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Eliza Shapiro is a former reporter for The Daily Beast, covering breaking news, crime, and politics. Previously, she worked at Capital New York and edited Columbia’s undergraduate blog, Bwog.
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The New Prison Crisis
Scary FindingsThe troubling reality of America’s prisons is laid bare in a new survey, reports Eliza Shapiro.

A Scarier Bird Flu
GermsAn uncontainable virus, killer measles, and the plague top the list of the CDC’s worries. By Eliza Shapiro.

Occupy Wall Street—the Movie
Start Making SenseA new film tries to make sense of the often chaotic social-change movement. By Eliza Shapiro.

Put That Phone Down
Tech SaverThe makers of the new app BRB have a solution for your fear of missing out, reports Eliza Shapiro.

A Syrian-American Nightmare
‘Hands Off’In New Jersey, recent and longtime immigrants gathered to urge against a U.S. attack.

New York Sues Trump
OUCHThe famed real estate mogul operated a higher education enterprise that allegedly didn’t provide much in the way of useful instruction.

The Man to Beat
Primary HeatEliza Shapiro on Bill de Blasio’s surge in the race to be New York’s mayor

A Terrible Year for Voting Rights
Poll ProblemsEliza Shapiro on a new report claiming this year was the worst in recent history for voting rights.

Bloomberg’s Big Win?
Gun RaidDoes N.Y.C.'s gun bust have any bearing on Bloomberg’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy? Eliza Shapiro reports.

L.A.’s School-Takeover Battle
DocumentaryA new documentary takes the side of activists who tried to use L.A.’s ‘parent trigger’ law to turn a public school into a charter. Eliza Shapiro on the education battle behind the movie.
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