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Alvin Chang

Alvin Chang

Senior Reporter

    Latest articles by Alvin Chang

    Media
    On Fox News, family separation isn’t Trump’s fault. It’s Democrats’.On Fox News, family separation isn’t Trump’s fault. It’s Democrats’.
    Media

    The network is reinforcing Trump’s story that Democrats made him implement this cruel policy.

    By Alvin Chang
    The family separation crisis at the US border
    Trump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainerTrump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainer
    The family separation crisis at the US border

    How family separation became a Trump administration strategy.

    By Alvin Chang
    Politics
    The fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schoolsThe fraught racial politics of entrance exams for elite high schools
    Politics

    New York’s proposal to end the entrance exam for its elite schools has sparked a backlash among Asians — and a backlash to the backlash.

    By Alvin Chang
    Media
    Scott Pruitt is mired in scandals — but you wouldn’t know it from watching Fox NewsScott Pruitt is mired in scandals — but you wouldn’t know it from watching Fox News
    Media

    Fox News isn’t turning on Pruitt. It’s ignoring him.

    By Alvin Chang
    Politics
    Financial aid letters often hide the real cost of college. See if you can decipher these actual letters.Financial aid letters often hide the real cost of college. See if you can decipher these actual letters.
    Politics

    “It needs advanced interpretation.”

    By Alvin Chang
    Media
    How the media ignored Puerto Rico, in one chartHow the media ignored Puerto Rico, in one chart
    Media

    Puerto Rico coverage faded — and with it, the president’s attention.

    By Alvin Chang
    The stories Fox News covers obsessively — and those it ignores — in charts
    Politics

    Compare Fox News’s alternate reality to other cable news coverage.

    By Alvin Chang
    Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity
    Climate

    This is the path to a cleaner, more reliable, more resilient energy grid.

    By Alvin Chang and David Roberts
    Technology
    When Russian trolls wanted to divide America, they knew what to use: raceWhen Russian trolls wanted to divide America, they knew what to use: race
    Technology

    Social science explains the strategy behind their 2016 Facebook ads.

    By Alvin Chang
    Politics
    Congress wanted to grill the Trump official responsible for the census citizenship question. He didn’t show up.Congress wanted to grill the Trump official responsible for the census citizenship question. He didn’t show up.

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