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Alice McCool
@McCoolingtons
Journalist + feminist. Investigative reporter @thenerve_news. Bylines inc The Guardian, CNN, Dazed, Byline Times, TIME, Good Law Project, Al Jazeera. They/she.
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    Alice McCool
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    May 6
    Cute video to go with our news! Congrats to the other new recruits @LuciaOC_ @SangitaMyska and Cory Doctorow 🤩 You can subscribe to (or become a paying member of) @thenerve_news here:
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    May 5
    SOME NEWS The Nerve is six months old - and growing! Thanks to the incredible support of our growing community of members, we are delighted to announce four major signings as we expand our team of journalists… Link follows…
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    Alice McCool
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    May 19, 2022
    Right wing outlet Daily Wire has spent $35-47K on Fb + Insta ads on the #deppvsheardtrial, eliciting some 4m impressions. Most promote one-sided content with a clear bias against Heard. Investigation by me + @manasa_nara for @allthecitizens @VICEWorldNews vice.com/en/article/3ab…
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 21, 2022
    A US Christian legal organisation + a Texas-based think tank linked to the Great Barrington Declaration are among those promoting anti-lockdown + #vaccine hesitancy messages in #Uganda. Joint @allthecitizens + @openDemocracy investigation by me + @SoitaKW
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    US conservatives spreading anti-vax misinformation to unvaccinated Uganda
    From opendemocracy.net
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 14, 2021
    Sam, 31, a supervisor for @NUP_Ug, told me he’ll be watching his polling station until evening, though there have been no issues yet. “I’m doing this job for free, because I need the change. If #BobiWine is President, the ghetto youth who are suffering will be fine.” #Uganda2021
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    Alice McCool
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    Jul 8, 2020
    A rising number of white perpetrators are travelling to Kenya & other African countries to abuse children, often setting up orphanages/paying school fees. Under global lockdowns, online sexual abuse including 'live-streaming' is also on the rise. My story:
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    Kenya calls for help in fight against rising sexual abuse by foreigners
    From theguardian.com
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jun 25, 2021
    I hated my vitiligo for so long, but I’m learning to love it. So here I am with no make up, white patches and all. Let’s celebrate difference #WorldVitiligoDay
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 8, 2022
    This #WomensDay I’m celebrating @Sumy_sadurni’s life + thinking of those closest to her. She was a beautiful person + badass feminist journalist. We interviewed @BarbieItungoK together before Ug election + she looked out for me when police kicked off at a @drstellanyanzi hearing.
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Feb 9, 2022
    “The company always used the pandemic as an excuse to hold us...if we went back...they wouldn’t be able to produce the gloves.” These are some of the most devastating interviews I've ever done. Latest for @allthecitizens @guardian, ft. @umabista + @jwsal:
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    ‘A bad dream’: Nepalis who made UK’s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions
    From theguardian.com
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 14, 2021
    Early voters queued up in Buziga, Kampala, but the ballots haven’t arrived yet. One man told me the last time he voted they waited until 2pm to start voting #UgandaDecides2021 #UgandaDecides #Uganda #WeAreRemovingADictator #peoplepower
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    Alice McCool
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    Mar 23, 2023
    Crowdfunding page for direct assistance to LGBTQ+ friends in #Uganda following the passing of the #antigaybill is live. Thanks to all involved inc @CnstantBecoming @WeAreUglyDuck @KALLIDAfestival @miseryparty_ PLS donate and/or share with your rich friends
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    Donate to Uganda LGBTQ Emergency Fund, organized by Deen Atger
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    Alice McCool
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    Mar 10, 2021
    “At the root of all this is the normalisation of the idea that a woman’s body in a public place is simply public property and young women just have to put up with it. We have to shatter that normalisation through policy and in the press” @EverydaySexism theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 5, 2024
    Oh hi! I’m back at work after a year & a half(?!) off following a brain injury. Getting back to it in style with an @IWMF reporting trip on #abortion rights in #Brazil. Editors, lmk if you’re interested in any stories on this/coverage of the #WomensDay2024 march in Rio. Obrigada!
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    Alice McCool
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    Feb 14, 2020
    [Thread] Yesterday I visited imprisoned #feminist activist @drstellanyanzi probably for the last time. She’s due to be released next week, & I won’t be around to see it happen so I went to apologise/say hello. She ended up giving me this rose 🌹 #ValentinesDay #freestellanyanzi
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Aug 2, 2019
    Stella Nyanzi @drstellanyanzi is on a screen rather than physically in the court room, but she just flashed her breasts on camera after shouting again and again “fuck you, fuck you” #FreeStellaNyanzi #PushforStellaNyanzi
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