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No Man's Land: Reporter Q&A
Our new digital-exclusive series “No Man’s Land” is out now. Here’s Digital Correspondent Abbey Fernández and Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen with an episode breakdown of the 5-part series.
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As Families Fight for Housing and Child Care, Help Is on the Way
NBC Bay Area’s digital investigative series NO MAN’S LAND exposes a broken system that denies single fathers basic services. During the 10-month investigation, the Investigative Unit tracked the agencies and resources that help single fathers and struggling parents keep their families together. A growing number of low-income single fathers are often denied basic services. “Why is it that I...
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No Man's Land: Fighting for Fatherhood in a Broken System
Just as Mike’s baby is born, the mother is showing signs of delusional schizophrenia. When her destructive episodes escalate, she’s incarcerated and Mike and his baby daughter, Dani, are evicted from their apartment. Unable to work and care for his infant at the same time, Mike loses his job. He and Dani are suddenly homeless. Desperate for a safe...
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No Man's Land Ch. 3: Dinosaurs, Predators and Housing
A decades-old crime can bar someone from housing, even if they are reformed, gainfully employed and a father with children depending on him. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit confronts one city official about a housing program that calls people with criminal pasts “weeds” and “two-legged predators” that need to be eliminated.
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No Man's Land Ch. 1: Single and Homeless With a Baby
On top of losing his job and home, Mike has to raise his baby daughter on his own. After homeless shelters reject him because he has a child, he gets a surprising phone call with an offer to help.
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No Man's Land Ch. 2: Crime and Punishment
Sitting in jail, not knowing where his kids are, Brandon hits rock bottom. When he resolves to get clean and be a father, no one will rent him an apartment. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit exposes the housing program that keeps people like Brandon out on the streets.
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No Man's Land Ch. 4: The Child Care Lifeline
As Mike and John hang on by a thread, a child care crisis and the pandemic threaten to drive the single fathers back to the streets. NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit exposes social stigmas that make it harder for single dads to get essential services.
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No Man's Land Ch. 5: Black Dads and a Shared Story
Single dads meet to talk about the “absent black father” myth and its damaging effects. One university study finds most children’s books about African-American families perpetuate the stigma.
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No Man's Land: Behind the Story
Investigative reporter Candice Nguyen reveals how a chance meeting with a struggling single father awakened her own childhood memories and led her on a ten-month journey creating NO MAN’S LAND.