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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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Gritty’s Revenge: Philadelphia Revels in Dooming Trump

Good Things Only

“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 | Published Nov 07, 2020

MAGA Holdouts Rage as Democrats Party Over Biden Victory

Brunch Can Wait

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

Kelly Weill, Will Sommer, Nick Keppler, Tom Perkins, Sara Sheridan | Published Nov 07, 2020

Polls Close and Americans Brace for the Worst

Ready or Not

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

Sam Brodey, Francisco Alvarado, Hunter Woodall, Tom Perkins, Sara Sheridan, | Published Nov 03, 2020

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

‘IN FOR A WILD RIDE’

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

William Bredderman, Sara Sheridan | Published Oct 31, 2020

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

Encore

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

Sara Sheridan | Published Oct 27, 2020

Eleventh Day of George Floyd Protests Is the Biggest Yet

SPLIT SCREEN

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, Noah Shachtman, Matt Laslo, Danny Gold, Ian Bateson, | Published Jun 06, 2020

Looting on Fifth Avenue, Baseball Bats in Fishtown

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

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, Tim Teeman, Emily Shugerman, Rachel Olding, Sara Sheridan | Published Jun 01, 2020

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

‘COLLECTIVE GRIEF’

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, Justin Glawe, Kate Briquelet, Sara Sheridan | Published May 31, 2020

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