Medill Investigative Lab & Medill Reports

Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longer banned.

Citing a recent ProPublica investigation, Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said they had “urgent concerns” about the agency’s oversight of foreign drugmakers and whether medications coming into the U.S. are safe.

The agency declined to quickly release documents that would identify drugs made at some of the most troubled foreign factories. The request was part of ProPublica’s ongoing investigation into the safety of America’s generic drug supply.

Babe's Sports Bar will be Chicago's first women's sports bar, set to open later in 2025. To make the bar their own, the owners are collecting memorabilia from community members who've played women's sports themselves. This video report provides a glimpse into that process. 

A 2022 report from the Office of the Ombudsman of Puerto Rico details mismanagement of closed school buildings. 

An interactive journalism project, detailing how vendors maintain the original German Christmas spirit that drives Chicago's annual Christkindlmarket.         Co-written with Maggie Dougherty.