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Cara Anthony

Cara Anthony

Cara Anthony, midwest correspondent, comes to KHN after serving as a multimedia reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. A native of East St. Louis, Il., she previously worked at The Indianapolis Star, The Frederick (Md.) News-Post, and the Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). Cara co-moderated USA Today Network events during the 2016 election, and her six-part Belleville News-Democrat series titled “Then I Knew” about racism in America was nominated in 2018 for an Emmy. She is a graduate of Tennessee State University.

When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves
By: - February 1, 2023

This article was republished from KHN (Kaiser Health News). MILLSTADT, Ill. — It was a late Friday afternoon when a team of men approached a tiny pink casket. One wiped his brow. Another stepped away to smoke a cigarette. Then, with calloused hands, they gently lowered the child’s body into the ground. Earlier that day, […]