Katerina Barton

Associate Producer for The Takeaway

Katerina Barton appears in the following:

Prestige Won't Pay The Bills

Monday, December 12, 2022

What does it mean to protect the labor of "intellectual" workers such as journalists and adjunct faculty?

Many Small Communities Are Vulnerable to Unsafe Tap Water

Thursday, December 08, 2022

According to the AP, small water providers are roughly twice as likely to violate the health standards of the Safe Drinking Water Act than those in larger cities.

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Warnock Wins in 2022 Georgia Runoff

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

In the 2022 Georgia runoff election, incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker with just over 51% percent of the vote.

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SHElection!: Student Edition

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Melissa Harris-Perry’s students talk about their experience following SHElection! for a class assignment and the politics of gender discrimination they faced when a TikTok went viral.

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Harris County's Sister Judges

Friday, December 02, 2022

In 2018 election, 19 Black women made history as the largest group of Black women to hold judicial seats in the Harris County, Texas. And this year 15 of them were up for reelection.

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The Data Behind Transgender Homicides

Thursday, December 01, 2022

Insider has assembled the most comprehensive database of transgender homicides to date: over the last five years, at least 175 transgender people were killed throughout the U.S.

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How Capitalism and Corruption Have Changed Global Soccer

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

A Mother Jones feature shows how soccer is influenced by elites, oligarchs, private equity firms, and nation-states entangled in corruption, soft-power politics, and profiteering.

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Allyship in the Wake of the Club Q Shooting

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

The mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs highlights the importance of LGBTQ+ allyship in times of violence and vulnerability. 

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Replay: Indigenous Children are Overrepresented in Minnesota's Foster Care System

Friday, November 25, 2022

An investigative report from The Fuller Project looks at why Minnesota has the highest disproportionality of Indigenous children in the child welfare system in the country.

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First Public Video Reveals Force-Feeding of Detainees in Federal Custody

Monday, November 21, 2022

A new report from The Intercept looks at the story of Ajay Kumar, an asylum-seeker from India, who was detained in an ICE Detention center, and force-fed after going on a hunger strike.

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LAME DUCK: What’s on the Agenda for Congress

Friday, November 18, 2022

This lame-duck session could be the last chance for Democrats to use their majority in both chambers of Congress to pass legislation. 

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Congress's Broken Promise of Representation for Cherokee Nation

Thursday, November 17, 2022

On Wednesday, members of the Cherokee Nation traveled to DC to ask Congress to fulfill its end of a treaty which promised to seat a non-voting delegate from Cherokee Nation in the House.

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Georgia Heads to a Runoff...Again

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

The Midterms aren't over yet. Once again, Georgia is headed to a runoff Senate election on December 6th.

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Biden and Xi Meet Ahead of G20 in Bali

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

This was their first face-to-face meeting since President Biden was elected, and the meeting comes at a rocky point in U.S.-China relations.

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What's Going On at COP27?

Monday, November 14, 2022

We check-in on the United Nations annual climate summit where President Joe Biden spoke on Friday.

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Abortion Rights Was a Midterm Political Winner

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Supporters of reproductive rights saw victories among Democratic candidates who made legal abortion central to their campaigns, and in states where abortion was directly on the ballot.

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Midterm 2022 Recap

Wednesday, November 09, 2022

Takeaways from the 2022 Midterms.

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How Voting Restrictions and Gerrymandering Could Affect the 2022 Midterms

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Ari Berman spoke with The Takeaway about how voting restrictions and gerrymandered districts could impact the 2022 Midterms.

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Voting While Trans

Monday, November 07, 2022

How do voter ID laws disenfranchise Trans voters? 

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The Right-Wing Movement Aimed at Drawing in Young People

Sunday, November 06, 2022

In her new book, Kyle Spencer documents a coordinated and well-funded right-wing movement aimed at young people to bring ultra-conservative and radical ideas into the mainstream.

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