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February 2020

Democracy

In the shadow of Trump’s visit to India, religious violence challenges the official narrative

Updated February 28, 2020 NEW YORK—Addressing more than 100,000 people, the biggest crowd of his political career, at...

Feb 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH USA TODAY

Poverty and hope battle in the hollers of West Virginia

CHARLESTON, WV – Last June, I was dispatched home to West Virginia as a Report for America corps...

Feb 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN AUGUSTA, ME

Maine confronts ‘crumbling infrastructure’ in neighborhood schools

AUGUSTA, ME — Rushing through Cony High School’s cafeteria, past the afterschool crowd doing homework or scrolling through...

Feb 26, 2020
Announcements

Report for America newsrooms raise nearly $1 million in 2019 through local philanthropy

NEW YORK — Today, Report for America announced its 2019 partner newsrooms quadrupled the program’s goals for local...

Feb 25, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN TWIN FALLS, ID

The Snake River, lifeblood of Idaho’s Magic Valley

TWIN FALLS, ID – When I first drove into southern Idaho, I passed over a 500-foot canyon. Below...

Feb 25, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN LEXINGTON, KY

Moving home: Church and state converge at Kentucky’s foster care crisis

LEXINGTON, KY -- It was early evening in late August and former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was talking...

Feb 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN BLANDING, UT

In Utah, change is slow following historic election of Native Americans

BLANDING, Utah – I arrived in San Juan County after a historic shift in power. In November 2018,...

Feb 20, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN DETROIT, MI

Life after prison: Second chances in Detroit

DETROIT, MI — On a Sunday afternoon in summer, Demetrius Knuckles popped open the trunk of his Trailblazer...

Feb 20, 2020
Announcements

Report for America among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant

BOSTON, MA — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled The GroundTruth Project, home of...

Feb 19, 2020
Navigator

Pushing forward: How one reporter took over a 20-year-old investigation

Editor’s note: For this edition of Navigator, we’re proud to share this dispatch from Report for America corps...

Feb 19, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN JACKSON, MS

Wounds of the past still haunt Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. -- Shortly after relocating to Mississippi last summer, I came face-to-face with the state’s racist past...

Feb 14, 2020
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