Journalists should cover the scramble to re-shore and improve advanced chip manufacturing as if it were a “third moonshot.”

The former U.S. Treasury Secretary calls for restoring IRS enforcement to close the $600 billion-a-year “tax gap.”

Chye-Ching Huang, executive director of the Tax Law Center at NYU Law, discusses the federal tax system, its layers and issues around its impact on racial equity.

Law professor Dorothy Brown, author of “The Whiteness of Wealth,” details how racial inequities permeate the tax code and how journalists can work around data gaps.

Tech giants and other companies are facing a wave of antitrust actions in the U.S. and the EU, as well as state legislation. An era of “perceived permissiveness” is ending. Top economists explain monopolies and enforcement.

Barriers to credit, lack of accumulated wealth and family caregiving were factors in the devastation of minority-owned businesses during the pandemic. Black women and entrepreneurs fared worst. What will it take to reopen?

Washington steps up investigations against China for espionage, meddling, hacking and stealing vital U.S. technology, China has set out to enact reforms of its intellectual property system.

Government contractors were paid $38 billion to supply everything from vaccines to surgical gowns. Several untested firms struggled to deliver their orders. Here’s how to track the money.

MIT and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board are expected to announce more details about a digital dollar this fall. Digital currencies may be faster, cheaper and safer. But a digital dollar will also need to protect privacy.

Good Jobs First has built a data storehouse that compiles payments to companies, as well as whether recipients of taxpayer money have run afoul of laws or regulations. POGO has built a COVID tracker that shows trillions in other pandemic spending. Here’s how to use both sites.

Free global trade requires trust in the products that are traded. U.S. Customs and Border Protection polices $4 trillion in goods each year. It’s turning to data, technology and a predictive risk model to boost enforcement.

China’s DJI is a leader in making drones used by governments, companies and hobbyists. But the Trump administration added DJI to a list of sanctioned Chinese companies. Is this the start of “drone nationalism”?

A “fundamentally flawed” financing model and antiquated technology hindered state efforts to process unemployment claims. Experts explain what happened and what comes next.

COVID showed that no country can go it alone in battling a pandemic. Experts say supply chains are bouncing back, but “medical nationalism” is still in play. Would “trusted supply chains” help ensure heath security?

Unlike the federal government, states must balance their budgets each year. They are scrambling to cover the COVID budget gap.

After Donald Trump undid much of the Obama-Biden administration’s trade policy, the Biden-Harris administration has to determine how quickly to snap back. Will the U.S. aim for more cooperative and collective action?

After four years of retrenchment from free-trade principles, the Biden administration wants to open markets while supporting workers. Experts discuss the implications for taxes, trade agreements, subsidies, competitiveness and jobs.

Even before the pandemic, mental health problems were costing businesses up to $200 billion a year in absenteeism, lost productivity and physical ailments. A Johns Hopkins mental health expert says a well-designed health system would yield a huge return on investment for employers.

From New York to Mumbai, COVID fears have sent people scrambling out of cities and elevated suburban housing prices. Whether that trend will hold is uncertain, but the pandemic has accelerated calls to “retrofit suburbia” to make it greener, more prosperous and healthier.

Six trade stories journalists should watch as control shifts from Trump to Biden, and how to cover them. Also, why Xi Jinping won’t want to be the Chinese leader who “lost America.”

Susan E. McGregor, an associate research scholar at Columbia University's Data Science Institute, demonstrates why Python may be worth learning for those who want to work with huge data sets, like PPP loans.

From the Great Depression to the COVID pandemic, the U.S. has had mixed results trying to rescue the economy.

News organizations have sued the federal government for full access to Paycheck Protection Program spending. Their lawyer says SBA disclosures are inadequate.

Excel tips: How to use pivot tables, filters and the VLOOKUP function to zero in on COVID small business relief loans in your state.

NPF has published a guidebook to help journalists track taxpayer spending on pandemic relief. It includes useful databases, videos on how to use Excel, Python and other data tools and pro tips from leading investigative journalists.

The federal government has committed trillions to prop up the economy. How – and when – will it eventually pay for it?

A group of data scientist volunteers has produced a new set of databases designed to make it easier for journalists to track federal pandemic stimulus funding.

Working class incomes have stagnated around the world as elites' wealth has increased. The winner of the U.S.-China trade war has been Wall Street. Two experts brief journalists on the connection between domestic inequality and trade conflicts.

Millions of small and large businesses received COVID-fueled contracts and bailouts. Experts detail how to use three tracking tools to see who those companies are.

The U.S. government has pushed out nearly 5 million small business loans. Learn how to find more about them.

A data journalist details how he built a dashboard of every COVID-related government contract.

How journalists covering pandemic relief funds can use congressional disclosures to track lobbying and potential corruption.

A data visualization expert on the Tableau platform offers tips on how to make numbers come alive for stories.

The federal government has committed more than $4 trillion to prop up the economy. Here’s how to find out where it went.

Federal agency allows reporters to track gross domestic product on the state level.

More than monthly jobs numbers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks consumer spending, inflation and other vital data.

Merle Hinrich created a multinational company whose growth tracked the arc of modern global trade.

What should happen when one country uses another's patented technology?

Donald Trump's trade war with China is based on the politics of his supporters - just as China's response is based on its goals.