Max Rivlin-Nadler
Speak City Heights ReporterMax Rivlin-Nadler is an investigative journalist whose reporting has appeared in outlets such as the New York Times, the New Republic, the Village Voice and Gothamist. His years-long investigation into New York City's arcane civil forfeiture laws led to a series of lawsuits and reforms which altered a practice that had been taking millions from poor communities for decades. He has reported extensively on immigration and criminal justice issues, including the treatment of asylum-seekers along the border, San Diego's District Attorney race, and the criminalization of homelessness in the midst of California's deepening affordability crisis. A native of Queens, New York, Max attended Oberlin College in Ohio, where he majored in creative writing.
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There are now 19 detainees with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the privately-run Otay Mesa Detention Center. Eight staff members have also tested positive. -
More than 200 computers were handed out to students, including desktops and laptops with another 230 on the way in coming weeks. -
The City of San Diego has abandoned a plan that would have left hundreds of city workers without pay. -
During a virtual news conference Thursday, immigrant advocates, health experts, and politicians called on the federal government to release as many detainees as possible from Otay Mesa. -
While Mexico has lagged behind the United States in coronavirus cases, the pandemic has begun to take hold south of the border. And the largest hospital in Baja, California, Tijuana’s General Hospital, is now straining under the pressure. -
In February, the Border Patrol announced that it had safely helped an asylum-seeker give birth while in custody. But a new complaint says the woman instead gave birth holding on to the side of a garbage can while still wearing pants.
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