Kavitha Cardoza
Kavitha Cardoza is an award-winning journalist covering education, children and poverty. Her stories have appeared on NPR, PBS NewsHour, WAMU Public Radio, Atlantic.com and The Washington Post among others. She has received multiple national awards for her work, including the Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) and the Education Writers Association.
NATAL Season 2, Chapter 10: Returning
Co-published with NATAL. We head home for a final good-bye to hear how Anasia, Ciara, Erick, Shayla and more are building new legacies exactly where they are.
I was wrongly detained at the border. It’s part of a larger problem.
Co-published with The Washington Post. It shouldn’t be so hard to differentiate between law-abiding U.S. citizens and wanted criminals.
News from Somewhere
Co-published with The Baffler. A growing number of unhoused people are refusing to live on the run, working to stop evictions and to build something lasting where they …
NATAL Season 2, Interlude: The Sisterhood
Co-published with NATAL. Alabama Birth Collective founding member, Nadia Gramby, on the sisterhood of birthwork.
“Women afraid of dying while / they are trying to find their life.” Poetry of Abortion by Alissa Quart
Co-published with Literary Hub. Katha Pollitt introduces “Clinic,” a documentary poem by Alissa Quart.
Short Circuit
Co-published with Salt Lake City Weekly. A tax break for Utah seniors could be a lifeline—if only people knew about it.
NATAL Season 2, Chapter 9: Metamorphosis
Co-published with NATAL. The parents adjust to life postpartum and the powerful transformations they've undergone.
EHRP Contributor Selected as Livingston Award Finalist
Cecilia Nowell was selected as a Livingston Award finalist for her EHRP-supported article, "She Used Drugs While Pregnant. Should She Be in Prison?", Wallace House and the University of Michigan …
NATAL Season 2, Chapter 8: The Arrival
Co-published with NATAL. The babies are coming.
EHRP-TIME Photo Essay Named Finalist at Society of Publication Designers Awards
Co-published by EHRP and TIME, Nina Riggio's "A Year In A School Bus" photo essay was named one of three medal finalists in the Web: Original Digital Photography, Feature, Lifestyle/Travel/Food/Shelter …
EHRP Essay Featured in Hyperallergic, American Press Institute Newsletters
Alissa Quart's essay, "Let’s make journalism work for those not born into an elite class," was recently highlighted in Required Reading, a weekly newsletter by the online arts magazine Hyperallergic. …
NATAL Season 2, Chapter 7: Pregnancy Tales
Co-published with NATAL. From the physical to the emotional, all four parents navigate the highs and lows of pregnancy—and for some, even during a pandemic.