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I’m Confused

Why are the majority of Americans letting the top 1% turn our country into something unrecognizable?

G. Marshall Brooks reflects on her growing concerns and confusion about the current threats to Americans' voting rights and civil liberties. Drawing on her own memories of the Civil Rights Movement, she urges readers to stay informed, remain engaged, and protect democratic values before the lessons of the past are forgotten. Marshall Brooks says, "I remember it all. Do you?"

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G. Marshall-Brooks
September 8, 2026
Push to the Primaries ActivismDemocracyElections

Push to the Primaries

Democratic voters grapple with concerns and fears as the 2026 midterms approach

As voters go to cast their ballots across the nation in the 2026 primaries, members of the progressive group Indivisible are mobilizing. Motivated by concerns over immigration, reproductive rights, and the future of democracy, activists are pushing for stronger, progressive Democratic leadership while finding support, purpose and community. It’s a Reporters Inc. Original.

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Olivia
August 8, 2026
Surviving Day-to-Day ActivismBook ReviewsEducationFamilyHomelessness

Surviving Day-to-Day

The chaos of homelessness often makes clear thinking impossible for homeless families; a new book shows us how to truly care for those who need structure, calm, and hope

Diane Nilan has dedicated forty years documenting the reality of family homelessness in America. She’s and traveled more than 500,000 miles across the country, made more than 100 films and has written four books on the subject. Her work combines storytelling with advocacy, helping turn statistics into personal human experiences. Her newest book, Making Bad A Little Better, is a practical and compassionate look at family homelessness. The Reporters Inc. talks with Nilan and offers exclusive excerpts.

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Olivia
July 15, 2026
Some notes on Black America ActivismBlack HistoryCivil RightsRace Relations

Some notes on Black America

A conversation about race in America, past and present—a discussion that somehow always stays the same 

G. Marshall-Brooks shares a complex discussion with one of her friends about "Being Black in America." She believes Civil Rights laws changed the meaning of freedom for everyone in this country, including White people. "I’m definitely not giving a free pass to anyone, whether they were or are actively involved in the oppression of any people or group, or have just stood by and watched. But I am positing the thought that bigotry and hatred have all people and groups in America restricted and restrained."

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Olivia
July 9, 2026
Bearing Witness ActivismBook ReviewsCrimeHealthRapeSexual AssaultSurvivorsWomen

Bearing Witness

How one survivor reframes recovery and healing from sexual violence

For JoDee Neil, the sexual violence she experienced didn't change her life goals--she still became an attorney and mother of two--but it did change the way she functioned. In her new book Outcry Witness, Neil uses her own personal experience and professional knowledge to help other survivors. She claims "being witnessed is the beginning of healing," and urges other women to share their own stories.

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Olivia Hines
May 28, 2026
Where Is Your Voice? ActivismDemocracyUnited StatesVoting

Where Is Your Voice?

The United States is unrecognizable today. Everything we old timers were taught to believe in has become a lie.

The federal government is silencing voices "one city, and one sly move at a time," writer G. Marshall-Brooks says. She urges her fellow Americans to use their freedom of speech "while you still have it" and stand against what she calls the daily threats to our neighbors, our community, our human rights and our freedom.

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G. Marshall-Brooks
March 16, 2026
10,000 Miles of Miracles ActivismBook ReviewsBusinessCareersTravel

10,000 Miles of Miracles

How two middle-aged 'Dames Gone Wild' found purpose during a cross-country road trip

After her marriage collapsed and her son suffered a severe head injury, Carol Hasbrouck thought she met her quota on hard times. Then came the 2008 Great Recession. In her new book, Hasbrouck chronicles her travels with her friend/roommate Joyce Claflin. Known as "The Dames," they traverse the country during a "summer service adventure" to get their mojo back.

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Kim Whiting
May 16, 2024
Healing America ActivismIdentityPolitics

Healing America

First-ever "Red/Blue Workshop" highlights people's desire to bridge political divide

Following the 2016 election, the founders of Braver Angels, the largest organization in the country dedicated to bridging the political divide, assembled 10 Donald Trump supporters and 11 Hillary Clinton supporters in South Lebanon, Ohio. The goal was simple--to see if Americans could still disagree respectfully and, maybe, find common ground.

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Kim Whiting
February 13, 2021
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