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Heather Tirado Gilligan

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As seen in: El Tímpano, CNN, Medium, HuffPost, Post Outlook, The Washington Post, JSTOR Daily, Slate, Flipboard, PS, HuffPost UK and
Covers:  Parenting, health, health policy, social determinants of health, food, income inequality, race in the US, American history, LGBT issues
Journalist. English Ph.D. Recovered academic. Managing editor @el_timpano. Bylines in @healthaffairs @washingtonpost @slate @USAtoday and more. She/her.

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Heather Tirado Gilligan’s Biography

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I'm a journalist who has written for publications including Slate, The Nation, CNN, the Washington Post and USA Today. Previously, I was executive editor of the California Health Report, a news nonprofit covering disparities in health and access to health care. I received a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a PhD in English from Rutgers University, where I studied race in American culture. I write about history, especially the history of race in the United States, health, paren…

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A Foundation For Health And Well-Being: Meaningful Employment

A Foundation For Health And Well-Being: Meaningful Employment

Committed to empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Tennessee’s Medicaid program…

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Advancing Peace, Against the Odds

Advancing Peace, Against the Odds

In Stockton, California, a police-free gun violence prevention program is standing firm against the tough-on-…

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11 Gripping Cli-Fi Books to Put on Your TBR List

11 Gripping Cli-Fi Books to Put on Your TBR List

Uh-oh, here comes the apocalypse. What should we do? That question, a classic of science fiction, has become …

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Online Grocery Delivery Is About to Kill Food Deserts

Online Grocery Delivery Is About to Kill Food Deserts

During the Obama administration, eliminating food deserts, or low-income urban or rural areas without a nearb…

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Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism

Beyond Research, Taking Action Against Racism

One large Massachusetts health system has ambitious plans for how it can become an antiracist institution.

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Black labor put lives on line to organize

Black labor put lives on line to organize

A union drive by farmers met violent resistance that ended in the Elaine massacre.

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Indigenous Mam immigrants make their voices heard in California’s ongoing equity conversation

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By Heather Tirado Gilligan Verified
| El Tímpano
Not yet subscribed? Click here to sign up for our weekly emails. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Heather Tirado Gilligan, El Tímpano’s managing editor, filling in for Erica Hellerstein this week. In the newsroom, we’re tracking the fallout from the Supreme Court’s move to limit nationwide injunctions, a decision with real consequences for immigrants whose lives and futures are shaped by the shifting ground of federal policy.
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Amid worry and concern from immigrant communities, agencies and organizations double down on knowledge as power

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By Heather Tirado Gilligan Verified
| El Tímpano
Not yet subscribed? Click here to sign up for our weekly emails. El Tímpano’s work is only possible with the support of YOU—our community. Become a monthly donor today, and you will not only get us closer to unlocking a $6,000 challenge grant, but you’ll ensure that we can continue to produce the journalism you value. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch.
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Los candidatos del Distrito 7 de East Oakland responden a las principales preocupaciones de los inmigrantes latinos y mayas

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By Heather Tirado Gilligan Verified, Katherine Nagasawa
| El Tímpano
En esta temporada electoral, El Tímpano preguntó a los inmigrantes latinos y mayas que viven en el este de la bahía que compartieran los principales problemas a los que se enfrentan en su vida diaria. Llegamos a los residentes a través de una encuesta por mensaje de texto y una actividad de votación en persona en eventos comunitarios en los condados de Alameda y Contra Costa.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a stringer for the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's LGBT newspaper.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! And it was awful. You really have to know how to type to use one of those because you can't go back and fix your mistakes.

What's your favorite drink?

If I have to pick just one, it's coffee. But Belgian style beer and wine from California are also near the top of my list.
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