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Susanna Granieri is a reporter at First Amendment Watch, a project of New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She's a recent graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Before joining First Amendment Watch, she was an Immersion Fellow at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting where she investigated the use of faulty forensic science and its effects on death penalty convictions. She's previously reported on politics, policy and legislation for the Legislative Gazette, an Albany-based newspaper. She is a contributor for Delaware Currents, an environmental publication focused on the Delaware River; and Being Patient, an online publication focused on Alzheimer's, dementia and brain health.

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Texas Atheist Organization Files First Amendment Lawsuit Against Fort Worth, Claims Viewpoint Discrimination

A North Texas nonprofit organization, Metroplex Atheists, filed a lawsuit July 17 against the city of Fort Worth after its application for promoting an event about Christian Nationalism on lamppost banners downtown was denied. The group claims the city discriminated against its viewpoint and violated its First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and religion.

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School Sports: Cognitive Testing, High Risk and High Rewards

The August before my junior year of high school, I spent time training for field hockey preseason, a week of rigorous practices in the summer heat.

After two years of playing for the varsity team, I thought I knew every step to be cleared for the first practice. But this year, I learned, there was a new requirement: cognitive testing. On a preseason weekday morning at 8 a.m. all members of my team turned up to take an ImPACT test — a series of memory based digital quizzes, using shapes, pattern
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Yes, You Can Get Paid For Being A Family Caregiver. Here's How

Being Patient spoke with Sima Schoen from the Family Caregivers Alliance about one of her most frequently asked questions: “Can I get paid for being a family caregiver?”

Millions of Americans live with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia — and millions more take care of them. By 2050, cases of Alzheimer’s are expected to triple, meaning millions more children, other family members, and friends may find themselves with a new job that can take many hours each week.

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