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Investigative 2018

Mind the gap: Uncovering pay disparity in the newsroom

At WSJ, women on average made $11,700 annually less than men. We reviewed pay studies at the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers to uncover how widespread the disparity is.

Video 2018

End the stigma: The impact of mental illness in AAPI communities

AAPIs with mental illnesses say they often fear bringing shame to themselves and their families, while their family members may fear being shamed by their communities.

Video 2018

Refugees’ stories: Confronting financial and emotional burdens in their moves to the U.S.

“Our bodies tend to hold the past memories and the trauma.”

Audio 2018

“It gets better,” but for Asian Americans, coming out can also get complicated

Tang never saw these stories in the coming out videos — mostly featuring white gay men — that were so ubiquitous on YouTube.

Audio 2018

Living In The U.S. When You Don’t ‘Sound White’

The complexity of having an accent

2018

Live from Houston 2018

Students and faculty are hard at work finishing five collaborative editorial projects they've been working on since May.

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