• DEMOCRACY
    • High Courts, High Stakes
    • Immigration
    • Who Counts?
  • ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
    • Cheated at work
    • Unequal Burden
  • EDUCATION
    • Academic Freedom
    • Unhoused and Undercounted
    • Criminalizing kids
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • Toxic Labor
    • Ghosts of Polluters Past
    • Harm’s Way
  • HEALTH
    • Mental Health Parity
  • About Us
    • Our staff
    • Our donors
    • Contact us
  • Podcasts
    • Integrity Out Loud
    • The Heist
      • Season 1
      • Season 2
      • Season 3
  • Data Tools
    • The Accountability Project (TAP)
    • Copy, Paste, Legislate
    • Access our resources
  • Archive
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • DEMOCRACY
    • High Courts, High Stakes
    • Immigration
    • Who Counts?
  • ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
    • Cheated at work
    • Unequal Burden
  • EDUCATION
    • Academic Freedom
    • Unhoused and Undercounted
    • Criminalizing kids
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • Toxic Labor
    • Ghosts of Polluters Past
    • Harm’s Way
  • HEALTH
    • Mental Health Parity
Skip to content
  • About Us
    • Our staff
    • Our donors
    • Contact us
  • Podcasts
    • Integrity Out Loud
    • The Heist
      • Season 1
      • Season 2
      • Season 3
  • Data Tools
    • The Accountability Project (TAP)
    • Copy, Paste, Legislate
    • Access our resources
  • Archive
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
Center for Public Integrity

Center for Public Integrity

Investigating inequality

  • DEMOCRACY
    • High Courts, High Stakes
    • Immigration
    • Who Counts?
  • ECONOMIC WELL-BEING
    • Cheated at work
    • Unequal Burden
  • EDUCATION
    • Academic Freedom
    • Unhoused and Undercounted
    • Criminalizing kids
  • ENVIRONMENT
    • Toxic Labor
    • Ghosts of Polluters Past
    • Harm’s Way
  • HEALTH
    • Mental Health Parity
Aaron Mendelson

Author Archives: Aaron Mendelson

Aaron Mendelson is a reporter who joined the Center for Public Integrity in June 2022, covering threats to multiracial democracy. Previously Mendelson worked as a data and investigative reporter at Los Angeles NPR affiliate KPCC, where his work included an investigation into a massive empire of slum housing, a troubled nursing home chain, and stories documenting the toll of police violence in Southern California.

In recent years, his reporting has been honored with a Gerald Loeb Award, Online Journalism Awards, and an IRE Award. Mendelson holds a master's degree from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and has taught graduate classes in data journalism at the University of Southern California. He got his start in journalism at KFAI in Minneapolis.

amendelson@publicintegrity.org
  • x
The two men are huddled over a registration form on a clipboard. They're standing beside a car.
Posted inWho Counts?

‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: States target voter registration drives

Aaron MendelsonAshley Lopez is smiling at the camera in this headshot photo. She has long brown hair. by Aaron Mendelson and Ashley Lopez May 16, 2024May 16, 2024

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center and co-reported with NPR. This story also appeared in NPR ORLANDO, Fla. — Carolina Wassmer piloted a gray SUV around the city, dropping off canvassers from the civic engagement group Poder Latinx one by one. It was a muggy day, but the canvassers hopped out with their […]

People talking and pointing on voting ballot
Posted inElections

Resolutions for a free and fair 2024 election

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson January 5, 2024January 3, 2024
An illustration shows images of justices Paul Newby, Carol Corrigan and Scott Crichton displayed behind two gavels.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

Not just the Supreme Court: Ethics troubles plague state high courts, too

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson December 7, 2023January 3, 2024
Two Black men sit at a table, going over paperwork together. There's a window in the background.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

What backlash to landmark voting law tells us about debate today

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson November 3, 2023November 1, 2023
The courthouse is shown at a looming angle with clouds swirling above. It is a pale-colored building with columns and the words "Law and Justice" inscribed on stone.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

America’s state supreme courts don’t look like America

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson September 6, 2023September 7, 2023
The Supreme Court building in Raleigh, North Carolina, has the words law and justice etched on its facade.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

‘Lose the courts, lose the war’: The battle over voting in North Carolina

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 25, 2023November 29, 2023
A map of the United States is covered in icons of supreme court buildings.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

State high courts get limited attention. Here’s how to change that.

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 24, 2023July 24, 2023
A state supreme court building is sinking as it is being washed under a sea of red.
Posted inHigh Courts, High Stakes

How Republicans flipped America’s state supreme courts

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 24, 2023July 24, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

A Gen Z voting activist discusses the ‘war on youth’

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson June 30, 2023June 29, 2023
Posted inDemocracy

‘What the court misunderstood is just how fragile our democracy is’

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson April 7, 2023April 6, 2023
The Wilmington skyline is visible against a dusky sky.
Posted inWho Counts?

How one city ended prison gerrymandering

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson February 17, 2023February 21, 2023
Several 'I Voted! Did You?' stickers are shown.
Posted inWho Counts?

This year’s ballot measures will change how many Americans vote

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson December 15, 2022December 13, 2022
Posted inDemocracy

What voter turnout shows, and hides, about elections

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson November 18, 2022November 16, 2022
A voter wearing a mask puts a ballot into an election drop box.
Posted inWho Counts?

‘Chaos and confusion’: The campaign to stamp out ballot drop boxes

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson and Pratheek Rebala October 30, 2022November 4, 2022
A "wait here to vote" sign lies on the floor as a person walks by it.
Posted inWho Counts?

A headlong rush by states to attack voting access — or expand it

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
An illustration of two hands raised. The hands are constructed of voting symbols, like a ballot box, an elephant, a donkey and the US capitol.
Posted inWho Counts?

Voting rights under attack in Georgia as state turns purple

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson October 6, 2022October 5, 2022
Posted inWho Counts?

Voters in jail face ‘de facto disenfranchisement’

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson September 15, 2022September 14, 2022
League of Women Voters members sit at a table as they prepare to hand out voter registration forms.
Posted inWatchdog newsletter

Another threat to 2022 elections: A lack of paper

Aaron Mendelson by Aaron Mendelson July 15, 2022July 14, 2022

WHO WE ARE

The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit investigative news organization focused on inequality in the U.S. We do not accept advertising or charge people to read our work.

ABOUT US

Search

latest Stories

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards

Public Integrity’s “40 Acres and a Lie” project is honored by the Philip Meyer Journalism Awards

Inside the scramble to stop the displacement of thousands of California foster children

Pennsylvania bill could prevent schools from barring homeless students

Pennsylvania bill could prevent schools from barring homeless students

Despite efforts to close gap, parity in mental health care remains elusive

Despite efforts to close gap, parity in mental health care remains elusive

‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: States target voter registration drives

‘The restrictions are unbelievable’: States target voter registration drives

Asian students face racism, harassment at school. What would make it stop?

Asian students face racism, harassment at school. What would make it stop?

Center for Public Integrity
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • About Us
  • Board of Directors
  • Archive
  • Contact Us
  • Public Integrity documents
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

Investigating the systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality.

© 2025 Center for Public Integrity Powered by Newspack Privacy Policy and Terms of Use