Allison Griner

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Allison Griner

Allison Griner

@alligriner

Writer. Traveler. Insatiable consumer of films, facts and croissants. Credits in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Reveal, FL Times-Union & more. @UBCJournalism alum.

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Allison Griner@alligriner·
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/…
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'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/…
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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…
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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."
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19-year-old Carlos Javier Vega was described by his family as a warm-hearted teenager. On February 2, #Ecuador ’s military posted photos of Vega and his cousin lying on the ground in bloodstained clothes. My latest for @AJEnglish , with the invaluable editing of @alligriner

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Allison Griner@alligriner·
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/…
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"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…
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“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…
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Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish·
"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
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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/…
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Allison Griner@alligriner·
@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!)
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Marian Kornicki
Marian Kornicki@Marian_Kornicki·
@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
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Al Jazeera English@AJEnglish·
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
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"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
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