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Trauma Can Be Hard to Talk About. It Can Also Be Hard to Hear: Reporter’s Notebook

Jessica Washington shares how she developed relationships with sources while investigating how Native mothers experience the Minnesota foster care system.
by Jessica WashingtonJan 19, 2022

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‘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.

Latest Stories

Why Are Latina Moms in New York Reporting Such High Levels of Anxiety and Depression?

by Eileen Grench, Jessica WashingtonJan 18, 2022

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

‘Never Just a Wife or Widow’: Reflecting on Coretta Scott King and the Women of the Civil Rights Movement

by Xanthe ScharffJan 17, 2022

This interview was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter sent by our CEO and co-founder Dr. Xanthe Scharff. Subscribe here.

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

by Jessica WashingtonJan 7, 2022

This story was published in partnership between THE CITY 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.

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

As the garment sector—one of the Lesotho’s largest employers—crumbles during the coronavirus pandemic, a 30-year-old factory worker turns to sex work to make do.
by Louise Donovan, Refiloe Makhaba NkuneDec 14, 2021

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

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Did Angela Merkel Matter for Women?

Whatever labels have been affixed to this often-inscrutable woman, there is one that she herself has consistently dodged: feminist.
by Jill PetzingerDec 13, 2021

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

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

With tensions rising in alleged military-linked factories, brands such as Mango and Zara have cut ties in recent months. But at what cost to the mostly female workforce?
by Louise Donovan, Maung MoeNov 23, 2021

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

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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.

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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.

Environment
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‘No Fish Means No Food’: How Yurok Women Are Fighting For Their Tribe’s Health

by Lucy SherriffOct 4, 2021

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

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Female ‘Hotshot’ Firefighters Want Action on Reproductive Health Risks

by Lucy SherriffAug 11, 2021

This story is published in partnership between The Guardian and The Fuller Project.

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In Nigeria, Gas Giants Get Rich As Women Sink into Poverty

by Shola LawalJun 10, 2021

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

Are Chemicals Poisoning the World’s Female Workers?

by Lucy SherriffJun 1, 2021

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

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