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October 14, 2020

Podcast: ‘Countervail’ on Reporters and Personal Social Media Accounts

Do public figures lose all rights of privacy to scrutiny by the public? In this episode of Countervail, Dawn Heinbach and Lilian Manansala discuss the suspension of Felicia Sonmez when she re-tweeted a story about the sexual allegation against Kobe Bryant. Because she re-tweeted the piece shortly after Bryant's death, the reporter was not only harassed and threatened online but suspended by the Washington Post. Where is the line between a reporter's personal rights on their social media accounts vs the publisher's right to control how their news staff represents the company?

By Lilian Manansala

October 13, 2020

The Co-Inventor of the Sports Bra Has Advice for Women Starting a Business

Hinda Miller[Credit: Adriana Teresa Letorney] ( STOWE, Vt.) —The Click talked to former Vermont State Sen.Hinda Miller about her early […]

By Adriana Teresa Letorney

October 12, 2020

A View of a Changing City From Greenpoint

The scene in Greenpoint was different before—before the coronavirus pandemic, before quarantine, before the most crucial election of our lifetimes.

By Sloane Verbic

October 11, 2020

In Philly’s Queen Village, Calls for Racial Justice Abound

A mural by artist J. Giovinetti watches over Philadephia’s Queen Village neighborhood [Credit: Bobby Brier] (PHILADELPHIA) — On the cusp […]

By Bobby Brier

October 9, 2020

Downtown California Hubs Are Bustling on One Corner, Desolate on the Next

A sort of pandemic whiplash characterizes one city center, where restaurant patios are packed and everything else is deserted.

By Sonya Singh