Amber Hall

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.

March for Life

He argues for rolling back abortion rights in the US

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.

He argues for rolling back abortion rights in the US
rally

In the 45 years since Roe v. Wade, states have passed 1,193 abortion restrictions

In the 45 years since Roe v. Wade, states have passed 1,193 abortion restrictions
LGBTQ military servicemember

Queer service member: Trump’s trans ban ‘is about fear and loathing of transgender Americans’

Queer service member: Trump’s trans ban ‘is about fear and loathing of transgender Americans’
Kela

Finland's guaranteed basic income is working to tackle poverty

Finland's guaranteed basic income is working to tackle poverty
Automation

Meet LoweBot, a customer-service robot here to give you 'superpowers'

Meet LoweBot, a customer-service robot here to give you 'superpowers'
Buffalo schools

How Buffalo's public schools are setting international students up for success

The influx of refugees and immigrants over the last decade reflects Buffalo's pro-immigrant stance, and has also made the Buffalo Public School System the most language diverse in the state.

How Buffalo's public schools are setting international students up for success
Mushrooms

What nature can teach us about sustainability and innovation

While humans construct our physical spaces based on individual preferences and then mitigate the consequences later, nature inherently adopts flexibility as a cornerstone of design.

What nature can teach us about sustainability and innovation
Venezuela

Venezuela's military has turned its food crisis into a 'racket.' And it's profiting from people going hungry.

In Venezuela, the military controls the food supply, including everything from distribution to prices. And it's profiting from the fact that people are going hungry.

Venezuela's military has turned its food crisis into a 'racket.' And it's profiting from people going hungry.
Father Michael Pfleger marches through the streets of a South Side neighborhood during a weekly night-time peace demonstration in Chicago, Illinois, September 16, 2016.

Families in Chicago are tired of gun violence. Will 2017 be different for them?

The gun violence in Chicago this past year had an outsized impact on families and children.

Families in Chicago are tired of gun violence. Will 2017 be different for them?
Trump

What it's like to be a Muslim in Trump’s America

Many are concerned about how President-elect Donald Trump's campaign statements will translate into concrete policies, especially as it pertains to minorities.

What it's like to be a Muslim in Trump’s America
A sample ballot

Guam's voters tend to predict the presidency — but they have no say in the Electoral College

Voters in Guam are the first to cast ballots in the US presidential election. But their choice won't influence who ultimately is elected.

Guam's voters tend to predict the presidency — but they have no say in the Electoral College
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford

Retired colonel says US political leaders abuse public trust in the military to wage war

Americans trust the members of the US military more than almost any other institution — which gives politicians a lot of power to fight wars.

Retired colonel says US political leaders abuse public trust in the military to wage war
The inside of a private prison transport van.

Investigation reveals injustices in private prisoner transport industry

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.

Investigation reveals injustices in private prisoner transport industry
A memorial outside the Stonwall Inn.

From Stonewall, love toward Orlando

A vigil outside an iconic place in America's gay rights movement had extraordinary resonance — and the shiver of history.

From Stonewall, love toward Orlando
Erica Lachowitz, left, and Austin J. Fonville

What everyday life is like for transgender people living in North Carolina

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.

What everyday life is like for transgender people living in North Carolina