MAYA RETER: From The Daily Northwestern, I’m Maya Reter. CLARE PROCTOR: And I’m Clare Proctor. Welcome to The Ripple, a biweekly podcast on the the effects of state and national politics on the...

MAYA MOJICA: We weren't viable. We only had 33 and it was very disheartening when they said the viability. The girl I was with, the high school intern, started crying. It was really tough. We were really...