Activists concerned about pandemic-related homelessness are seeking rent relief. In the 1930s, tenants banded together against evictions.
Bonnie Bertram
Bonnie Bertram is Vice President of Content Development at Retro Report. She was the Director of Frontline PBS’s “Facing Eviction,” the capstone in Retro Report’s five-part series “Hitting Home,” about housing and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. She was the Co-Executive Producer of the primetime series “Retro Report on PBS.” Her short films for The New York Times on vaccine hesitancy was nominated for a News and Documentary Emmy Award and her report on the McDonald’s coffee lawsuit was nominated for a Syracuse University Mirror Award. She wrote and produced a short film in partnership with Frontline PBS on the history of Guantánamo Bay’s extrajudicial legal status. Bonnie spent much of her career as a producer at CNN and has also worked at Time.com and Bloomberg TV. Her articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, the International Herald Tribune, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Misunderstood McDonald’s Hot Coffee Lawsuit
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Trump, Measles, and a Study That Fueled Fear
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Perp Walks: When Police Roll Out the Blue Carpet
Perp walk: Unfair maneuver or a strong warning to would-be criminals?
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Anita Hill Testified in 1991. But How Much Has Changed?
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The Rise of SWAT: How Cops Became Soldiers
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‘Why Hasn’t Sexual Harassment Disappeared?’
From naming the problem in the 1970s, to bringing it out of the shadows in the 90s, to a growing accountability today – the evolution of sexual harassment in the workplace.
