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Jan 17, 2024 | 
postindustrial.com | Fred Clasen-Kelly |Megan Henry |Umar Farooq |Ross Williams
Hannah Russell is the mother of a child with special needs who she says was restrained and secluded in school, a practice some researchers say can cause long-lasting trauma. Russell, a former special education teacher, is now part of a network of parents and advocates in North Carolina that helps families navigate the education system.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
postindustrial.com | Megan Henry |Umar Farooq |Ross Williams |Maryam Jameel
Arienne Childrey hopes to be the first openly transgender person elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. She is running to be the Democratic candidate to go against state Rep. Angela King, R-Celina — one of the sponsors behind the drag ban bill. The primary election is March 19 and King’s term ends Dec. 31, 2024. Childrey decided to run against King after she introduced a bill that would prohibit drag performers from performing anywhere that isn’t a designated adult entertainment facility.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Umar Farooq |Ross Williams |Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez
Relatives of Joseph Pettaway display a photo of him. Pettaway was killed in 2018 by police in Montgomery, Alabama, and his family has fought to have body-camera video released to the public. // Alyssa Pointer for ProPublica Alabama is among the most restrictive states for disclosing body-camera footage when police kill loved ones. Surviving family members often must go to court to get access to the video, and even if successful, they usually can’t share it publicly.
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Dec 24, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Ross Williams |Maryam Jameel |Melissa Sanchez |Tom Peterson
The holidays aren’t cheap, and neither is a college degree. And for the first time since the pandemic, more than 1 million Georgians might need to factor in the cost of student loan payments into their budgets as they prepare to celebrate. Loan payments, paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, kicked back in this October, creating a new monthly expense for more than 15% of Georgians.
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Nov 5, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Paige Pfleger |Marty Schladen |Ross Williams |Meribah Knight
Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Source images: Protective orders obtained by WPLN; lithograph by George Bellows via Wikimedia Commons; supremecourt.gov; California Department of Justice Firearms Safety Certificate Manual The court’s ruling on United States v. Rahimi could clarify an earlier decision on guns. Or it could take away one of the best options to protect domestic violence victims. In states like Tennessee, the consequences could be deadly.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Marty Schladen |Ross Williams |Meribah Knight |Kellie B. Gormly
Despite what some of the truest of believers might contend, legalization of marijuana would come with costs to Ohioans. But an economic analysis that was released last week found that the benefits would outweigh those costs by a quarter-billion dollars a year. Issue 2, an initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana for people over 21 in Ohio, is on the ballot in next Tuesday’s election.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Anita Wadhwani |Susan Tebben |Kellie B. Gormly |Ross Williams
A worker at K-25 Plant Oak Ridge Tennessee in 1945.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Susan Tebben |Kellie B. Gormly |Ross Williams |Liam Niemeyer
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series looking at the language of Ohio Issue 1 and the reproductive rights it would impact. The full language of the amendment can be found here. Before Issue 1 was fully realized as a ballot initiative, Ohio Republicans met at last year’s March for Life, talking about the new landscape Roe v. Wade’s downfall would bring following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Kellie B. Gormly |Ross Williams |Liam Niemeyer |Kentucky Lantern
Muffy Mendoza, founder and CEO of Brown Mamas ~ By Kellie B. Gormly When Pittsburgh-area native Muffy Mendoza was a young mother in New York City, she struggled with long-term postpartum depression. Overwhelmed with caring for young sons just 11 months apart, age 2 and 3 at the time, plus a 10-year-old son, Mendoza felt isolated and yearned to return to her hometown to be closer to family.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
postindustrial.com | Nick Evans |Leslie Bonilla Muñiz |Ross Williams |Holly McCall
Columbus is continuing its case against the state on gun safety, arguing that a state law barring local firearm ordinances is unconstitutional. After a long delay, a county common pleas judge agreed with the city, and filed an order to put the law on hold. But an appeals court went the other way. The panel said the case’s timeline undercuts the idea that the city faces imminent and irreparable harm. The injunction the trial court imposed typically maintains the status quo while a case plays out.
