RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, VA. -- Olivia Scheulen had big plans for her senior year at Rappahannock County High School....
Dec 29, 2020The best GroundTruth Podcast episodes of 2020
Editor´s Note: As we look back at the work we’ve done over the past year, we invited our...
Dec 29, 2020How the pandemic revealed social and health Inequities in Spokane
SPOKANE—Despite health officials in western Washington confirming the first case of COVID-19 recorded in the U.S., in January,...
Dec 28, 2020COVID-19 didn’t stop overtourism in Utah’s national parks, it made it worse
ST. GEORGE, UT -- For people living in southern Utah, their backyard is America’s playground. Yet, the chance...
Dec 23, 2020Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee
In the summer of 2018, Sean Murray dialed his local news channel after seeing a segment on voter...
Dec 22, 2020Against the tide: A small town in Appalachia engineers its revival
NELSONVILLE, Ohio — On an unseasonably warm November afternoon, Ashley Lynn Hughes sat on her porch reflecting on...
Dec 22, 2020Can Georgia’s voting rights activists get out the vote one more time?
Leah Owenby, a lifelong Georgia resident, has voted in every presidential election since she turned 18. But Georgia’s...
Dec 21, 2020How do we cope with COVID-19?
Editor's Note: We're publishing this special edition of the 'New Light' photo essay to mark the conclusion of...
Dec 21, 2020Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine confronts decades of gentrification and displacement
CINCINNATI — To be able to tell their story, I had to see that window. The window of...
Dec 18, 2020North Carolina fast-food workers demanded — and won — COVID-19 protections from management
DURHAM, N.C. — In early September, Jamila Allen led a group of 18 co-workers out the front doors...
Dec 17, 2020As COVID-19 surges, public trust in health officials lessens the impact in Maine
PORTLAND, Maine — Flickering yellow letters on an electronic highway sign greeted me as I drove into Maine,...
Dec 16, 2020