Jess Nelson

Jess Nelson is the 2019 writing fellow for Miami New Times. She was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is excited to be living close to the water again after moving to Miami from New York. She studied history at UC Berkeley and investigative journalism at Columbia University.
Latest Stories
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1 year ago | Politics
Attending your first Trump rally is a rite of passage of sorts.
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1 year ago | Politics
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just picked up a major endorsement from the Sunshine State.
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1 year ago | Politics
Stone was found guilty on seven counts of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing the investigation into Russian interference of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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1 year ago | Politics
The first day of Roger Stone's criminal trial fittingly descended into a circus, cut short by health emergencies, protesters, and a 30-minute bathroom break by the defendant mere minutes into proceedings.
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1 year ago | Politics
State Sen. Joe Gruters — a man who wants to protect hate speech online and has a racist poster hanging in his government office — just can't stop himself. After pushing through a ban on so-called sanctuary cities earlier this year, Gruters vowed t...
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1 year ago | Palm Beach News
A federal judge has dismissed complaints against a Florida Muslim advocacy group filed by Laura Loomer, the conservative conspiracy theorist with a history of Islamophobic comments who's now running for Congress.