Valholly Frank is 18 years old. She grew up in South Florida, spending her time between the Big Cypress Reservation,…
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Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists
Grateful to say I won the 2021 Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Award for Transportation Reporting. It’s my first award…
Indigenous Foods Day
It’s Time to Rename Thanksgiving Most people in North America do not know it was Abraham Lincoln who created the…
Reflecting on the Maine-Wabanaki Child Welfare TRC Commission Five Years Later
The Wabanaki is both the People and the Place of First Light. Collectively they are the tribes: Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy,…
What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Practice
Black Lives Matter protests have continued for months, in the wake of what feels like endless police violence. In fact,…
Fashion Is Quietly a Major Fossil Fuel Industry—Could a Sustainable Revolution Be Around the Corner?
New York City is the fashion capital of the world. Its streets are peppered with influencers on Instagram photoshoots, its…
Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow
I am honored to report I am an In These Times Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting 2018-2019 Fellow! I will continue to…
If you seek a progressive U.S. senate candidate this Midterm…
I had an idea for an article earlier this week: I would look at some of the candidates challenging incumbents…
Oklahoma’s Revolution
OKLAHOMA—Oklahoma is in the midst of a revolution, with rolling teacher strikes statewide. Teachers have taken over the state capitol…
This Small City Is Showing How Supporting Artists Can Have a Big Impact
Dayton, Ohio, is cool. Yes, really. This little Midwestern city of 140,000 is overlooked by most of the USA—flyover country,…
Beggin for Crumbs, from Amazon
Amazon says, “land, site preparation, tax credits/exemptions, relocation grants, workforce grants, utility incentives/grants, permitting, and fee reductions….The initial cost and ongoing…
Study asks whether reporters are influenced by who they follow on Twitter
Guess what? They are. Read my latest for Columbia Journalism Review.