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Last year you helped us raise more than $1m in our year-end campaign. Here’s some of the journalism that support funded and the impact it had across the country:

Next year America will face a momentous choice. The future of the White House, the supreme court, abortion rights, climate policy and a range of other issues are in play – at the same time that misinformation makes rigorous reporting more important than ever. And across the world, similar challenges lie ahead: the rise of far-right populism, escalating inequality and a growing number of autocrats in power.

That’s why robust fact-based, independent reporting is critical: now through January, we hope to raise $1.5m to fund our journalism in 2020.

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