Sarah Mirk, Author at Reveal

Climate Makers and Takers

by Sarah Mirk, Taki Telonidis, Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Steven Rascón, Brett Meyers and Al Letson November 5, 2022November 23, 2022

As sea levels rise, two communities in Nigeria are adapting in radically different ways.

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Two people hold up a crucifix and an anti-abortion protest sign, surrounded by a large crowd of pro-choice protesters holding signs reading "bans off our bodies"

Reproductive Rights

The Religious Right Mobilized to End Roe. Now What?

by Sarah Mirk, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Amy Littlefield, Katharine Mieszkowski, Cynthia Rodriguez, Jenny Casas, Jess Alvarenga, Nikki Frick, Grace Oldham, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson June 25, 2022July 6, 2022

Abortion will soon be illegal in many states. What the anti-abortion movement plans to do next and how another religious movement is fighting back.

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Reproductive Rights

Crossing the Line: The Fight Over Roe

by Laura C. Morel, Mohamed Al Elew, Katharine Mieszkowski, Emily Harris, Amy Mostafa, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nina Martin, Andy Donohue, Soo Oh, Melissa Lewis, Soraya Ferdman, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Steven Rascón, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Jess Alvarenga, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson May 7, 2022May 12, 2022

Florida is an unexpected safe haven for abortion, but it also has a history of anti-abortion extremism – and harassment at clinics is escalating.

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Inequality

The Bitter Work Behind Sugar

by Sarah Mirk, Michael Montgomery, Taki Telonidis, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Steven Rascón, Claire Mullen and Al Letson September 18, 2021November 29, 2022

On a vast plantation in the Dominican Republic, Haitian migrants still use machetes to harvest sugarcane that’s exported to the U.S. The workers are protesting poor working and living conditions.

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An illustration in shades of orange shows a group of male prisoners with their hands cuffed in front of them. They all wear surgical masks.

Prisons

Sick on the inside

by Sarah Mirk, Stan Alcorn, Seth Freed Wessler, Esther Kaplan, Susanne Reber, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson April 3, 2021July 1, 2021

For decades, the U.S. has run private “shadow prisons” for immigrants convicted of federal crimes. Biden has ordered the government to wind down those contracts.