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Atmika Iyer

Editorial Intern — Summer 2022
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Atmika Iyer is a rising junior at UC Santa Barbara majoring in Global Studies and minoring in English. A journalist since freshman year of high school, Iyer hopes to use the written word and page design to compassionately share the stories of communities often ignored by the traditional news media. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief for the UC Santa Barbara student newspaper the Daily Nexus.

Articles

One year after SCOTUS decision allowing cities to criminalize sleeping in public, advocates say homelessness is worsening

Atmika Iyer

The gig economy’s latest adversary: inflation

Atmika Iyer

USICH encampment engagement guidance critiqued for promoting site closures

Atmika Iyer

DMHHS employees conducting a clean up at an encampment.

Greater DC Diaper Bank launches ‘Wipeout Summer’ donation campaign

Atmika Iyer

Two women smile and hold a child.

Encampment cleanup paused for a day; residents resist

Hope Davis

Poor People’s Campaign and National Coalition for the Homeless mourn lives lost

Atmika Iyer

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