[6] In 2016, Dickerson reported on the testing of mustard gas by the U.S. military on American troops during WWII, in which subjects were grouped by race.

[7] Her reporting, published as a two-part special investigation by NPR, revealed that the Department of Veteran Affairs had broken promises it had made in the 1990s to seek out and provide compensation to veterans who had suffered permanent injuries as a result of the testing.

[8] Congress reacted to the report by calling for investigations and hearings, ultimately leading to the passage of a law to compensate test subjects.

[12][13][14] In June 2019 she reported on crowding and unsanitary conditions at a border station facility housing hundreds of children.

[5][18] Tom Jones of Poynter called "'We Need to Take Away Children'" one of the best pieces of journalism of 2022, and described it as one of the longest-published articles in The Atlantic's history, the culmination of more than 150 interviews.