Sarah Sherman-Stokes Journalist Profile

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We asked, you answered: The first presidential debate of 2024

Jun 27, 2024 | wbur.org | Steve Almond |Robert C. Bordone |Joe Caiazzo |Frederick Hewett |Lara Jirmanus |Jesse Mermell | +3 more

Editors’ note: It seems the universal sentiment leading up to this first presidential debate can be summarized in one word: dread. “No matter how it plays out, I expect a horror show,” one Cog newsletter subscriber told us. “Like many Americans I am tired of all this. Our campaigning functionally starts a few minutes after the swearing-in ceremony; in other words it’s continuous. It shouldn’t be that way but I have no idea how to change it,” she continued.
More funding for Boston's police intelligence center is a mistake

Oct 25, 2023 | wbur.org | Sarah Sherman-Stokes

Orlando was a high school student, a part-time restaurant worker, a son and a brother, when a mundane disagreement in a Boston high school cafeteria led to his detention and deportation. The unsubstantiated rumor of another teenager — alleging that Orlando was affiliated with a gang — had made its way into a school incident report, which was subsequently entered into the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) gang database.
Titan rescue efforts raise questions about whether migrants’ lives are also worth saving

Jun 28, 2023 | yfile.news.yorku.ca | Sarah Sherman-Stokes |Rachel Silver

The world has been captivated this week by a search for the Titan, a missing submersible carrying five passengers. Rescue crews from the United States, Canada, and beyond joined forces in an operation that experts compared to a “moonshot.” All available resources and technology were deployed in an attempt to save those aboard — a British billionaire, a father and son from a preeminent Pakistani family, a French maritime expert, and the CEO of OceanGate, the company that designed the submersible.
Titan rescue efforts raise questions about whether migrants’ lives are also worth saving

Jun 23, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Sarah Sherman-Stokes |Rachel Silver

The world has been captivated this week by a search for the Titan, a missing submersible carrying five passengers. Rescue crews from the United States, Canada, and beyond joined forces in an operation that experts compared to a “moonshot.” All available resources and technology were deployed in an attempt to save those aboard — a British billionaire, a father and son from a preeminent Pakistani family, a French maritime expert, and the CEO of OceanGate, the company that designed the submersible.