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Sarah Kliff

Sarah Kliff

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Sarah Kliff

    Health Care
    How Hobby Lobby workers will get birth controlHow Hobby Lobby workers will get birth control
    Health Care

    The White House will make two changes to Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate on Friday.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Police Violence
    See the New Yorker’s haunting Ferguson coverSee the New Yorker’s haunting Ferguson cover
    Police Violence

    Here’s the cover of next week’s New Yorker, featuring the “hands up” gesture that has become a symbol of the Ferguson protests.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    The ultimate case for getting your kid vaccinatedThe ultimate case for getting your kid vaccinated
    Health Care

    A parent’s decision to not vaccinate his or her child does not happen in a vacuum.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Health Care
    Map: Obamacare prices in your stateMap: Obamacare prices in your state
    Health Care

    Average Obamacare premiums will rise 8.2 percent next year, according to an analysis from PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Inside Mississippi’s only abortion clinic
    Health Care

    When you’re the only clinic, that’s a constant battle,” abortion provider Willie Parker says. “From the standpoint of providers, some are intimidated out of practice.”

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Five fascinating charts show teen births fallingFive fascinating charts show teen births falling
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    Teen birth rates are falling fastest in the south and among younger teenagers.

    By Sarah Kliff
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    New York isn’t the city that never sleepsNew York isn’t the city that never sleeps
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    New York talks a big game on never sleeping — but when you actually dig into the data, you see that New Yorkers are actually the earliest to bed among major cities.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Police Violence
    Ferguson’s deeply dysfunctional court systemFerguson’s deeply dysfunctional court system
    Police Violence

    The Ferguson judicial system system regularly snowballs minor, unpaid fines like traffic tickets into arrest warrants and often jail time.

    By Sarah Kliff
    archives
    Watch: Livestream of the Ferguson protestsWatch: Livestream of the Ferguson protests
    archives

    A livestream of the protests is available here — and you may want to turn your speakers down before opening.

    By Sarah Kliff
    Police Violence
    Reporter says cop threatened to shoot himReporter says cop threatened to shoot him
    Police Violence

    A reporter taping a live stream of protests in Ferguson, Missouri says a police officer threatened to shoot him.

    By Sarah Kliff