Leila Goldstein
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Leila Goldstein [LY-luh GOLD-steen] is a contributor to WYSO. While working at the station she has covered the economic effects of grocery cooperatives, police reform efforts in Dayton and the local impact of the coronavirus pandemic on hiring trends, telehealth and public parks. She also reported Trafficked, a four part series on misinformation and human trafficking in Ohio.
You may have heard her work on the airwaves (or the internet) on Marketplace, NPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, Wondery and the Coney Island History Project. Prior to her work in radio she taught ESOL in New York City and Banda Aceh, Indonesia. She is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and Oberlin College. Leila grew up in Northern Virginia and has family roots in Dayton.
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The initiative will work to remove barriers for Black and brown entrepreneurs.
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Shopping locally this holiday is one way to support businesses that have fought to stay open through the pandemic.
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A free, family-friendly grand opening of the branch is planned for early 2022.
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A community conversation about racial bias was held at the Springfield Museum of Art on Saturday. The conversation was inspired by the gallery's current exhibit: BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II.
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The first event this Saturday will be moderated by the curator of the museum's current exhibit BLACK LIFE as subject MATTER II.
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Rescue in Ohio can look like handcuffs, spit hoods, jail time or court dates.
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The Ohio Attorney General’s office says police sting operations rescue human trafficking victims. But the people called victims in press releases often end up with criminal records. Rescue in Ohio can look like handcuffs, spit hoods, jail time or court dates. In the final episode of Trafficked, Leila Goldstein looks at what rescue means for the rescued. A warning, this story includes profanity and descriptions of violence.
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When police arrest people for selling sex, it’s sometimes described publicly as an anti-human trafficking effort. Some Ohio officials say arrests are a way to identify and help survivors. But there are also experts who argue that this approach incorrectly conflates sex work with human trafficking and can even make people more vulnerable to being trafficked. In the fourth episode of WYSO’s Trafficked, Leila Goldstein reports from the streets of Columbus, Ohio.
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Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies were involved in the sting, called Operation Ohio Knows.
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While state leaders have put an emphasis on fighting human trafficking in Ohio, one form of the crime, labor trafficking, continues to get less attention from media and law enforcement. In fiscal year 2020, less than 4 percent of federal trafficking convictions focused on labor trafficking, according to the U.S. Department of State. In the third episode of WYSO’s Trafficked, reporter Leila Goldstein looks at how labor trafficking gets left out of the conversation.