Logan Jaffe

Apr 24, 2024 | propublica.org | Nicole Carr |Mike Jordan |Sharon Lerner |Logan Jaffe

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Apr 22, 2024 | propublica.org | Logan Jaffe |Brandi Kellam |Louis Hansen |Christopher Tyree

In the second half of the 20th century, the establishment and expansion of public universities across Virginia uprooted Black families, hindering their efforts to accumulate wealth in the most American way — homeownership. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. James and Barbara Johnson flip through a book of their memories.

Feb 20, 2024 | propublica.org | Mary Hudetz |Logan Jaffe |Allan Sloan |Robin Fields

America’s institutions hold human remains and sacred items taken from the graves of tens of thousands of Native Americans. A federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.

Jan 26, 2024 | propublica.org | Logan Jaffe |Mary Hudetz |Anna Maria Barry-Jester |Bianca Fortis

America’s institutions maintain control of more than a hundred thousand remains of Native Americans as well as sacred items. A federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, was meant to help return them, but decades after its 1990 passage, many tribes are still waiting. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.

Jan 7, 2024 | historyjournalism.substack.com | Logan Jaffe

Hi and happy new year. First, thank you all for subscribing and following this work. I had no idea how interested people would be in reading about the intersections of public history and journalism, and I’m excited about the mix of people and professions who have decided to tune in.