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Sara Sheridan

Sara Sheridan is a reporter and researcher at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, where she covers tech, media, and misinformation. She received her M.S. in Journalism from Columbia Journalism School with a focus on data reporting, feature writing and breaking news.

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Good Things Only

Gritty’s Revenge: Philadelphia Revels in Dooming Trump

“It feels like we just won the Super Bowl again,” one resident said in a town where Eagles fandom is a clinical infatuation—and pride was everywhere.

Sara Sheridan

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Brunch Can Wait

MAGA Holdouts Rage as Democrats Party Over Biden Victory

Trump supporters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Lansing, Michigan, and Salem, Oregon, turned out to try and counter pro-Biden celebrations.

Kelly Weill

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Ready or Not

Polls Close and Americans Brace for the Worst

From fears of vigilantes to messy legal battles, anxiety was high—and the contest felt far from finished.

Sam Brodey

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‘IN FOR A WILD RIDE’

Philly’s Already on Edge. Election Day Could Be Total Chaos.

The city has seen 200 arrests since Monday and nearly 60 officers injured, with one still hospitalized.

William Bredderman

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Encore

‘It’s Not Looting. It’s a Rebellion’: Protests Rock Philly

After a 27-year-old Black man was gunned down and rage boiled over, the city came back for more.

Sara Sheridan

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SPLIT SCREEN

Eleventh Day of George Floyd Protests Is the Biggest Yet

Tens of thousands turned out to protest inequality and police brutality. But, in Buffalo, police cheered for colleagues charged with second-degree assault.

Asawin Suebsaeng

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NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

Looting on Fifth Avenue, Baseball Bats in Fishtown

Thousands of people turned out for a seventh night of protests, despite a growing police presence and threats from the president to call in the military.

Christopher Moraff

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‘COLLECTIVE GRIEF’

Curfews and Soldiers Can’t Contain the Nation’s Chaos

Violent protests over George Floyd’s death raged into Sunday evening, as protesters faced tear gas and rubber bullets—and even a rogue trucker speeding down a Minneapolis highway.

Christopher Moraff

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