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Police Pilot New Tactics for People With Dementia as Advocates Urge Compassion
Holly McDede ('25) reports on how police are trained to interact with people with dementia.
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‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria
IRP alumni Iqra Salah ('23) and Linus Unah ('23) report on Nigeria's 'broken' blood supply system
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Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents
Kate Raphael reports on how fracking effects older adults' health for Grist.
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Survivors from California’s Period of Forced Sterilization Denied Reparations
Cayla Mihalovich ('24) reports on why it's so hard for formerly-incarcerated people to receive the promised reparations for forced sterilization in California prisons.
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Have this talk with your parents now to reduce heartache later
Leqi Zhong reports on a difficult conversation between older adults and their adult children.
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Losing control: When San Jose police confront people in mental health crisis, why do they end up hurting them so often?
Through the California Reporting Project, IRP students found that a staggering number of people hurt or killed by San Jose Police are mentally ill or intoxicated.
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Lack of transportation strands seniors in rural Kansas, a worsening problem as the country ages
Andrew Lopez ('23) reports on how lack of transportation presents a challenge for older adults who want to age in their rural communities.
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1970s-era ‘back-to-the-landers’ now aging in place together
Ruth Dusseault reports on how 'back-to-the-landers' age in place in Northern California.
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Should Hotel Chains Be Held Liable for Human Trafficking?
The IRP's Managing Editor, Bernice Yeung, investigates hotels' role in human trafficking for The New Yorker.
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As worker shortages loom, some states move to train paid caregivers
Katie Rodriguez reports on efforts to standardize training for caregivers, the latest in the IRP's reporting on Aging in America.
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Aging farmers toil well past retirement, with no heirs or desire to leave land they’ve tended for decades
Cara Nixon reports on the challenges of succession planning for Oregon farmers.
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With 1 in 4 New Yorkers over 60, state seeks public’s help in master plan for surging senior population
Ruth Dusseault reports the latest in our coverage of Aging in America
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Violence and ‘crisis’: How hundreds of L.A. County’s abused children ended up in hotels
IRP reporter Kathryn Hurd finds that state officials have run out of foster homes, leading them to put abused youth in unlicensed places.
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Pets can make aging easier, but they’re expensive. CT volunteers are looking to help
Richard Tzul reports on The Senior Paw Project, a program that helps older people take care of and keep their pets.
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Older Adults in Sonoma County to Get Fire-Safety Home Retrofits — for Free
Kate Raphael ('24) reports on a Sonoma County program to help older adults retrofit their homes.
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Making churches more welcoming for members with dementia: ‘ We don’t want them to think they’re forgotten.’
Celeste Hamilton Dennis ('24) reports on a program to make church services more welcoming to members with dementia
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Violence and ‘crisis’: How hundreds of L.A. County’s abused children ended up in hotels
Kathryn Hurd ('21) finds that state officials have run out of foster homes, leading them to put abused youth in unlicensed places.
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After police killings, families are kept in the dark and grilled for information
Brian Howey ('23) reports on how police officers are trained to grill family members after police shootings. This story was Brian's investigation in Prof. David Barstow's second year investigative reporting seminar.
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Amid FBI investigation, Antioch police refuse to release use of force records, including a controversial neck hold that has since been widely banned
IRP Reporters Krissy Waite ('23) and Bella Arnold ('24) contribute to reporting on Antioch's refusal to release records that would shed light on police use of force.
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Nearly 1.5 million California seniors could get help to buy food, but don’t. Here’s why
Kori Suzuki reports the latest in our coverage of Aging in American
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Long-term HIV survivors find familial support in unique S.F. group home
Jeremiah Rhodes ('24) reports on older adults living with HIV, the latest in the IRP's coverage of Aging in America
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How SF’s Affordable Housing Crisis Is Crushing Retirement For Its Low-Income Seniors
Chris Chang reports on how low-income seniors struggle to find housing in San Fransciso.
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The Black Box: Colleges spend thousands on AI to prevent suicides and shootings. Evidence that it works is scant.
The second installment of Ari Sen (22) and Dereka Bennett's (22) investigation into how colleges use AI to monitor students published by The Dallas Morning News
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‘Villages’ for the aging coming to more Black communities
Myah Overstreet reports on the Kingdom Care Senior Village in the latest from our Aging in America Project.
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