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Giulia Afiune worked as an investigative reporting and engagement fellow at the Tribune. Previously, she worked as a reporter in the São Paulo-based investigative journalism organization Agência Pública, where she covered human rights violations associated with actions of governments and corporations in Brazil. Her coverage of evictions linked to the 2016 Rio Olympics was part of a digital project conducted by Agência Pública, which received the Vladimir Herzog Award, a major journalism prize in Brazil. Originally from São Paulo, she moved to Boston in 2015 to pursue a master's in media innovation at Northeastern University and graduated in the spring of 2017. When she’s not digging up information and listening to people’s stories, she likes to create new recipes, play Samba tunes on the flute, or travel to unexpected places across the city or around the globe.
Listen to five Texas "Dreamers" – originally from Mexico, Pakistan, Peru and Togo – share how the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program changed their lives and what it would mean to lose it. Full Story
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Two Texans displaced by Harvey who say they were kicked off the hotel assistance program are confused by FEMA's explanation — or lack of one. Full Story
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Black and Hispanic Texans, low-income people and residents of the Beaumont and Rockport areas were more likely than others to have felt the negative effects of the storm, according to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Episcopal Health Foundation released Tuesday. Full Story
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Two families displaced by Harvey say they're not close to having their lives back to normal. Tens of thousands of others are also facing a long recovery before their biggest need — a permanent place to live — is settled. Full Story
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Hundreds of Texans across the state are organizing around policy issues they care about including education, immigration and guns. Based on reader input, we've added dozens of more groups to our directory of grassroots organizations. Full Story
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Over the past several months, we’ve received over 100 submissions of Texas grassroots groups. Here's an overview of what issues they are organizing around and in which communities they are located. Full Story
More than a week after an undocumented teen under federal custody in Texas received an abortion, the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a lower court ruling that allowed the procedure to happen. Full Story
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The American Civil Liberties Union announced Tuesday it is suing the Trump administration, seeking the release of an undocumented 10-year-old with cerebral palsy who is currently in federal custody in Texas. Full Story
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An undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas got an abortion she had been seeking for weeks Wednesday morning, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. "This is my life, my decision," the teen said in a statement after the procedure. Full Story
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that an undocumented teenager under federal custody in Texas can have the abortion she requested immediately, potentially ending a complicated legal saga. Full Story
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