A Closer Look

Examining the News

Impact of Our Reporting

Loan Forgiveness for Disabled Borrowers Was 10 Years in the Making

by Stephen Engelberg

September 8, 2021, 9:00 am EDT

Local Accountability Journalism Still Has a Huge Impact

by Charles Ornstein

January 30, 2020, 5:00 am EST

124 stories published since 2013

How the Federal Reserve Is Increasing Wealth Inequality

by Allan Sloan and Cezary Podkul

April 27, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
What Police Impunity Looks Like: “There Was No Discipline as No Wrongdoing Was Found”

by Eric Umansky

April 20, 2021, 10:47 am EDT
Lessons From Bessemer: What Amazon’s Union Defeat Means for the American Labor Movement

by Alec MacGillis

April 13, 2021, 6:45 pm EDT
I Received Tips to Look Into How a Hospital Treated Premature Babies. Getting Data Was Nearly Impossible.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth

April 5, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Why There’s So Much Investigative Journalism About Utility Companies

by Stephen Engelberg

March 25, 2021, 11:00 am EDT
To Hold the Government Accountable, We Need to Know What It’s Doing. That’s Why We’re Tracking PPP Data.

by Jeremy Kutner

March 12, 2021, 5:00 am EST
Twenty-Six Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It?

Stephen Engelberg

February 9, 2021, 2:00 pm EST
Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light

by Stephen Engelberg

February 3, 2021, 5:30 pm EST
The Return of the Regulators

by Jesse Eisinger

February 2, 2021, 1:00 pm EST
“We’ve Let the Worst Happen”: Reflecting on 400,000 Dead

by Logan Jaffe

January 23, 2021, 9:00 am EST
Biden Inaugural Confronts the Jan. 6 Riot Head-On, Calls for an End to “This Uncivil War”

by Richard Tofel

January 20, 2021, 3:29 pm EST
Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years

by Allan Sloan, ProPublica, and Cezary Podkul

January 14, 2021, 5:00 am EST
The Enraging Deja Vu of a Third Coronavirus Wave

by Caroline Chen

November 13, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The Myth of the Latino Vote and What Newsrooms Must Learn From 2020

by Perla Trevizo

November 10, 2020, 11:00 am EST
El mito del voto latino y lo que los medios pueden aprender del 2020

por Perla Trevizo

November 10, 2020, 11:00 am EST
The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling

by Stephen Engelberg

November 9, 2020, 11:46 am EST
Not Mentioned in Cuomo’s Coronavirus Book: How Many Nursing Home Residents Died in New York

by Joe Sexton

October 23, 2020, 10:25 am EDT
The Fed Saved the Economy but Is Threatening Trillions of Dollars Worth of Middle-Class Retirement

by Allan Sloan

October 21, 2020, 8:00 am EDT
America Is About to Lose Its 200,000th Life to Coronavirus. How Many More Have to Die?

by Stephen Engelberg

September 14, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
What Can Mayors Do When the Police Stop Doing Their Jobs?

by Alec MacGillis

September 3, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The CARES Act Sent You a $1,200 Check but Gave Millionaires and Billionaires Far More

by Allan Sloan

June 8, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Bailout Is Working — for the Rich

by Jesse Eisinger

May 10, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
I’m an Investigative Journalist. These Are the Questions I Asked About the Viral “Plandemic” Video.

by Marshall Allen

May 9, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
Coronavirus Entered My Father’s Nursing Home and Nobody Warned Me. I Did Not Get the Chance to Save Him.

by Jan Ransom for ProPublica

April 21, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
How the Coronavirus Bailout Repeats 2008’s Mistakes: Huge Corporate Payoffs With Little Accountability

by Jesse Eisinger

April 7, 2020, 11:30 am EDT
The Real Story About Trump’s Latest Attack on the Press

by Richard Tofel

February 27, 2020, 3:09 pm EST
Paratransit Services in New York City Are Severely Limited and Unpredictable. They Still Cost $614 Million a Year.

by Claire Perlman

February 6, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Iowa’s Lesson: Political Parties Are Not as Good as Government Officials at Counting Votes

by Jessica Huseman, Jack Gillum and Derek Willis

February 4, 2020, 1:30 pm EST
We’ve Been Tracking Pharma Payments to Doctors For Nearly A Decade. We Just Made A Big Breakthrough.

by Charles Ornstein

December 20, 2019, 12:00 pm EST
Balancing the Public Interest and a Family’s Grief

by Stephen Engelberg

December 11, 2019, 3:13 pm EST
University of Illinois Told Our Partners They Must Share Sexual Misconduct Tips With Campus Authorities. Here’s How We’re Protecting Our Sources.

by Charles Ornstein

October 10, 2019, 4:45 pm EDT
Trump’s Ukraine Plotting Has Been Happening in Plain Sight. So Why Didn’t We See It?

by Eric Umansky

September 27, 2019, 11:09 am EDT
Illinois Is Poised to Become the Gambling Capital of the Midwest

by Jason Grotto, and Dan Mihalopoulos, WBEZ Chicago

June 4, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
You Can’t Tax the Rich Without the IRS

by Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel

May 3, 2019, 6:00 am EDT
How the Rich Really Play, “Who Wants To Be An Ivy Leaguer?”

by Daniel Golden

March 12, 2019, 6:45 pm EDT
What We Learned From the First Year of the Local Reporting Network

by Charles Ornstein

January 15, 2019, 6:12 pm EST
What I Learned Covering HUD: Oversight Failures Are Symptoms of Deeper Dysfunction

by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan

December 28, 2018, 10:30 am EST
What Happens When the Next Financial Crisis Strikes?

by Allan Sloan

September 11, 2018, 6:00 am EDT
Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It

by Jesse Eisinger

August 24, 2018, 12:00 pm EDT
Tax Case Flips the Script for Democrats and the GOP. But What About for Jurists?

by Richard Tofel

August 22, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
A Free Press Works for All of Us

by Stephen Engelberg

August 16, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Why the IRS’ Recent Dark Money Decision May Be Less Dire Than It Seems

by Ian MacDougall

July 25, 2018, 1:20 pm EDT
How the Fight Against Affirmative Action at Harvard Could Threaten Rich Whites

by Daniel Golden

July 11, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump

by Alec MacGillis

June 28, 2018, 4:00 pm EDT
Jared Kushner’s Grandmother Bemoaned the “Closed Doors” That Faced Refugees to America

by Allan Sloan

June 23, 2018, 6:00 am EDT
What It Was Like Reporting on a Teenager Marked for Death by the Gang MS-13

by Hannah Dreier

April 10, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
Warren Buffett Recommends Investing in Index Funds — But Many of His Employees Don’t Have That Option

by Allan Sloan

March 23, 2018, 5:00 am EDT
How Senior Daddies — Like Donald Trump — Are Eligible for a Social Security Bonus

by Allan Sloan, ProPublica, and C. Eugene Steuerle, special to ProPublica

March 2, 2018, 5:00 am EST
How Political Pessimism Helps Doom Tougher Gun Laws

by Alec MacGillis

February 18, 2018, 8:40 pm EST