Whatever comes next in Strait of Hormuz, a profound shock will continue to play out across scores of poor and mid-income countries recently accustomed to upward mobility. A reversal of fortune is underway as food, fuel and fertilizer prices are lifted by scarcity and disruption.

The judges also awarded a strong honorable mention to @willfitzgibbon.bsky.social of @theexamination.org, as well as @petersgoodman.bsky.social and Samuel Granados of @nytimes.com, for their investigation into lead poisoning resulting from battery recycling.

Is there some sort of law that they can only sell the crappiest types of lip balm in airports?

how American skiing turned into polo on snow. great story from @levernews.com www.levernews.com/powder-grab-...

Powder Grab: The Ski Industry’s Forgotten Coup

The long-forgotten story of how we broke skiing — by very nearly saving it.

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The longer the war continues, the greater the likelihood people will suffer hunger. My story. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...

How War in the Middle East Could Sow Hunger

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A nice Guardian review of Breaking Social "its energy and sense of possibilism is infectious – and historian Bregman is a joy, with his cuddly nuggets of wisdom. " www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... @rutgerbregman.com @petersgoodman.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Breaking Social review – Rutger Bregman leads an irresistible rallying cry for global activism

Fredrik Gertten travels the world meeting activists who have had enough of corruption, kleptocracy and structural inequality – while Bregman’s nuggets of wisdom are a joy

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The global economy confronts another profound shock. My story: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

Global Economy Is Facing the Prospect of Another Profound Shock

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Honored that our team has been recognized with the Selden Ring Award for investigative reporting, for our project exposing how lead recycled in Nigeria and sold to battery manufacturers in US has poisoned communities in Nigeria.

The Examination and The New York Times win 2026 Selden Ring Award for ‘The Poisonous Lead Trade’

It all began when Will Fitzgibbon received a tip in 2023. The reporter at the nonprofit newsroom The Examination was told that the metals trading company Trafigura was buying lead in Africa and

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One thing that now even the most hopeful have to admit, is that the unctuous European tactic of flattering, praising, massaging Trump has been a catastrophic failure and made things worse.

Davos, always a performance, has essentially surrendered to the realities of the Trump age. My story, en route www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/b...

As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything

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Filing under “things I never thought I’d read”

"In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated." via @davidgilbert.bsky.social at @wired.com www.wired.com/story/trump-...

Trump Doesn’t Need the Proud Boys Anymore

In a world where ICE agents are shooting US citizens on the street, the need for militias and extremist groups like the Proud Boys to support far-right interests has evaporated.

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I know it’s not the most important part, but I can’t get over how terrible the writing is here

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro

Ok look, it’s in no way a contradiction to acknowledge that semicolon use is often pretentious and still be pro-semicolon

That the comp with dot com era Cisco now used to justify Nvidia valuation is all I need to know about the rigor of analysis behind the AI bubble. This from @axios.com

The brave, thoughtful people behind Brexit now like guy in college class who insisted that we’d never actually seen real communism so you can’t judge it by USSR, East Germany etc. We’re still waiting for the real Brexit, done right giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The Brexit implementation fiasco

The Brexit implementation fiasco

It is not too late to reverse bad policy but that requires good governance

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It's quaint to talk about inflation reports and surprising softness on the margins when in 13 days the out-of-pocket cost of health insurance is going to rise for 26 million households by an average of 75%

Since our investigation, Nigerian authorities have shut down factories that have recycled lead sold to battery manufacturers in US. With @willfitzgibbon.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/w...

Nigeria Closes Factories Linked to U.S. Auto Industry Amid Poisoning Inquiry

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Dear David Stearns, southwest has super cheap flights back to Milwaukee

Why is it so hard to construct major projects in the US? I looked at TSMC's computer chip factories in Phoenix, a $165 billion investment, and came away with 18,000 reasons. Our story with extraordinary photos from Loren Elliott. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...

18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

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Please give a listen to today's episode of @nytimes.com The Daily which features our joint investigation with @theexamination.org on horrific lead poisoning of communities in Nigeria as part of recycling of lead used to make car batteries in the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/p...

The ‘Clean’ Technology That’s Poisoning People

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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market

Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market

BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...

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Is this the part of the movie where German banks start buying crypto exchanges?

Just went on @pbsnews.org News Hour to talk about our investigation with @theexamination.org on lead poisoning from lead recycling in Nigeria. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqwS...

Recycled lead used in U.S. auto batteries linked to poisoning in African communities

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Here's my reporting partner, @willfitzgibbon.bsky.social in a terrific video on the impacts of lead poisoning in the communities in Nigeria that we focused on in our investigation of lead recycling. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People

Recycling lead for U.S. car batteries is poisoning children — and we know because we tested them. Will Fitzgibbon, a reporter at The Examination, describes how children in Nigeria developed lead level...

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Read our latest investigation with @nytimes.com 👇 www.theexamination.org/articles/bat...

The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

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Peter S. Goodman@petersgoodman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The auto industry will tell you the car battery is a perfect example of recycling in action. Here's the part they prefer you not see: the lead poisoning of entire villages around the world to produce lead used to make batteries in the US and other rich countries www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Excellent article tracing the supply chain of lead back to factories in Nigeria that are poisoning residents. American companies like Amazon, Lowe’s and carmakers all use them. @petersgoodman.bsky.social & @willfitzgibbon.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The auto industry will tell you the car battery is a perfect example of recycling in action. Here's the part they prefer you not see: the lead poisoning of entire villages around the world to produce lead used to make batteries in the US and other rich countries www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)

We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.

nytimes.com

Why do otherwise intelligent people insist on referring to Milei economics as “radical free market” while pointing to his insistence on “maintaining a strong peso to crush inflation? In a truly free market the peso would sink like a stone.

Recalling that 3yrs ago when my book DAVOS MAN came out depicting @mbenioff.bsky.social as a guy who mostly cared about tax cuts and dereg, the one guy I encountered on media tour who pushed back and defended him was @profgalloway.com genuinely wondering what he thinks tonight