Taylor Haney

4 weeks ago | ctpublic.org | Arezou Rezvani |Leila Fadel |Taylor Haney |Claire Harbage

BUDAPEST, Hungary — This capital city doesn't have the trappings of an autocracy. There are no tanks on the streets or intelligence agents stamping out whispers of dissent. While strolling through the streets it's easy to be captivated by the blend of architectural styles, the sprawling public transportation system and the vibrant cafe and restaurant scene where tourists sip wine under twinkling lights. It's easy to miss what critics say lurks just beneath the surface.

2 months ago | wunc.org | A Martínez |Taylor Haney |Ally Schweitzer

Updated April 25, 2025 at 13:25 PM ETJuan Carlos Cruz was not always a friend of Pope Francis, but he became one. Cruz survived abuse in his youth by a notorious Chilean priest. In January 2018, the pope caused a scandal when, visiting Chile, he defended clergy who were accused of letting that abuse continue, saying allegations against them amounted to slander. When the Vatican's sex crimes investigator looked into the allegations, the pope made an about-face later that year.

2 months ago | kpbs.org | Kyle Gallego-Mackie |Kyle Mackie |Taylor Haney |Leila Fadel

Updated April 15, 2025 at 05:02 AM ETTara McKay was home on the last night in February when she received an email that made her doubt — if only for a moment — the worthiness of her career. It was a message from a branch of the National Institutes of Health: Funding for a research project she leads at Vanderbilt University's LGBTQ+ Policy Lab had been terminated because it involved transgender issues.

2 months ago | kpbs.org | Taylor Haney |Kyle Gallego-Mackie |Kyle Mackie |Arezou Rezvani

Updated April 14, 2025 at 18:00 PM ETBeing openly conservative at a liberal university comes with certain hazards, according to Miguel Muniz and Martin Bertao. They are the incoming and outgoing presidents of the University of California Berkeley College Republicans and say they face harassment whenever they set up a table on campus. "We're called fascist. We're yelled at. We're spit at," Muniz says, adding that verbal attacks are a constant.

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Leila Fadel |Arezou Rezvani |Taylor Haney |Kyle Mackie

For years, Sarah Inama had a poster hanging in her Idaho classroom that encouraged her 6th grade students to be kind and inclusive with one another. "Everyone is Welcome Here," it read in bright multi-colored letters atop a row of hands with varying skin tones. The poster had never drawn any attention, until recently, when her principal and vice principal asked her to take it down.