Tag: ProPublica

COVID-19

Liberty University to Press Charges Against Two Journalists Over Coronavirus Coverage

Liberty University, which was in the media spotlight when it opened its campus to many students after spring break despite the coronavirus pandemic, is going to press charges against two journalists, reported the Associated Press. Liberty, based in Lynchburg, Virginia, says the two journalists, Alec MacGillis, a ProPublica reporter and Julia Rendleman, whose photograph was […]

April 12, 2020

Opinion

The Mother of All Scams

As an anthropologist and social worker studying domestic transracial adoption in Chicago between 2009 and 2016, I witnessed numerous pregnant Black women voluntarily relinquish their parental rights in an effort to secure a ‘better’ future for their children, who were often then adopted by white suburban parents.

October 8, 2019