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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 Findings

The troubling reality of America’s prisons is laid bare in a new survey, reports Eliza Shapiro.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Sep 19, 2013

A Scarier Bird Flu

Germs

An uncontainable virus, killer measles, and the plague top the list of the CDC’s worries. By Eliza Shapiro.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Sep 16, 2013

Occupy Wall Street—the Movie

Start Making Sense

A new film tries to make sense of the often chaotic social-change movement. By Eliza Shapiro.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Sep 06, 2013

Put That Phone Down

Tech Saver

The makers of the new app BRB have a solution for your fear of missing out, reports Eliza Shapiro.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Sep 02, 2013

A Syrian-American Nightmare

‘Hands Off’

In New Jersey, recent and longtime immigrants gathered to urge against a U.S. attack.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 30, 2013

New York Sues Trump

OUCH

The famed real estate mogul operated a higher education enterprise that allegedly didn’t provide much in the way of useful instruction.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 26, 2013

The Man to Beat

Primary Heat

Eliza Shapiro on Bill de Blasio’s surge in the race to be New York’s mayor

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 22, 2013

A Terrible Year for Voting Rights

Poll Problems

Eliza Shapiro on a new report claiming this year was the worst in recent history for voting rights.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 22, 2013

Bloomberg’s Big Win?

Gun Raid

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

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 20, 2013

L.A.’s School-Takeover Battle

Documentary

A 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.

Eliza Shapiro | Published Aug 15, 2013

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