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Nicole Karlis
Staff Writer
Nicole Karlis is an Oakland-based staff writer at Salon, where she writes about health, science, tech and feminism. She has also written for The New York Times, The Bold Italic, Marie Claire, The Daily Beast, 7x7, Avenue magazine, Resident, USA Today and more. She graduated from the University of Iowa's journalism program in 2011. In college, she also served as the metro editor at the Daily Iowan.
Articles
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Hard-earned tips on how to stay nimble when current events supplant your grand reporting plans.
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The RV park is part of California's Project Room Key program, which aimed to open up 15,000 hotel rooms to the state's homeless population when the pandemic took hold in March.
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Wildfire smoke plus coronavirus has created a terrible health outlook for an already vulnerable population.
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During shelter-in-place, some hotel rooms were opened to homeless people — yet weren't being filled.
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Without rent relief for California tenants, housing advocates fear the pandemic will worsen the homelessness crisis.
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Workers at homeless shelters in San Francisco have been horrified at the lack of protective equipment for staff.
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From extreme loneliness to heart problems to vision impairment, how does living without a home affect or contribute to these conditions as a person ages?