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Kaila Philo

(She/Her)
  • Social Media Manager, Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival
Washington, D.C.
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Covers:  Race, law, history and culture.
Writer and researcher @AAPolicyForum // BK-born, DMV-bred 🇧🇧🇱🇨🪷 // 🗣️ (KAY-luh FEE-low)
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No Breakthrough in Sight | Kaila Philo

No Breakthrough in Sight | Kaila Philo

The Baffler — On a cool spring day in April 1968, President Lyndon Johnson walked into the White House's East Room, where he was greeted with what the Associated Press described as "loud, enthusiastic, and sustained" applause from civil rights leaders and politicos alike. It had been a week since James Earl Ray killed Martin Luther King Jr.
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Lawsuit Alleges What Victims Of DeSantis' Sham Election Crimes Force Suspected - They Were Pawns ...

Lawsuit Alleges What Victims Of DeSantis' Sham Election Crimes Force Suspected - They Were Pawns ...

Talking Points Memo — As Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) readies his impending presidential run, he's built a brand largely off of former president Donald Trump's: appearing "tough on crime" and making noise about election security. Florida's Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS) is at the nexus of those issues.
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How A Rural California County Became A Petri Dish For the Big Lie

How A Rural California County Became A Petri Dish For the Big Lie

Talking Points Memo — A deep red enclave in rural Northern California has recently seen the balance of its local governing body shift to the far right. Now it’s about to embark on an experiment tried in few other jurisdictions across the country: counting all of its paper ballots by hand.
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Plight of the Squeegee Kids | Kaila Philo

Plight of the Squeegee Kids | Kaila Philo

The Baffler — In 1982, political scientist James Q. Wilson and criminologist George Kelling published an essay in The Atlantic outlining a new form of policing that aimed to preempt a perceived threat. They argued that "disorder and crime are usually inextricably linked," and that, ultimately, "one unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing."
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A GOP Governor and BLM Activists Agreed on Restoring Voting Rights to Felons. Will It Last?

A GOP Governor and BLM Activists Agreed on Restoring Voting Rights to Felons. Will It Last?

POLITICO — But in reality, the story is more complicated, and the future of felon voting rights in Iowa remains uncertain-offering a lesson in the challenges of reform and the limits of ushering in change through the quick fix of executive action.
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How Reparations Went From the Fringe to the Headlines

How Reparations Went From the Fringe to the Headlines

Courthouse News Service — Early incarnations of H.R. 3745 aimed to acknowledge the role U.S. government played in slavery and examine how the institution of slavery still affects Black Americans today. In the 32 years since the bill's introduction, however, the country has seen mountains of research and literature advocating for the need for reparations and exploring different proposals.
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How Florida's Sluggish Voter Registration Process Sent Ex-Prisoners Back to Jail

How Florida's Sluggish Voter Registration Process Sent Ex-Prisoners Back to Jail

The Appeal — In multiple cases, victims of the Ron DeSantis election fraud arrest scheme were told they could legally vote.
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Big Bad Wolf | Kaila Philo

Big Bad Wolf | Kaila Philo

The Baffler — Naomi Klein's "Doppelganger" reveals that we no longer occupy the same plane of reality-and perhaps we never did.
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John Eastman's plan to overturn the 2020 election was rooted in a misreading of the Electoral Cou...

John Eastman's plan to overturn the 2020 election was rooted in a misreading of the Electoral Cou...

The Messenger — In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, Trump lawyer John Eastman sent a memo to Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee outlining how to stop the joint session of Congress from certifying votes from the Electoral College. "There is very solid legal authority, and historical precedent, for the view that the President of the [...]
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New York wants to curb gun violence, but the Supreme Court just loosened conceal-carry gun laws

New York wants to curb gun violence, but the Supreme Court just loosened conceal-carry gun laws

The Messenger — On April 12, a lone gunman opened fire in a crowded Brooklyn subway car after using smoke canisters to incapacitate police and passengers. At least 23 people were injured in the attack. A month later, another New York man shot and killed a stranger on another city subway car, completely unprovoked.
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Agency in Hot Water for Financing Fracking in the Dark

Agency in Hot Water for Financing Fracking in the Dark

Courthouse News Service — The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation is a public entity that could keep future deliberations out of the public eye, thanks to a Trump era exemption.
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Weapon of Choice: Ghost Guns on the Rise

Weapon of Choice: Ghost Guns on the Rise

Courthouse News Service — As firearms have gone DIY, a Senate committee grappled with what the United States is doing to restore order in the changing criminal landscape.
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