The Fuller Project

COVID ‘Crisis Moment’ for Families With Children in NYC Pre-K and 3K Programs

Ten-day quarantines are forcing families to keep young kids home, causing chaos for those in need of child care — regardless of negative COVID test results.

by Jessica WashingtonJan 7, 2022

This story was published in partnership between THE CITY and The Fuller Project.

‘Your Mom is a Bad Mom’: Minnesota’s Foster Care System Rooted in Racist Boarding School Legacy, Native Mothers and Experts Say

by Jessica WashingtonDec 21, 2021

This story was published in partnership with Mother Jones and The Fuller Project. Support for this reporting was provided by the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism National Health Journalism Fellowship.

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‘Kill the Indian … Save the Man’: Tracing the Government’s Long, Racist History of Uprooting Native Children

by Jessica Washington, Tiffany ArnoldDec 21, 2021

Support for this reporting was provided by the USC Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism National Health Journalism Fellowship.

She Made Jeans for Americans. When They Stopped Shopping, She Turned to Sex Work

by Louise Donovan, Refiloe Makhaba NkuneDec 14, 2021

This piece is published in partnership between TIME and The Fuller Project.

Did Angela Merkel Matter for Women?

by Jill PetzingerDec 13, 2021

This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and Foreign Policy.

Violence Spikes As Myanmar Garment Workers Say Factories Are Colluding With the Junta

by Louise Donovan, Maung MoeNov 23, 2021

This story was published in partnership between VICE World News and The Fuller Project.

Women With Children Having Harder Time Re-entering NYC Workforce

by Eileen Grench, Jessica WashingtonNov 22, 2021

This story was published in partnership between THE CITY and The Fuller Project.

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Health

How Major Abortion Laws Compare State by State: Map

by Jessica WashingtonNov 30, 2021

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It’s Not Just Texas and Mississippi: Abortion Access is in Jeopardy Across the Deep South

by Erica HensleyNov 30, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Reckon and The Fuller Project.

Mysterious Deaths of Mother, Daughter Lay Bare Neglect of Rural Healthcare in India

by Puja ChangoiwalaNov 20, 2021

This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and The Wire.

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The Loneliest Lactation Consultant in the World

by Hina HusainOct 26, 2021

This story was published in partnership with Foreign Policy and The Fuller Project.

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Unsafe, Unsanitary Conditions Plague Child Care Centers at NYC Public Housing: Operators

by Jessica WashingtonOct 25, 2021

This story was published in partnership with The Fuller Project and THE CITY.

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Why There Hasn’t Been A Mass Exodus Of Teachers

Much has been reported about the “she-cession,” how women have left the workplace in disproportionate numbers. Journalist Rebecca Klein investigates why that hasn’t happened among teachers.

by Rebecca KleinNov 17, 2021

This article was published in partnership with FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project.

Would You Manage 70 Children And A 15-Ton Vehicle For $18 An Hour?

Take a new job or take your kids to school? A school bus driver shortage in suburban Minneapolis is leaving some moms with tough choices. It’s happening across America and is a trend that experts say won’t bode well for women and the economy.

by Maggie KoerthNov 11, 2021

This story was published in collaboration with FiveThirtyEight and The Fuller Project.

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Dispatches From Afghanistan: She Attended a Protest. Then Taliban Showed Up at Her Door

An Afghan woman is attacked by a Taliban soldier during a protest. Then one shows up at her door the next day. Now she must flee.

by Fatima EtemadiNov 2, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

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‘My Classmates Have No Hope’

“We were the ones hoping to shape the future, but they took that future away from us,” a teen girl writes, describing the “terror” of attending a high school in northern Afghanistan under Taliban control—the latest dispatch in our series with Rukhshana Media, “Ending America’s Forever War: What is next for Afghan women?”

by Razia MohseniNov 1, 2021

This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

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‘We Must Stay Strong’: As Freedoms Erode, An Aspiring Student Calls for Solidarity, Hope

A young Afghan woman seeks solidarity and hope for women and girls despite Taliban oppression.

by Sakina RezvaniOct 25, 2021

This story was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

Environment

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