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How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston’s Racial Divide

How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston’s Racial Divide

She’s hoping an environmental crisis can bring us all together. Boston, August 2017.

How Privatizing Water Systems Costs Taxpayers -- & Endangers Them

How Privatizing Water Systems Costs Taxpayers -- & Endangers Them

A yearlong investigation by Heavy found that privatized water management has been a disaster for American towns. Heavy.com, February 7, 2018.

Covering Climate Change, With Urgency and Creativity

Covering Climate Change, With Urgency and Creativity

A look at news outlets bringing innovation, urgency and new audiences to stories on climate change. Nieman Reports, August 28, 2017.

Covering Sexual Assault

Covering Sexual Assault

Reporting on rape and sexual assault challenges journalists to build trust with sources and avoid injecting bias into the story. Nieman Reports, March 15, 2017.

Toxic

Toxic

How China's tech-factory workers are getting red-taped to death. WIRED, April 2015.

Spy Lab

Spy Lab

How a team of Harvard geeks is using satellites—plus a little help from George Clooney—to rewrite the rules of humanitarianism. Boston Globe Magazine, April 29, 2012.

Vermont Vs. Vermont Yankee

Vermont Vs. Vermont Yankee

Should states or the rubber-stamp NRC decide whether nuclear plants should continue to operate? The Nation, January 11, 2012.

Failing the Test

Failing the Test

Massachusetts is one of only two states that doesn't allow inmates access to DNA evidence to prove their innocence. A long-contested bill may finally change that. Boston Globe Magazine, November 18, 2011. 

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

For decades in Massachusetts, arson investigations have depended more on instinct than science. It's anyone's guess how many innocent people are still in jail. Boston, March 2011.

Perfect Crimes

Perfect Crimes

For immigrant victims of sexual abuse, justice is nearly impossible to come by. Boston, December 2010.

The Long Shadow of Willie Horton

The Long Shadow of Willie Horton

The legacy of one governor's leniency has sentenced hundreds of prisoners to life.Boston Globe Magazine, October 18, 2009.

The Case Against Coke

The Case Against Coke

A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant's exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India, and elsewhere. The Nation, April 13, 2006.

The Invisible Harvest

The Invisible Harvest

Exploitation. Coercion. Poverty wages. New England has its own Grapes of Wrath, and it’s happening now. Inside the hidden world of the migrant farm workers who put food on your table. Boston, October 2002.

"I Am Not A Terrorist"

"I Am Not A Terrorist"

At MIT, Lori Berenson began a course in social justice that landed her in a Peruvian terrorist prison. Six years and two trials later, she still claims she’s innocent. Boston, October 2001.

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How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston’s Racial Divide
How Privatizing Water Systems Costs Taxpayers -- & Endangers Them
Covering Climate Change, With Urgency and Creativity
Covering Sexual Assault
Toxic
Spy Lab
Vermont Vs. Vermont Yankee
Failing the Test
Up in Smoke
Perfect Crimes
The Long Shadow of Willie Horton
The Case Against Coke
The Invisible Harvest
"I Am Not A Terrorist"
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