Amber Hall is the planning editor for The Takeaway. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two cats.
In third grade Amber Hall anchored the nightly news from behind a makeshift desk in her parents’ bedroom. Yes, she was the star talent, but also the producer, editor, prop master, grip and cameraperson. And that’s when Amber realized she wanted to be a producer!
After majoring in theater at SUNY New Paltz, Amber landed at public televisions’ In The Life, an LGBT newsmagazine. She was awarded the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage for a segment she produced about HIV laws. Then Amber found her calling in radio.
As the executive producer and co-creator of SiriusXM’s progressive morning staple, The Agenda, Amber took the show on the campaign trail and blazed the dial for progressive politics on satellite radio.
Amber Hall is the planning editor for The Takeaway. She lives in Brooklyn with her wife and two cats.
Clarke Forsythe has worked with Americans United for Life in the courts and state legislatures to restrict abortion, always with an eye on overturning Roe v. Wade.
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The gun violence in Chicago this past year had an outsized impact on families and children.
Many are concerned about how President-elect Donald Trump's campaign statements will translate into concrete policies, especially as it pertains to minorities.
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Americans trust the members of the US military more than almost any other institution — which gives politicians a lot of power to fight wars.
At least four people have died in the backs of private prison transport vans since 2012 — two from ulcers that coroners later said could have been easily treated. Another dozen prisoners and guards have died in crashes since 2000.
A vigil outside an iconic place in America's gay rights movement had extraordinary resonance — and the shiver of history.
For a transgender man and woman, everyday life in North Carolina has become more complicated. They live with real fear when they use a public restroom.