Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon
Jennifer Berry Hawes is a reporter with ProPublica’s South hub who focuses on criminal justice, religion, race and the welfare of women and children.
Mollie Simon is a research reporter at ProPublica.
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Study reveals book bans in U.S. schools disproportionately target works by authors of color, using censorship as a political tool amid cultural conflicts.
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Staring down misogyny.