T.J. Raphael

T. J. Raphael is digital content editor for the daily show The Takeaway. She has been covering business, economics, international relations and U.S. politics for many years.

T. J. Raphael is The Takeaway's Digital Content Editor. Before joining The Takeaway, T. J. was Senior Editor of FOLIO: Magazine and FOLIOMag.com. There she covered the evolving media landscape, technology, economics, social media, apps, publishing and marketing.

As a staff reporter for The Legislative Gazette, based in the New York state capital, T. J. covered Constitutional law, Congressional elections and the New York State Legislature. She's also been a contributing writer to The Village Voice in New York City, and a general assignment reporting intern for the New York Daily News where she covered everything from entertainment to crime.

Her work has been cited by the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, The Economist and The Washington Post, among others. She graduated with honors from Purchase College with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a minor in Political Science.

Activists participate in a march to call for an end to violence against women during International Women's Day in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 8, 2018.

UN Women head: The time is now for gender equality

The agency also hopes to build alliances between urban and rural women, since many can face similar challenges no matter where they are in the world.

UN Women head: The time is now for gender equality
Escorts surround this patient outside of Metropolitan Medical Associates in Englewood, New Jersey.

When health care comes with harassment: Photographing abortion clinic protests

When health care comes with harassment: Photographing abortion clinic protests
March for Life

He argues for rolling back abortion rights in the US

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
A bird eats dead fish in the area where thousands of dead fish washed up on Abangaritos beach in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb. 16, 2017.

As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow

As oceans suffocate, dead zones grow
A small group of demonstrators block traffic to demand action by the federal government on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in downtown San Diego, California, Dec. 4, 2017.

Here’s how Trump’s crackdown on ‘chain migration’ will affect migrant families

Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed a desire to bring DACA recipients into the fold, but with a president who rode into office using anti-immigrant rhetoric, it’s unclear what kind of concessions might be made.

Here’s how Trump’s crackdown on ‘chain migration’ will affect migrant families
As stories of harassment and assault continue to arise, journalists are grappling with how best to corroborate a victim’s story.

How journalists corroborate sexual harassment and assault claims

Reporting on sexual harassment claims can be difficult. Here's how some journalists are taking that challenge on.

How journalists corroborate sexual harassment and assault claims
Myra Gregory and her son Roland.

Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care

At the end of September, Congress allowed the deadline for refunding CHIP to expire. Replenishing funds for the program should be a slam dunk in Congress — there is usually bipartisan support for this program that helps kids — but CHIP still doesn’t have a funding plan, and the program is running on fumes.

Unless Congress acts, nearly 9 million US children could soon be without health care
President Donald Trump has some help with his Twitter account.

Since the 2016 campaign, there’s been at least one other person behind the @realDonaldTrump handle

President Donald Trump has tweeted controversial, inflammatory and false information for years. Since 2016, someone else has helped him do it.

Since the 2016 campaign, there’s been at least one other person behind the @realDonaldTrump handle
Howard Dean

Howard Dean says it’s time for his generation of the Democratic Party to move over

Howard Dean believes that the future of the Democratic Party lies in turning out more millennial voters.

Howard Dean says it’s time for his generation of the Democratic Party to move over
guns

How gun laws let domestic violence offenders slip through the cracks

Research shows that domestic abuse is a clear risk factor for patterns of escalating violence. So, how can domestic abusers get firearms?

How gun laws let domestic violence offenders slip through the cracks
me too

Poll: For women at work, harassment complaints fall on deaf ears

According to a recent Takeaway-Harris poll, more and more people (62 percent) say they feel comfortable speaking out and challenging their abusers. But when digging into those numbers, a different story unfolds.

Poll: For women at work, harassment complaints fall on deaf ears
Saudi rapper

How a rapper's radio interview revealed a Saudi soft power campaign

A Saudi rapper's interview with The Takeaway led journalists to uncover a soft power campaign.

How a rapper's radio interview revealed a Saudi soft power campaign
george papadopoulos

Who is George Papadopoulos?

The FBI arrested George Papadopoulos in July. What do we know about Papadopoulos, his background and his role in the campaign?

Who is George Papadopoulos?
Band-Aid

The curious case of the $629 ER bill — and one expensive Band-Aid

In January 2015, Malcolm Bird took his 1-year-old daughter, Collette, to an emergency room after she started bleeding heavily from a cut on her finger. The doctor cleaned up the cut, put a Band-Aid on it, and sent them home.

The curious case of the $629 ER bill — and one expensive Band-Aid