Q: How do you measure, measure a year? [If you're a reporter, you look through your stories from the year.] A: WHAT. A. YEAR.
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... death penalty (including SCOTUS, executions, & drugs), refugees, & watchlists.
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January: The Supreme Court Has Been Preparing The Country For Marriage Equality - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-supreme-court-has-been-preparing-the-country-for-marriag#.nmgPwDx5aZ …pic.twitter.com/5C3khBmnpt
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February: Nancy Reagan Turned Down Rock Hudson’s Plea For Help Nine Weeks Before He Died - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/nancy-reagan-turned-down-rock-hudsons-plea-for-help-seven-we#.lnXgZreKx2 …pic.twitter.com/7VJQUlhjP7
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March: I profiled Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in the
#SCOTUS marriage cases - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/his-huband-died-in-2013-but-jim-obergefell-is-still-fighting#.xoVV65GLEq …pic.twitter.com/QBrEkRo4qJ
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April: I previewed - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-courts-simple-marriage-case-questions-lead-to-comple#.vo4br0RDoB … / http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/an-argument-to-end-the-nations-long-fight-for-marriage-equal#.lhpY1zXp6N … - & covered the
#SCOTUS marriage arguments: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/court-appears-poised-for-marriage-equality-ruling#.ph91pOVAm3 … -
May: Boy Scouts Head: Blanket Ban On Gay Leaders "Cannot Be Sustained" - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/boy-scouts-head-robert-gates-blanket-ban-on-gay-l#.dt8ExVXdlK … (And, earlier: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/greater-new-york-boy-scouts-hires-out-gay-man-a-first-for-su#.qlzrv25jk1 …)
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June (was slightly busy): Internal Report: Major Diversity, Organizational Problems At Human Rights Campaign -http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/internal-report-major-diversity-organizational-problems-at-h#.hyxZkM3xWz …
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June: The First Out Transgender Active Duty U.S. Army Officer: "My Story Is Not Unique" - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-first-out-transgender-active-duty-us-army-officer-my-sto#.krkeVR7My2 …pic.twitter.com/sl8mQr71CJ
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June: 7 Mins. In 2000 When The Clinton White House Considered Endorsing Marriage Equality: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-seven-minutes-in-2000-when-the-clinton-white-house-consi#.mvWj6EvlDm …pic.twitter.com/yERIJY8WaZ
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Everyone kept asking all June when the marriage decision would come down - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/everybody-keeps-asking-when-the-supreme-courts-marriage-deci#.isZM0K9VwY …pic.twitter.com/bRsYxWPOKo
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On June 26, the marriage decision happened, cementing Justice Kennedy's gay rights legacy: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/justice-kennedy-cements-his-legacy-on-gay-rights-with-marria#.pbpkQregLK …pic.twitter.com/OtjzZNJdXQ
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July: EEOC Rules That Sexual Orientation Discrimination Is Barred By Existing Law - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/sexual-orientation-discrimination-is-barred-by-existing-law#.iqODOydq2z …pic.twitter.com/psMCFFUxJy
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(This topic is one I've been covering for years, led off in '15 here - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-growing-effort-to-protect-lgbt-people-from-discriminatio#.ys7g3aMQR6 … - & concluding here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/federal-judge-rules-that-sexual-orientation-discrimination-i#.uml42RgDOb …)
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August, a marriage sum-up: Nationwide Marriage Equality, It Turned Out, Was The Denouement Of A Decades-Long Fight -http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/nationwide-marriage-equality-it-turned-out-was-the-denouemen#.ilnWA6wGOB …
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September: I headed more deeply into the death penalty story. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/heres-the-map-of-what-the-death-penalty-looks-like-in-the-us#.yrqgab1Xzd …pic.twitter.com/tobAlkoEJu
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October: What Happened When Virginia Executed Alfredo Prieto - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/what-happened-when-virginia-executed-alfredo-prieto#.xl301JxZop …pic.twitter.com/7du1tqAT1p
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Also: There’s No Evidence In Clinton White House Documents For Clintons’ Story On DOMA - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-clinton-white-house-handled-doma-in-1996-in-their-ow#.ltBPRz02rw …pic.twitter.com/O9D8UVT4xx
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November: The Most Ambitious Effort Yet To Abolish The Death Penalty Is Already Happening - http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-most-ambitious-effort-yet-to-abolish-the-death-penalty-i#.kuzMe7KwAv …pic.twitter.com/acBUU4LhuP
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December: Big cases in the new
#SCOTUS term —> voting rights: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-considers-what-one-person-one-vote-means-today#.elJO0Yz21K … / affirmative action:http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/key-justice-suggests-supreme-court-could-punt-again-on-affir#.vcqEynl1DK … -
Death penalty drugs, the lawyers helping the states: 1. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/outside-lawyers-were-hired-in-oklahoma-as-january-execution#.irVyZX31B9 … / 2. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/states-lawyer-up-looking-to-find-a-way-to-buy-execution-drug#.coJpKy14wx … / 3.http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrismcdaniel/former-fda-investigator-consulting-states#.xdN0EgdV86 …
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The single story I *LEAST* expected to write in 2015 — about WWII internment camps: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/how-the-wwii-internment-camps-that-virginia-mayor-approves-o#.dlzN7JYq0L …pic.twitter.com/qIWr8qzGTW
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But the whole "left pushing terror watchlists to ban gun purchases" was a surprise, too: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/aclu-with-major-reform-no-fly-list-could-be-used-to-stop-gun … /http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/connecticut-governor-rejects-liberal-concerns-over-using-ter#.jtm83GQWeb …
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And, finally ... in December, a wrap-up of the death penalty in 2015: http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-death-penalty-on-the-decline-in-use-faced-big-questions#.rdQEm6pPWM …pic.twitter.com/G0TYEadEOA
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So, yeah, there are 30 of my stories from this past year. ... What a ride. (And that leaves out a lot!) Thanks all so very much for reading.
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And, thanks to
@BuzzFeedBen@shani_o &@katherinemiller, who let me cover such an amazing breadth of the world today. Truly grateful. - 2 more replies
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