Our democracy will die unless Americans more loudly and aggressively organize and fight to keep it
Writer Mary Alice O'Connor has taken to the streets this summer. She's joining hundreds of her fellow retirees to protest the Trump administration. It's a Reporters Inc. Original.
New documentary fact-checks Trump rally attendees
In this Reporters Inc. original documentary, we attend a 2019 Trump rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota when he kicked off his reelection bid. We go in-depth with his most fervent supporters on everything from the economy to religion-- and then we do some much-needed fact checking.
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When statues fall, what will rise in their place?
"I was between bites of a sandwich on the steps of Jameson Hall when the blaring sirens disrupted the hub of student activity. Next came the smell," writes Alana Schreiber. While studying at a university in South Africa, she witnessed protests about statues that commemorated controversial figures. Schreiber compares them to recent protests in the U.S., and asks what, if anything, will replace these statues?
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How one retiree became a political activist
For Jan Parks, retirement wasn't all it was cracked up to be. A life of relaxation and rocking chairs bored her, so she started volunteering. Soon she joined Democratic campaigns for both federal and state offices, helping candidates become congressmen or sheriffs. "I am obsessed," Parks says.
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A Los Angeles teacher chronicles week-long strike
More than 30,000 Los Angeles teachers came to terms with their school district and struck a new contract deal in January 2019 after a week-long strike. The walkout and settlement follow 20 months of failed negotiations between the teachers' union, United Teachers Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The Reporters Inc. asked one of the striking teachers to photograph the events surrounding his first week on the picket line.
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A history lesson for future action against gun violence
In March 2018 an estimated one million Americans protested against gun violence in March for Our Lives events held across the U.S. Former U.S. Naval Air officer Kent Greene offers a quick history lesson to help those leading this new revolution.
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