Ashley Balcerzak
Ashley Balcerzak joined the federal politics team in 2017, her second stint at the Center for Public Integrity after covering state and local politics as an American University Fellow in 2015-2016. She previously wrote about federal money in politics and conflicts of interests for OpenSecrets Blog. Her favorite stories covered foreign lobbying, opaque LLC contributions and how special interests spend their money. She also worked with The Washington Post investigative team on its police shootings database, a project that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in national reporting. She earned her undergraduate degree in journalism at Northwestern University and her master's at American University. Ashley's work can be found in The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Slate, TIME, The Daily Beast and Huffington Post.
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American dominance in space? Why Trump’s push for Space Force is a bad idea
“This is a crucial moment where the public must stand and say ‘hell no!”
How Native American children benefit from trauma-informed schools
Students in these communities are disproportionately affected by trauma. When they act out, adults with training ask, “Is there anything I can do to help you?” rather than “Why are you acting this way?”
10 steps to finding common ground
It’s to get us thinking about what’s really happening to America. It’s exposing the abuses of power all around us.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 14, 2018
DNC will take fossil fuel money after all, Income inequality in America vs. Europe, and more.
DNC takes donations from fossil fuel industry contrary to original resolution that bans it
This is “an absolute failure by the DNC.”
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