Eoin Higgins

Eoin Higgins is a journalist based in New England. He is the author of "Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voice on the Left."

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ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 18: Voters cast ballots during the early voting period at C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center on October 18, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. Early voting started in Georgia on October 15th. Georgia's Gubernatorial election is a close race between Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams and Republican candidate Brian Kemp. (Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)

Stacey Abrams Could Have a Hidden Voter Advantage in Overlooked Communities, According to Georgia Campaign Contribution Data

Eoin Higgins

- Nov. 6, 2018

An analysis of reported campaign contributions suggests there is support for candidates reflected in donor bases that may be missed by traditional polling.

US president-elect Barack Obama (L) walks with US President George W. Bush (R) during a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, November 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO/TIM SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Supreme Privilege

Obama’s Resistance to Investigating the Bush Administration Allowed Brett Kavanaugh to Skate Onto the Supreme Court

Eoin Higgins

- Oct. 9, 2018

One of Barack Obama’s first decisions after being elected president continued to haunt the country as Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - MAY 24: Students attend at the Harvard University 2018 367th Commencement exercises at Harvard University on May 24, 2018 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Receiving Honorary Degrees in 2018 are Sallie Chisholm, Rita Dove, Harvey Fineberg, Ricardo Lagos, George Lewis, Twyla Tharp and Wong Kar Wai. Representative John Lewis also attended. (Photo by Paul Marotta/Getty Images)

Supreme Privilege

Yale Legacy Admission Brett Kavanaugh Is Now the Swing Vote on Affirmative Action at Universities

Eoin Higgins

- Oct. 8, 2018

A decades-old policy is now facing a legal challenge from the same conservative movement that shaped the ideology of Yale graduate Brett Kavanaugh.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) (C) speaks with colleagues after a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 28, 2018, on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. - Kavanaugh's contentious Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote Friday, the day after a dramatic Senate hearing saw the judge furiously fight back against sexual assault allegations recounted in harrowing detail by his accuser. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Supreme Privilege

Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Vote for Brett Kavanaugh If He's Shown to Have Lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee. But Which Lies Matter?

Eoin Higgins

- Oct. 2, 2018

The Arizona senator has signaled that he doesn't consider all lies to be equal, and which lies he considers disqualifying could determine his vote.

Andrea Harrington, candidate for Berkshire District Attorney speaks at the South County Campaign Kickoff on May 21, 2018 in Great Barrington, MA.

A Progressive DA Won in Massachusetts. But the Man She Beat Won't Back Down.

Eoin Higgins

- Sep. 20, 2018

Incumbent Paul Caccaviello has announced a write-in candidacy after losing the district attorney race to reform-minded Andrea Harrington.

A Group of Democrats Joined Republicans to Give Them Power in New York. On Election Day, New Yorkers Wiped Them Out.

Eoin Higgins

- Sep. 13, 2018

All eight members of Andrew Cuomo's IDC faced primary challenges on Election Day in New York. Most were wiped out.

Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass., gestures during a debate at the University of Massachusetts, in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Insurgent Challenger Ayanna Pressley Knocks Off Incumbent Mike Capuano on Pledge to Abolish ICE

Eoin Higgins

- Sep. 4, 2018

Ayanna Pressley faced off against incumbent Mike Capuano in a battle to represent District 7.

Attorney Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, who is challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., center, talks with Dondre Scott, right, during a visit to a community garden while campaigning in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield, Mass. Monday, June 18, 2018. At left is Ivette Hernandez, who is running for Mass. House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Can This Progressive Woman of Color Pull Off an Ocasio-Cortez-Style Upset in Massachusetts?

Eoin Higgins

- July 19, 2018

Progressive newcomer Tahirah Amatul-Wadud hopes to unseat Democratic incumbent Richard Neal in Massachusetts's 1st Congressional District.

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - MARCH 29: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) ICE agents work in a control center during an operation targeting immigrant gangs in Central Islip, New York. Overnight and into the morning, U.S. federal agents and local police detained suspected gang members across Long Island in a surge of arrests. The actions were part of Operation Matador, a nearly year-long anti-gang effort targeting transnational gangs, with an emphasis on MS-13. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

ICE Doesn’t Want You to Read Its Manuals — for No Good Reason Whatsoever

Eoin Higgins

- Apr. 18, 2018

"If the government thinks it has these powers, the public should know about it."

RIVERSIDE, CA - AUGUST 12: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations unit raid to apprehend immigrants without any legal status and who may be deportable in Riverside. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say they are relying more than ever on costly manhunts to locate immigrants in the country illegally who have criminal records. In the past, the agency would simply contact local jails where such immigrants were being detained and ask jail officials to hold them until an ICE van could pick them up, but hundreds of counties across the country stopped honoring such requests after a federal judge last year found that practice unconstitutional. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Confidential ICE Handbook Lays Out Paths for Investigators to Avoid Constitutional Challenges

Eoin Higgins

- Feb. 23, 2018

When ICE investigators can't get a judicial warrant, they try to gain consent for searches by any means necessary.

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Stacey Abrams Could Have a Hidden Voter Advantage in Overlooked Communities, According to Georgia Campaign Contribution Data

Obama’s Resistance to Investigating the Bush Administration Allowed Brett Kavanaugh to Skate Onto the Supreme Court

Yale Legacy Admission Brett Kavanaugh Is Now the Swing Vote on Affirmative Action at Universities

Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Vote for Brett Kavanaugh If He's Shown to Have Lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee. But Which Lies Matter?

A Progressive DA Won in Massachusetts. But the Man She Beat Won't Back Down.

A Group of Democrats Joined Republicans to Give Them Power in New York. On Election Day, New Yorkers Wiped Them Out.

Insurgent Challenger Ayanna Pressley Knocks Off Incumbent Mike Capuano on Pledge to Abolish ICE

Can This Progressive Woman of Color Pull Off an Ocasio-Cortez-Style Upset in Massachusetts?

ICE Doesn’t Want You to Read Its Manuals — for No Good Reason Whatsoever

Confidential ICE Handbook Lays Out Paths for Investigators to Avoid Constitutional Challenges

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Stacey Abrams Could Have a Hidden Voter Advantage in Overlooked Communities, According to Georgia Campaign Contribution Data

Obama’s Resistance to Investigating the Bush Administration Allowed Brett Kavanaugh to Skate Onto the Supreme Court

Yale Legacy Admission Brett Kavanaugh Is Now the Swing Vote on Affirmative Action at Universities

Sen. Jeff Flake Won't Vote for Brett Kavanaugh If He's Shown to Have Lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee. But Which Lies Matter?

A Progressive DA Won in Massachusetts. But the Man She Beat Won't Back Down.

A Group of Democrats Joined Republicans to Give Them Power in New York. On Election Day, New Yorkers Wiped Them Out.

Insurgent Challenger Ayanna Pressley Knocks Off Incumbent Mike Capuano on Pledge to Abolish ICE

Can This Progressive Woman of Color Pull Off an Ocasio-Cortez-Style Upset in Massachusetts?

ICE Doesn’t Want You to Read Its Manuals — for No Good Reason Whatsoever

Confidential ICE Handbook Lays Out Paths for Investigators to Avoid Constitutional Challenges

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