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David Sherfinski

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U.S. Correspondent @ContextNewsroom

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How would a Trump win affect abortion access beyond the U.S.? Advocates on both sides are unsure how far he might go with another four years in office: context.news/money-power-pe…

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Proposed exceptions for prisons and jails mean California's long-awaited heat protections for indoor workers are in limbo as the official start of summer approaches - context.news/climate-risks/…

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As the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision approaches, the 'unthinkable' has become normalized for many on abortion rights: context.news/money-power-pe…

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As Texas braces for storms and flooding, FEMA is once again on track to exhaust its disaster relief fund before the end of the fiscal year - context.news/climate-risks/…

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What has - and hasn't - come to pass in the data privacy and digital rights landscape in the two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned: context.news/money-power-pe…

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w/ Anastasia Moloney - Women in the U.S. who are incarcerated, on parole, or on probation are facing often insurmountable barriers to abortion access/reproductive health care - a situation that's become particularly acute post-Roe: context.news/money-power-pe…

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My colleague Nita Bhalla was on the ground during the protests in Kenya this week - read her sobering firsthand account here: context.news/money-power-pe…

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Kenyan's Gen Z have found their voices in the #rejectfinancebill2024 protests as President William Ruto relents & agrees to withdraw the draft law which would have imposed a slew of taxes on a population already overburdened with high living costs. Here are some of their voices.

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Warehouse work is the fastest growing blue-collar sector in the US—it also has 2x the injury rate of other work. Regulators & unions have zeroed in on Amazon, & blame productivity quotas for pushing workers too far. Amazon says they don't have quotas. context.news/money-power-pe…

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How Kamala Harris' candidacy could reshape/reframe the abortion debate in the coming weeks/months - context.news/money-power-pe…

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w/ Avi Asher-Schapiro - Biden push for federal heat protections for workers is unquestionably historic - but could be all for naught. Trump camp didn't answer directly on how he might approach things, and SCOTUS always looms: context.news/climate-risks/…

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As fire season picks up in the western U.S., wildland fire dispatchers had a higher incidence of anxiety and depression than those reported in other first responder studies, acc to recent report - context.news/climate-risks/…

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w/ Diana Baptista - A portrait of the acute mental, physical, and economic consequences of extreme heat on workers across the U.S., many of whom labor without specific heat-related protections and who can't afford to lodge complaints or decline work - context.news/climate-risks/…

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Something to keep in mind for next week's election: ~4 million citizens are barred from voting due to past involvement w/the crim justice system. It's a level of disenfranchisement unmatched in peer democracies—& disproportionately impacts Black Americans context.news/money-power-pe…

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If Trump & the GOP win next week, $500 million the US pledged to defend the Amazon Rainforest is unlikely to ever be sent. Meanwhile, the Amazon is on fire, & expert say forest loss could tip the world into climate catastrophe: andré cabette fábio & I report: context.news/nature/us-elec…