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Elite education left blood on my hands. Now it's my responsibility to heal the damage - RaceBaitr

Elite education left blood on my hands. Now it's my responsibility to heal the damage - RaceBaitr

I know that my university won't ever help me to be free, because its own existence is predicated on upholding…

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We can't allow Black liberation to be limited by borders designed by settlers - RaceBaitr

We can't allow Black liberation to be limited by borders designed by settlers - RaceBaitr

My internal struggle with my Blackness while visiting a place I’ve daydreamed as my true home, comes from the…

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What does a string of hate crimes and administrative inaction mean for Northwestern's Black commu...

What does a string of hate crimes and administrative inaction mean for Northwestern's Black commu...

In 1968, more than 100 Black Northwestern students occupied the Bursar’s office for 38 hours to protest the u…

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When it All Falls Down

When it All Falls Down

West is in the middle of one of the biggest career collapses of all time, and he is the only one to blame. Hi…

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THE ROLE ART PLAYS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

THE ROLE ART PLAYS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

How does art define narratives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

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I'm from L.A. and I grew up listening to Nipsey Hussle. We should remember him for more than musi...

I'm from L.A. and I grew up listening to Nipsey Hussle. We should remember him for more than musi...

Nipsey Hussle was Los Angeles. He wasn't a Kardashian or a vlogger, or the type to post his dinner plate from…

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How ‘Is God Is’ Is Changing the Conversation About Black Women and Domestic Violence Original

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NEW ORLEANS — When Gretta Gordy Gardner was a prosecutor, she asked a domestic violence victim’s mother why she had testified for the man who hurt her daughter. The answer stopped her cold: It’s better to have a man who beats you than no man at all. “That made me understand the survivor so much more; her culture, growing up the way she did. But I think the thing with justice is — it can depend,” she said.
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The Black Suburban Dream is Now Leading to a New Wave of Gentrification Original

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By Adam Mahoney Verified
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When Caleb Roberts moved from Milwaukee to Texas, he knew the story of Black people in Dallas being pushed out for generations. In Milwaukee, he helped to stop a $1 billion highway project that threatened to gentrify his neighborhood after he had already seen it happen across the country. During the 20th century, across Dallas, communities founded by formerly enslaved people were carved through by highways, and asphalt plants and railyards were planted around them like walls.
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Record-Breaking Heat Puts Most of U.S. at Risk Ahead of July Fourth Original

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Karen Leader has lived in public housing in Brooklyn, New York, for over 30 years, so she is no stranger to the “unbearable” heatwaves that have spread across the city and her housing complex. But this year, the 71-year-old retiree tried to get ahead of the curve. The sticker price of $300 to $800 for a window unit was too high on her fixed income, but a city program offering free units gave her hope. She applied, but a week later, she was told that the city had run out.
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Awards

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2019 - Opinion Writing
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