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Journalism Portfolio

Politics | Disadvantaged Communities | LGBTQ + Gender | Immigration | Environment | Criminal Justice

Politics

As withdrawal deadline looms, Minnesota congressional staffers scramble to help evacuate Afghan allies

MinnPost

Why Tina Smith is trying to get Congress to do more to prevent — not just treat — HIV/AIDS

MinnPost

D.C. Memo: It’s been a year

MinnPost

There has been a significant uptick in threats against members of Congress since January 6

MinnPost

Uncovered: Emmer bill addresses mental health coverage for those jailed, awaiting trial

MinnPost

What last week’s Supreme Court ruling actually said — and didn’t say — about sexual assault and drinking in Minnesota

MinnPost

Leading by example: Minnesota’s majority female delegation remains rare in Congress

MinnPost

'We’re peace-loving people' D.C. rioters reject alt-right label

The Forward

The Capitol riots prompted reflection on school shootings for these students and teachers

Washington Post

Does Congress' prison reform bill go too far or not far enough?

Pacific Standard

Jeff Sessions claims the ACLU caused a spike in Chicago homicides -- here's why he's wrong

Pacific Standard

How can U.S. policymakers fix the broken criminal justice system?

Pacific Standard

Is Congress letting Mark Zuckerberg off the hook?

Pacific Standard

Disadvantaged Communities

Thousands of foster children were sent out of state to mental health facilities where some faced abuse and neglect

ProPublica Illinois / Chicago Tribune

The Capitol riots prompted reflection on school shootings for these students and teachers

Washington Post

Black students are disproportionately disciplined in public schools

Pacific Standard

Young Puerto Ricans are leaving the island to escape the territory's debt

Pacific Standard

Facing a massive pollution problem, California is fighting against the EPA's efforts to roll back emissions standards

Pacific Standard

A Harvard sociologist breaks down the moral failures plaguing the U.S. criminal justice system

Pacific Standard

2018 Cook County Judicial Voting Guide

Injustice Watch

Illinois sees more gun trafficking from Indiana, crime data shows

Medill Reports Chicago

Is San Diego failing its most vulnerable inmate population?

Pacific Standard

LGBTQ + Gender

What last week’s Supreme Court ruling actually said — and didn’t say — about sexual assault and drinking in Minnesota

MinnPost

Most men believe their workplace empowers women, according to a study. Their female counterparts don’t agree.

The Lily

‘There’s so much financial turmoil right now:’ More married millennials are keeping their finances separate

MarketWatch

One day of protests in D.C. Two women on opposing sides of the abortion debate.

The Lily

What the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Mississippi abortion case might mean for Minnesota

MinnPost

The Supreme Court voids an appeals court's ruling on a detained immigrant abortion case

Pacific Standard

Arizona bill places new restriction on abortion

Pacific Standard

Planned Parenthood sues the Trump administration for proposing conservative changes to its grant program

Pacific Standard

Immigration

An Obama-era White House official breaks down the current state of immigration policy

Pacific Standard

Thousands of children have suffered abuse at the hands of U.S. border protection agents

Pacific Standard

Key takeaways from the House's 'compromise' immigration bill

Pacific Standard

Immigration detention deaths reach the highest total since 2009

Houston Chronicle / Injustice Watch

A county sheriff election in North Carolina sheds light on a controversial ICE policy

Pacific Standard

U.S. border stations are now overflowing with migrant children

Pacific Standard

Environmental Justice

EPA dropped salmon protection after Trump met with Alaska governor

CNN

Emanuel soft on Chicago polluters despite tough talk

Better Government Association

Facing a massive pollution problem, California is fighting against the EPA's efforts to roll back emissions standards

Pacific Standard

Criminal Justice

Why U.S. Marshals were involved in the death of Winston Smith. And why there isn’t any body camera footage of the shooting.

MinnPost

Does Congress' reform bill go too far or not far enough?

Pacif

Thousands of privately owned companies are profiting from the U.S. prison system

Pacific Standard

Is San Diego failing its most vulnerable inmate population?

Pacific Standard

A Harvard sociologist breaks down the failures plaguing the U.S. criminal justice system

Pacific Standard

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