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Covers:  immigration, gun control, u.s. military, civil rights, criminal justice
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Formerly: reporter for Newsweek covering national news and the Iraq war; Africa correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in Nairobi; regional editor for GlobalPost.

Sarah Childress’s Journalist Portfolio

Trapped in the Hole: America's Solitary Problem

Trapped in the Hole: America's Solitary Problem

After seven months in isolation at Cresson state penitentiary in Pennsylvania, an inmate identified as "EE" b…

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Why the Military Has a Sexual Assault Problem

Why the Military Has a Sexual Assault Problem

The military's campaign to prevent sexual assault largely centers on telling servicemen not to have sex with …

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The Gun Lobby's Concealed Weapon

The Gun Lobby's Concealed Weapon

Pro-gun moderates are quietly using background checks to expand gun rights.

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As Senate Debates, Immigration Backlog Keeps Growing

As Senate Debates, Immigration Backlog Keeps Growing

The number of cases pending in federal immigration courts is the highest it's been in 15 years.

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Why Soldiers Keep Losing to Suicide

Why Soldiers Keep Losing to Suicide

Most soldiers who take their own lives today have no history of deployment. They've never seen combat, never …

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Six Reasons the "Dark Side" Still Exists Under Obama

Six Reasons the "Dark Side" Still Exists Under Obama

Obama banned torture, but hasn’t taken steps to keep it from happening again, according to a recently release…

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Aerospace Medical Certification Standard

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By Kim Lowe, Sarah Childress Verified
| nasa.gov
This NASA Technical Standard provides medical requirements and clinical procedures designed to ensure crew health and safety and occupational longevity of NASA career astronauts. This NASA Technical Standard is used for selection and annual recertification of astronauts. It reflects the medical requirements to successfully complete specific mission tasks and the multifaceted training and performance required of an astronaut.
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NASA Space Flight Human-System Standard: enabling human spaceflight missions by supporting astronaut health, safety, and performance - npj Microgravity

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By Sarah Childress Verified
| Nature Verified
Hazards of space flight There are five primary hazards of space flight1,2 that NASA-STD-30013 fundamentally seeks to address. These primary hazards include: 1. Radiation Exposure: Outside of Earth’s natural protection, radiation exposure is abundant in space. Crew exposure to the space radiation environment may pose health risks including the risk of neoplasm, damage to the central nervous system, altered cognitive functioning, reduced motor functioning, and acute behavioral changes.
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Broken Doors

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By Jenn Abelson Verified, Nicole Dungca Verified, Reena Flores Verified, Savannah Robinson, Linah Mohammad Verified, Courtney Kan Verified, Katty Huertas, Jake Crump, Renita Jablonski, David Fallis Verified, Sarah Childress Verified, Ted Muldoon Verified
| The Washington Post Verified
This investigative journalism would not be possible without subscribers Subscribe now “Broken Doors” is part of The Post’s Unaccountable series that examines policing in America amid the push for reform. What differentiates a no-knock search warrant: Criminal justice experts estimate that police carry out tens of thousands of no-knock raids every year in the United States.
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