Mallory Falk
Mallory Falk was WWNO's first Education Reporter. Her four-part series on school closures received an Edward R. Murrow award. Prior to joining WWNO, Mallory worked as Communications Director for the youth leadership non-profit Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools. She fell in love with audio storytelling as a Middlebury College Narrative Journalism Fellow and studied radio production at the Transom Story Workshop.
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Some local officials would like more power to respond to the virus as they see fit, but an appeals court already squashed one county's attempt to impose new restrictions. -
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid wants to help families plan in advance for worst case scenarios, so they're not scrambling during a medical crisis or after the death of a loved one. -
More than 800 El Pasoans have officially died due to complications from COVID-19. Hundreds of deaths are still under investigation. -
Texas passed a million confirmed coronavirus cases this week — the most in the United States. Nowhere is the surge more acute than in El Paso. The West Texas city is being hammered by soaring cases and deaths. -
COVID-19 cases continued to soar in El Paso on Wednesday. Meanwhile, local restaurants owners and Attorney General Ken Paxton have joined a lawsuit against the El Paso County Judge for a shutdown order closing all non-essential businesses for two weeks.
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There were predictions that Democrats could flip the Texas House for the first time in 20 years, but early returns show they didn't win enough seats. -
Life in an unfamiliar country was already challenging for asylum seekers before the pandemic. Now, COVID hasn’t just pushed back their court dates — it’s also made supporting themselves almost impossible. -
Since the pandemic started, asylum seekers waiting in Mexico have had their immigration court hearings postponed — again and again. With their lives and asylum cases on indefinite hold, some consider other options. -
A Nicaraguan family tried to seek asylum in the United States. When they arrived at the border, they were instead sent to Mexico to wait out their case and are facing challenges they didn't expect. -
Tens of thousands of migrants, including asylum-seekers and unaccompanied children, have been turned away at the border since March. Now the administration wants to restrict asylum permanently.
