Kara McGuirk-Allison

Annapolis

Radio and Podcast Producer at Freelance

Senior Radio Editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Mom, MCM enthusiast. Podcast producer.

Articles

What Trump’s Tariff Shock Will Cost You

1 week ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Justin Wolfers teaches economics 101 at the University of Michigan. It’s an introductory course about supply, demand, and trade. The basics. He wishes President Donald Trump attended. Wolfers, an Australian known for his research on how happiness relates to income, is one of the more prominent economists speaking out against Trump’s sweeping tariffs. He says they not only betray the most basic laws of economics, but could very well tip the US into a completely avoidable recession.
She Launched “The Daily Show.” Now She’s Fighting Red State Abortion Bans.

3 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

For abortion rights advocate Lizz Winstead, her work has never felt more urgent. But her path to advocacy was a curvy one. She started out as a comedian, first as a stand-up and eventually as the co-creator of The Daily Show, which redefined television by deftly combining comedy and politics. “I kept getting increasingly unnerved and also frustrated that I was just shelling people with information, even though it was funny, and not giving them a way to fight back,” Winstead says.
Exclusive: Trump Fired This Top Watchdog. Now He’s Speaking Out.

4 weeks ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

Fraud, waste, and abuse: That’s what inspectors general are tasked with investigating throughout the federal government. For decades, these watchdogs have been a key layer of oversight, working to ensure that agencies are spending taxpayer money wisely. But in his first week in office, President Donald Trump did something unprecedented.
Bird Flu, Measles, and Trump’s Ticking Time Bomb

1 month ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Al Letson |Brett Myers

This month marks the five-year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed 1.2 million people in the US alone. While life has returned to normal for most Americans, the threats to our health haven’t disappeared. Hundreds of people in the US continue to die of Covid each week, while millions more suffer complications from Long Covid. We’re experiencing the worst flu season in at least 15 years.
Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Decades in the Making

1 month ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Al Letson |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Brett Myers

This past weekend marked a major escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, with the dramatic detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who played a prominent role in the protests against Israel on Columbia University’s campus last year. Khalil, a Columbia graduate student, is a permanent legal resident in the US.
Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Decades in the Making

1 month ago | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Al Letson |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Brett Myers

This past weekend marked a major escalation in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, with the dramatic detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who played a prominent role in the protests against Israel on Columbia University’s campus last year. Khalil, a Columbia graduate student, is a permanent legal resident in the US.
How Donald Trump Won the Presidency, Again

Nov 6, 2024 | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Nikki Frick |Steven Rascon

Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris on Tuesday night to become only the second president in US history to win two nonconsecutive terms. (The last one? Grover Cleveland in 1892.) Trump won the presidency following one of the most tumultuous election years in modern US history—one that included an incumbent president pulling out of his reelection bid, the vice president becoming the Democratic nominee a few short months before Election Day, and two assassination attempts on Trump.
How did Elon Musk go from tech bro to “dark, gothic MAGA”?

Oct 30, 2024 | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Steven Rascon |Nikki Frick

Just a few years ago, Elon Musk seemed to be just another Silicon Valley billionaire with no true political compass. He once described himself as “half-Republican, half-Democrat” and often donated money to candidates from both parties. But all that seemed to change during the Covid-19 pandemic when Musk started taking much more right-wing stances about lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and many other divisive political issues, often spreading misinformation in the process.
Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Election Narrative About Black Men

Oct 24, 2024 | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Nikki Frick |Brett Myers

Earlier this month, former President Barack Obama stopped by a Kamala Harris campaign office in Pennsylvania and made headlines by admonishing Black men for being less enthusiastic about supporting her for president compared with the support he received when he ran in 2008. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” Obama said.
This former evangelical leader helped topple Roe v. Wade. Now he regrets it.

Oct 16, 2024 | revealnews.org | Josh Sanburn |Kara McGuirk-Allison |Steven Rascon |Zulema Cobb

The Reverend Rob Schenck was once one of America’s most powerful and influential evangelical leaders. He routinely lobbied legislators to adopt a Christian conservative agenda. Members of his anti-abortion activist group barricaded the doors and driveways of abortion clinics. He even trained wealthy couples to befriend Supreme Court justices in an attempt to persuade them to render judgments that would please conservative Christians.