
robin mcdowell
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robin mcdowell
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AP reporter. SMS only please at 612-213-7132



Correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, The Associated Press found as part of a two-year investigation into prison labor. apnews.com/article/prison…










In "Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes," FRONTLINE and @AP trace Russian President Vladimir Putin's pattern of atrocities in Ukraine and other conflicts, and the challenge of holding him to account. Premieres 10/25 on @PBS: to.pbs.org/3eG82P9


Important read: Investigative journalists use US import records to link products on our shelves to slave labor overseas. Now, Walmart, GM and Intel are among US companies pushing to hide that import data. @APjoshgoodman spells it all out here. apnews.com/article/c878ca…

Several months ago @VasilisaUKR and I spoke to dozens of Ukrainians who had escaped the war through Russia. Those from Izium were haunted. They told us we couldn’t understand unless we were there. 1/7 apnews.com/article/aec9af…

More than 5,000 people served prison sentences at the Lone Rock stockade in Tennessee in the late 1800s. Many of them were Black men, sentenced to hard labor at the prison’s coal mine. This photo shows the brutal power dynamics at the prison. bit.ly/reveal-pl

More than 5,000 people served prison sentences at the Lone Rock stockade in Tennessee in the late 1800s. Many of them were Black men, sentenced to hard labor at the prison’s coal mine. This photo shows the brutal power dynamics at the prison. bit.ly/reveal-pl



New role for me. I am the @AP's new VP for investigative, enterprise, grants, and partnerships. I will also lead our efforts to develop original content via AP Productions, including podcasting, feature and documentary films, etc.

