Allison Griner

On Thanksgiving Day, Indigenous peoples gather on Alcatraz Island in California to hold a sunrise ceremony. But could Donald Trump's plans to redevelop the island and reopen its prison interrupt that tradition? Find out about its history here: aljazeera.com/news/longform/…

@Cat_lucy1 @MagalliMeda @Urruchurtu @omargonzalez6 @claumacero @philgunson @CrisisGroup @cjimenezDC @WOLA_org @AJEnglish This was an incredible story, Catherine. You did a fantastic job!

@MagalliMeda @Urruchurtu @omargonzalez6 @claumacero With thanks to @philgunson from @CrisisGroup and @cjimenezDC from @WOLA_org for insight - and as always, the incredible @alligriner from @AJEnglish for editing

'The regime long ago turned this embassy into a prison. We aren't asylum seekers, we're hostages.' - Magalli Meda For a year, five Venezuelan opposition members have been trapped in the Argentine embassy in Caracas. Here is their story. aljazeera.com/news/longform/…

@gabybarzallo @AJEnglish A much belated THANK YOU for taking this on, Gabriela! Always a pleasure to work with you! 🙌

On #ElectionDay, my @AJEnglish analysis on the evolving #LatinoVote 36.2M Latino voters reaffirm the community's diversity, challenging campaign strategies. Thanks to @alligriner for trusting me with this important story as a Latina journalist in the US aje.io/32urhs

It was early December 1969, and Otis Moss Jr. had arrived at the Shillito's department store in downtown Cincinnati on a mission. “Literally we had 12 demands,” Moss, now 89, remembers. “The one that got the most attention was the Black Santa Claus.” aljazeera.com/features/longf…

Incredible, incisive reporting from Michele Bertelli in Ecuador — about how a teenager's death sheds light on the potential risks of the country's heightened security measures. Well worth a read! "Soldiers are trained for war, and now they are dealing with civilians."

Dig into the GRC archives for #EarthDay: On this episode of @reveal, follow GRC collaborator and reporter @alligriner to the small Chinese town of Guiyu, the graveyard for America’s electronics revealnews.org/podcast/americ…

The indigenous tree climber who saved a burning sequoia – and became a living legend theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

Why did the founder of Mrs Khan open a Uyghur restaurant in Menlo Park, California? "For people like me." Pull up a chair, and tuck into the story of how the sisters behind the restaurant pay homage to their roots by whipping up a medley of flavors: aljazeera.com/features/2023/…

"If everyone’s a little more fabulous, there’s a little less room in their hearts and in their heads for anger and hostility and prejudice and violence.” San Francisco drag laureate D'Arcy Drollinger talks about the importance of the art form: aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/25…

“It’s a device that was made to know where your property is. But I wasn’t a child or an animal or an object.” One woman speaks out about her experiences with electronic stalking, in the hope of raising awareness about the risks: aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/25…

The best part of my day: working with amazingly talented freelancers. Pure bliss. Thanks for everything, @dgeigs!

"I have seen impossible things made possible.” The story of how the Wiyot tribe reclaimed the land and culture that was violently wrested away from them by white settlers | #AJLongReads ⤵️ aje.io/qezpdr

Cheryl Seidner's grandfather never taught his children the Wiyot language. He had learned "it would only cause problems, only cause heartache.” But today, Seidner faces down the violence of the past — to rejuvenate Wiyot culture and reclaim Wiyot land: aljazeera.com/features/2022/…

Big thanks to editor Annette Ekin for her leadership on this story!

@nourn_ny @AlJazeera @anoop_alc @natevtee @mkimsays @KhamMoua Thank you for speaking to me and allowing me to share your story, Ny!

"Law enforcement is a power-and-control job, and so is domestic violence. The difference is, law enforcement should be on the right side of it." Really honored to work on this story for @GuardianUS, with spades of support from editor @GuardianJessica: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

@Marian_Kornicki Thanks for reaching out! Do you have an email address I can use to contact you if I need more information? (I'm not as active on Twitter as I used to be, unfortunately!)

@alligriner Read your recent Al Jazeera re "dying of loneliness...any interest in investigating widespread practice little known practice of fraudulent guardianship. I know many victims

Experts fear that lockdown isolation, lack of supervision, and an overburdened healthcare system, may be contributing to the excess deaths of dementia patients during the COVID-19 pandemic aje.io/668hm

"We as a society should be a whole lot more proactive about righting past wrongs, which are all too easy to ignore." The Americans fighting US 'sodomy laws' aje.io/38xxp