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Uncovering Cru: Exploring the heavy toll the campus Christian ministry group takes on its members
As part of a capstone project for American University’s Investigative Journalism Master’s program, my partner Em Espey and I worked diligently by speaking to over 30 former Cru staff and student members, uncovering a harmful culture amidst the campus ministry. While this is an ongoing project, our work can be viewed in a series of…
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Bipartisan immigration reform finds way to divide advocates
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act gained bipartisan support from Congress, but split advocacy groups down the middle.
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Democrat spending bill potentially unlocks pathway to citizenship for DREAMers
A Democrat federal budgetary bill includes potential pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants long kept in limbo.
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Migrant workers could be key to slowing COVID-19 infection rates
Hazardous work environments and inaccessibility to vaccines make essential migrant agricultural workers one of the highest at-risk groups. By Gianna Gronowski Essential migrant agricultural workers continue to labor in hazardous work environments with limited vaccine access, despite increasingly high infection rates. A study by Purdue University reported that at least 936,000 agricultural workers have tested…
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Changing landscape of journalism threatens to leave industry newcomers hanging dry
The rapid shrinking of news outlets in recent years due to hedge fund acquisitions, a worldwide pandemic, and the age of digital media has left many journalists wondering if they still have a career. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects journalism jobs to drop by 11% or 10,000 jobs in the next decade. Deputy…
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