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Carrieann Smith
Carrieann Smith is unhoused in Austin, Texas. She’s a leader with VOCAL-TX, a statewide grassroots membership organization that builds power among low-income people. Carrieann Smith is campaigning for a better...
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Paul Gordon is People For the American Way's senior legislative counsel, where he focuses particularly on matters relating to the federal courts, including the Supreme Court. Gordon specializes in the...
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McCarthy is the 2025-2026 climate news reporting fellow at Grist. She was previously an editor at the Science History Institute.
- This Supreme Court ‘victory’ for oil giants is not what it seems
- Pennsylvania bailed on a carbon market to appease Republicans
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Gabriel Sandoval
Sandoval is a ProPublica research reporter based in Phoenix.
- Trump has detained the parents of more than 11,000 U.S. citizen kids
- New record: ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to Detention in federal shelters this year
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Jeff Ernsthausen
Ernsthausen is a ProPublica reporter who specializes in using data analysis and code to find stories.
- Trump has detained the parents of more than 11,000 U.S. citizen kids
- New record: ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to Detention in federal shelters this year
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Mica Rosenberg
Mica Rosenberg is an investigative reporter on ProPublica’s national desk focusing on immigration.
- Trump has detained the parents of more than 11,000 U.S. citizen kids
- Children describe life inside ICE’s Dilley detention center
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