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Paul Abowd

Reporter  The Center for Public Integrity

Paul is money and politics reporter for the Center's Consider the Source project. He comes to D.C. from Detroit, where he reported for Labor Notes magazine and Critical Moment. His story on President Obama's charter school policy won a 2010 Project Censored award. He wrote and co-produced a documentary about Detroit's Brewster-Douglass housing projects, which premiered in April 2012. His stories have appeared in Mother Jones, The Washington Post, MSNBC.com, In These Times, and elsewhere. More at www.paulabowd.net.

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