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What tighter car credit means for the U.S. economy
If you’ve lived in America long enough, you’ve seen it: a car dealership with a giant American flag billowing out front, so large it seems

Alexa York’s debut investigation uncovers radioactive contamination in Luckey, Ohio
In this episode of How They Did It, Quỳnh Lê talks with Alexa York, winner of the 2025 Barlett & Steele Award for Outstanding Young

Reuters journalists replicate the fentanyl supply chain in groundbreaking investigation
In “Fentanyl Express,” a team of Reuters journalists spread across Mexico, the U.S. and China detailed the entire supply chain of fentanyl, by becoming buyers

In “Fumed,” Public Health Watch humanizes the fight against Texas petrochemical businesses acting with impunity
In Public Health Watch’s first-ever podcast, reporter and host David Leffler follows two “stubborn Texans” as they fight the petrochemical industry encroaching on their working-class

Faulty estimates, widespread losses: Inside SFC’s investigation of underinsurance
In this edition of We Mean Business: “How They Did It,” Ananya Bhargava interviews Megan Fan Munce and Susie Neilson about their recent award-winning investigation,

2025 Barlett & Steele Award winners share personal paths to public impact
Investigations that uncovered corporate misconduct, government lapses and systemic failures took home the prizes Nov. 5 at the 19th annual Barlett & Steele Awards. The