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From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: Matthew A. Cherry retired from the NFL in 2007 to pursue a career in entertainment. Thirteen years later, he found himself at the Academy Awards accepting an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. He used his win to help promote the CROWN Act, which aims to ban discrimination in schools and workplaces for people who wear natural hairstyles like locs and braids. The publicity helped the growing momentum for a nationwide adoption of the act. Writer Rashanah Baldwin interviews Cherry about his film, Hair Love.

Hair Love - Filmmaker Reflects on Success of His Oscar-Winning Animated Short Filmmaker reflects on success of his Oscar-winning animated short Matthew A. Cherry retired from the NFL in 2007 to pursue a career in entertainment. Thirteen years later, he found himself at the Academy Awards accepting an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The Reporters Inc.'s Rashanah Baldwin in...

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: After reporter Stacia Kalinoski lost her job as a TV news anchor in Michigan and underwent brain surgery, she turned the painful story of her epileptic seizures into a powerful documentary, "Brainstorm." That was nearly a decade ago. Since then, Kalinoski has continued her work as an epilepsy awareness advocate and a motivational speaker. In this first-person account she wrote for The Reporters Inc., she says, "I’m telling my story loudly in order to clear up misconceptions and educate America. It needs to be shared.”

Struggling with Seizures - The Reporters Inc. Former journalist shares how her epilepsy diagnosis turned her world upside-down "Making a documentary about my experiences with epileptic seizures seemed like a natural segue--a bridge--to link my TV reporting career and health issues," Stacia Kalinoski says. After losing her job and undergoing bra...

From The Reporters Inc.’s Archives: In 2019 reporter Rachel Lieberman ventured to a rest stop in a suburban Minnesota community to find several people living inside their cars. The discovery led to an in-depth examination of the state’s still-soaring homelessness crisis. Six years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted nearly 7,000 homeless people in Minnesota. Today, that number has increased to 9,201. The reasons? A continued lack of affordable housing and employment, as well as discrimination. And as Lieberman revealed, even for homeless people who work, the gap between living on the streets and living in a house is often insurmountable:

Falling Through the Cracks - The Reporters Inc. Despite efforts to increase affordable housing, homelessness remains prevalent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted nearly 7,000 people who experience homelessness in Minnesota. The reasons? A lack of affordable housing, employment and discrimination. Even for homeless people...