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Dec 19 • 14 tweets • 11 min read
1/ In 2022, we produced and updated over 20 videos and films. Take a look at some of our highlights from over the past year ⬇️. Image
2/ Produced in partnership with @frontlinepbs, “American Reckoning” covers a lesser-known story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance to racist violence in Mississippi. retroreport.org/video/american…
3/ We documented the lasting legacy in Latin America from revolutions, coups, and uprisings that became commonplace during the Cold War. #Teachers can find our classroom materials related to this video here: retroreport.org/education/vide…
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4/ Soon after Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson’s #SCOTUS confirmation, we explored how the SCOTUS nomination process became so bitter after the defeat of Robert Bork in 1987. retroreport.org/video/grilling… Image
5/ Winner of the @ONA award for Best Digital Video Storytelling Series, our five-part series with @ExploringHate examines the rise of extremism in America. We covered its emergence, major tragedies, missed warnings, and its movement into the mainstream. retroreport.org/video/extremis… Image
6/ A finalist for the @NIHCMfoundation awards in Journalism and Research, our film with @sciam examined how stigmas about weight could play a role in the quality of medical care received by heavier patients. retroreport.org/video/the-weig… Image
7/ The Covid-19 pandemic impacted thousands of families. Learn how #covid deaths left orphans behind, and how their grief and loss may result in lifelong health risks in our video with @sciam. retroreport.org/video/covid-de…
8/ Produced with @frontlinepbs, “Facing Eviction” looked at the pandemic-induced housing crisis that left so many without homes. This film currently has over 1.5 million views on YouTube. retroreport.org/video/facing-e… Image
9/ We also went back in time to examine two major midterm elections, 1966 and 1994, which shaped and changed the American political landscape for decades to come. #Teachers, check out midterms resources that go along with these videos here: retroreport.org/education/reso…
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10/ Holocaust survivors living in Ukraine are being evacuated to a most unlikely place: Germany. In this film with @NewsHour, we trace their perilous journey to safety and their reckoning with the past. retroreport.org/video/holocaus…
11/ We also published multiple videos on Supreme Court cases, from Grutter v. Bollinger to the Korematsu v. United States decision. #Educators can view our full education collection here: retroreport.org/education/reso… Image
12/ In our video for @TIME, we explored the long-term effects of race-based federal lending rules from New Deal programs in the 1930s that kept Black families locked out of suburban neighborhoods. retroreport.org/video/whites-o…
13/ #Educators, are you looking for classroom resources on media literacy? Check out our education collection, which shows students how to fact-check online information. retroreport.org/education/reso… Image
14/ Thank you for your support during this exciting year for @RetroReport. Want to stay up to date with all things Retro Report? Subscribe to our newsletter today. bit.ly/3oIr88l Image

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Dec 21
1/ 2023 is almost here. As we wrap up another year, we’d like to celebrate some of the accomplishments of our fellow @RetroReport journalists from 2022 ⬇️. Image
2/ A finalist for the @NIHCMfoundation awards in Journalism and Research, our film with @sciam examined how stigmas about weight could play a role in the quality of medical care received by heavier patients.retroreport.org/video/the-weig… Image
3/ “How Saba Kept Singing” premiered at the @hotdocs festival, bringing it to an international audience. The film reveals how love and music helped two young people survive the concentration camp at Auschwitz. hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-d… Image
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Jan 7, 2021
1/ As pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol Wednesday, Senate staffers carried the electoral ballots to safety. It’s not the first time an item of historical significance has been rescued.
2/ During the War of 1812, the first time the Capitol was stormed, War Office clerks hid the original parchment Constitution in a linen sack and carried it to a mill in Virginia, saving it from British troops who burned much of DC.
3/ Dolley Madison did some quick thinking during the War of 1812. As the British approached the White House on Aug. 23, 1814, she ordered household workers to remove a full-length portrait of George Washington from its frame so it could be spirited to safety.
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Jan 5, 2021
Drug overdose deaths have risen to the highest level ever.
Maybe someday, we’ll be able to treat addicts with a vaccine. retroreport.org/video/why-this…
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1/ We heard objections to our tweet pointing to a Retro Report video about changing attitudes toward addiction. Specifically, our tweet overstated the potential benefit of a vaccine in development, and the tweet and the video title used the word 'addicts,' which carries a stigma.
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Oct 26, 2020
1/8 How is it that the highest office in the land - the US presidency - is one where the person who gets the most votes can still lose the election? 50 years ago, Congress came close to changing that. Why did the effort fail?
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2/8 Twice in the last 20 years (2016 Trump, 2000 Bush), and 3 other times, presidents took office by winning enough electoral college votes (270 or more) but losing the popular vote. This arcane, some say undemocratic, system dates back to the nation’s founding.
3/8 In 1787, most of the men writing the new nation’s rules wanted the president chosen by Congress (men like them.) Direct election was pushed by James Madison but seen as leading to mob rule. The electoral college was the cumbersome compromise.
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Sep 21, 2020
In October 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked which #SupremeCourt cases during her tenure had done the most harm. She cited three. #SCOTUS
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First was Shelby County v. Holder.

In 2013, #RBG issued a blistering dissent in the case: “Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet."
Ginsburg’s dissent referred to the protections in the 1965 Voting Rights Act which she believed were being rolled back.

Here we look at how the ruling in that case is playing out today:
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Sep 4, 2020
1/ Pres. Trump is denying that he had “a series of mini strokes” last year as speculation about his mysterious trip to Walter Reed hospital grows. But if the President really were hiding an illness, he would be far from the first to do so... nyti.ms/2DtA79y
2/ Most famously, FDR spent his entire presidency wheelchair-bound. Contrary to popular myth, his condition wasn’t entirely a secret, but great lengths were taken to hide the extent of the president’s condition, including using the Secret Service to interfere with photographers. Image
3/ President Kennedy struggled with Addison's disease and chronic back issues. During the 1960 election, robbers broke into the offices of two of JFK’s physicians. There has been speculation that the two were Nixon operatives, trying to access his opponent’s medical records. Image
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