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Meet Christine Herman

Radio reporter Christine Herman, a 2018–19 Carter fellow, produced a series of stories for Illinois Public Media on parents who face a heartbreaking choice: giving up custody to obtain costly treatment for a child with severe mental illness. Her reporting led to changes in the law.

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    Hear from the Carter Center's first class of "virtual" interns who share how working at the Center during a pandemic helped them grow and develop professionally.

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    Staffers Bisa Williams and John Goodman write about the future of Mali in the wake of this month’s coup for Foreign Affairs.

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