Updated February 28, 2020 NEW YORK—Addressing more than 100,000 people, the biggest crowd of his political career, at...
Feb 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH USA TODAY
Poverty and hope battle in the hollers of West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV – Last June, I was dispatched home to West Virginia as a Report for America corps...
Feb 27, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN AUGUSTA, ME
Maine confronts ‘crumbling infrastructure’ in neighborhood schools
AUGUSTA, ME — Rushing through Cony High School’s cafeteria, past the afterschool crowd doing homework or scrolling through...
Feb 26, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN TWIN FALLS, ID
The Snake River, lifeblood of Idaho’s Magic Valley
TWIN FALLS, ID – When I first drove into southern Idaho, I passed over a 500-foot canyon. Below...
Feb 25, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN LEXINGTON, KY
Moving home: Church and state converge at Kentucky’s foster care crisis
LEXINGTON, KY -- It was early evening in late August and former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was talking...
Feb 21, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN BLANDING, UT
In Utah, change is slow following historic election of Native Americans
BLANDING, Utah – I arrived in San Juan County after a historic shift in power. In November 2018,...
Feb 20, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN DETROIT, MI
Life after prison: Second chances in Detroit
DETROIT, MI — On a Sunday afternoon in summer, Demetrius Knuckles popped open the trunk of his Trailblazer...
Feb 20, 2020
Pushing forward: How one reporter took over a 20-year-old investigation
Editor’s note: For this edition of Navigator, we’re proud to share this dispatch from Report for America corps...
Feb 19, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN JACKSON, MS
Wounds of the past still haunt Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. -- Shortly after relocating to Mississippi last summer, I came face-to-face with the state’s racist past...
Feb 14, 2020
At the dusk of impeachment, the dawn of a vengeful era in Washington
WASHINGTON — A menacing spirit of vindictiveness is settling in like dusk over the White House, and one...
Feb 14, 2020
ON THE GROUND IN HONOLULU, HI
Native Hawaiians turn to traditional practices to address health disparities
HONOLULU — Up Highway 93, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu's west coast, the crisp air and crystalline...
Feb 13, 2020