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Watchdogs released report cards and lobbied legislators over representation; universities released annual studies to track its progress; film studios and TV networks created executive roles and pipeline programs to improve it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Guest: Robert Herguth, investigative reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times, part of the Watchdogs team.

From Slate • May 31, 2023

Watchdogs have been under intense scrutiny after the collapses of SVB and Signature set off fears of contagion.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

Watchdogs say the 25 percent figure is misleading, as it includes investments such as those Shell is making in natural gas, a fossil fuel.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

So that the Sovereign Power, these Sansculottic Watchdogs, more like wolves, being leashed and led away from his Tuileries, breathes freer.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas