It took four years for the FBI to release its file on Aretha Franklin. Requested via the Freedom of Information Act in 2018, the heavily redacted documents are filled with racist language and extreme surveillance of the late Detroit-based singer and activist. Based on the agency’s admissions, Franklin never did anything wrong. The overstepping surveillance […]
Jenn Dize
Jenn Dize is the founder of Courage News, reporting on issues of corruption that impact everyday people with deep-dive investigations and in-field reporting. She has extensively reported on the ongoing Flint water crisis in Michigan, political and governmental corruption, workers' rights, houselessness, and systemic injustice across the country.
