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Ava Kofman is a reporter at ProPublica.
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November 30, 2020
Magazine
Ava Kofman
The Elderly Trapped in Bronxwood
Inside an assisted living facility at the center of New York City’s coronavirus outbreak
May 10, 2017
Ava Kofman
Why You Spy on Your Neighbors
Joshua Reeves’s “Citizen Spies” looks at citizens, surveillance, and how the police state conscripts us all.
February 24, 2016
Ava Kofman
The Troubling Rise of Rapid DNA Testing
Will new DNA tests help convict violent offenders or curb privacy?
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