Veronica case, the matter is much larger than whether this 3-year-old Cherokee girl will be returned to her adoptive parents on James Island. Legal observers see this is a watershed case for the Indian Child Welfare Act, which gives Native American parents preference in adoption cases to preserve Indian culture.

  • Boston Marathon Bombings

    Two explosions that went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, April 15 are being investigated as terrorist attacks. Three were killed and more than 120 were injured.

  • Forgotten S.C.

    Disparities in health care, education and economic opportunity divide South Carolina into two different worlds.

  • Hacked: South Carolina's taxpayers at risk

    On Oct. 26, S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley announced that the state Department of Revenue's computer network had been hacked, exposing the financial information and Social Security number of the state's taxpayers. Our continuing special coverage documents the extent of the cyber attack and tells you how to get help.

  • Unfinished Interstate

    Controversy continues over the completion of Interstate 526.

  • Storm of Money

    What is your risk of being affected by a hurricane? How does the insurance industry set its rates? This occasional series starts with a look at why you pay as much as you do for hurricane insurance.

  • Stuck in the Middle

    Everything costs more, but we’re not making more money. The middle class is said to be suffering its worst decade in modern history. For the next month, the presidential candidates will contend that they hold the middle class’ best interests at heart. The Post and Courier is detailing the struggles many of us face, and offering you solutions for finding a job, getting out of debt, paying the bills, clothing the family and putting food on the dinner table.

  • Lives on the Sea

    The coast and the ocean off the Lowcountry are changing. What does that mean for a region where people have made a life and a living -- for generations -- in tune with the sea?

  • Sunshine Week

    The Post and Courier's special series of stories on Open Government and the public's right to know.

  • Tracking an Arsonist

    A small area in downtown Charleston has been hit with 80 fires over the past decade.

  • The Hunley

    Who were the men who sailed into history aboard the first submarine to sink a ship in battle, and how did they die?

  • S.C. State

    University officials have been unable to explain where millions of federal and state dollars that flowed to the James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center at South Carolina State University have gone.

  • One Brain at a Time

    One doctor from MUSC is on a quest to teach brain surgery in one of the poorest places in Africa. Will his efforts put MUSC on the international map? Will South Carolina benefit from the outreach?