@CNN investigative reporter. Formerly @MercNews & @EastBayTimes political reporter. Send tips: casey.tolan@cnn.com

Joined June 2008
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9 Sep 2023
Arkansas’ flagship public health sciences university has been aggressively suing thousands of former patients over medical debt in recent years, including hundreds of its own employees, a CNN investigation found. 🧵 cnn.it/3Rb8PbD
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Two years after Texas passed an abortion ban, women are being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term. As a result, more babies are dying. One woman testified Wednesday on her experience: "All (my baby) could do was fight to try to get air." cnn.com/2023/07/20/health/te…

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It’s been 100 days since Evan Gershkovich was unjustly detained in Russia for doing his job.  This story reveals the clandestine FSB unit behind his arrest, also believed responsible for helping to detain former Marines Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed. wsj.com/articles/fsb-evan-ge…
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The Coast Guard buried its report for several years on systemic sexual abuse at the Academy that was largely ignored & only briefed Congress this week when CNN reached out for comment. So please take a moment to read this important reporting @melhicken @blakeellis3 @audrey_ashhh
cnn.com/2023/06/30/politics/… 🚨 Important reporting dropping this AM CC: @audrey_ashhh, @blakeellis3, @melhicken, and @PamelaBrownCNN
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CNN's efforts to get the news out of the courtroom yesterday involved the hiring of local high school students to run lines written on a notepad to pay phones that only called out to local numbers, thanks to @NoahGrayCNN. Read more here via @oliverdarcy cnn.com/2023/06/13/media/cnn…
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"I will never forget that night," one former Tyson worker told us after being exposed to ammonia, a chemical used for refrigeration. @caseytolan and I traveled to Hope, Arkansas, in March to report this story about the people who feed America. cnn.com/2023/05/04/business/…
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“It damaged every dang part of me.” Ammonia leaks at Tyson Foods meat plants have injured workers around the country, with Tyson far outpacing its competitors' injury counts — new investigation with @Isa_Chapman using data obtained by @LiberateTheData cnn.com/2023/05/04/business/…
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NEW: Leaked documents reveal billionaire Harlan Crow bought a second citizenship in St. Kitts and Nevis, known for its secrecy, as he was lavishing Clarence Thomas with gifts. From @pogoWatchdog and @theintercept with @kenklippenstein and myself. pogo.org/investigation/2023/…

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Judge Kacsmaryk, who recently blocked the use of mifepristone, concealed details about a multimillion stock holding that makes up the majority of his wealth in recent financial disclosures. Legal experts told us the move is unusual. w/ @caseytolan cnn.com/2023/04/21/politics/…
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Gratified that the @latimes announced today it would drop use of "internment" to describe the mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during WWII. My story about my family's wartime experiences explains why this matters. bit.ly/3JHr0Ar @aaja @AAJAla
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.@WIRED and @LHreports gained unprecedented access to one of the world’s most sophisticated welfare fraud algorithms. Our investigation reveals a deeply flawed and discriminatory system that is ruining people's lives wired.com/story/welfare-stat…
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28 Feb 2023
A proposed ‘takeover’ has sparked a battle for power in one of America’s Blackest big cities cnn.com/2023/02/27/us/jackso…

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Mississippi’s legislature is facing off with its heavily Black capital city over a proposal that local officials say amounts to a "takeover" of Jackson's criminal justice system cnn.com/2023/02/27/us/jackso…

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A bill that passed the state House would expand the jurisdiction of the state-run Capitol Police to include majority-white neighborhoods in northeast Jackson, while the state Senate version of the bill would expand it citywide (map by @silentcarto) cnn.com/2023/02/27/us/jackso…
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