Ko Bragg

Sep 14, 2024 | themarkup.org | Ko Bragg

Hello World A Republican presidency could require California to monitor abortions and send sensitive data to the CDC By Ko Bragg Hey y'all, As we get closer to Election Day, the investigative team at CalMatters has been finding ways to stay grounded in what's at stake and localize national issues. So, Monique O. Madan, one of our investigative reporters, and I have spent the last several weeks reading through Project 2025, the 900-page transition plan for the next Republican president.

Jul 13, 2024 | themarkup.org | Ko Bragg |Barb McQuade |Byron Tau |Octavia E. Butler

Hello World Chip away at your TBR pile with these recs By Ko Bragg Hey y'all, We're officially in the dog days of summer, which also means it's the best time to start making a dent in that TBR (to be read) pile. Or maybe that New Year's Resolution to read more than you did last year is haunting you-the call is coming from inside the house here.

Jul 6, 2024 | themarkup.org | Ko Bragg

Hello World A nearly $2 billion initiative to remedy the digital divide is designed to fail, advocates say By Ko Bragg Hi everyone,It's Ko, investigative editor here. You might remember news of our merger with the fellow nonprofit newsroom CalMatters-we've taken a quick break from Hello World in the last two weeks to officially integrate into one staff of nearly 100. As we're settling into our new home, it's been heartening to see our newsrooms' synergy speak for itself.

Jul 6, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ko Bragg

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May 19, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Ko Bragg

Last fall, on an overcast Sunday morning, I took a train from New York to Montclair, New Jersey, to see Auntie, my mother’s older sister. Auntie is our family archivist, the woman we turn to when we want to understand where we came from. She’s taken to genealogy, tending our family tree, keeping up with distant cousins I’ve never met. But she has also spent the past decade unearthing a different sort of history, a kind that many Black families like mine leave buried, or never discover at all.