Emily is a former senior reporter for WORLD Magazine. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and also previously reported for the New York Daily News, The Indianapolis Star, and Philanthropy magazine. Emily resides in New York City.
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Election Day in New Jersey requires ripping out floors and pumping out storm water at polling places
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, local churches do not forget those living in lower Manhattan’s housing projects
Superstorm Sandy leaves waves of destruction and weeks of cleanup
A bitterly divided Supreme Court gets back to work
In the darkness of lower Manhattan, food dwindles but homeless shelters keep a light on
New York wakes up from a devastating deluge, and the city’s churches marshal relief efforts
Justice Anthony Kennedy worries about moral relativism and current generation’s dearth of civic knowledge
Mitt Romney projects moderation and throws few punches at President Obama’s foreign policy as events in Middle East devolve
The high court considers the admissions process at the University of Texas and the fundamentals of achieving racial diversity