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Janell Ross

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As seen in: MSN, MSN Canada, Business Insider, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Independent (UK), The Washington Post, TIME, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News and
Covers:  race, social services/ the social safety net, unemployment and wages, economic inequality, politics, public policy, voting, housing, policing, implications of demographic change,
Doesn't Cover: consumer gadgets and other goods, celebrity news and gossip
Freelance Journalist, former Senior Correspondent @TIME

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Janell Ross is a senior correspondent covering race and identities at TIME magazine. She has written about, criminal justice, poverty, unemployment, immigration, gentrification, the state of the social safety net, politics as well as local, state and national policy for NBC News Digital, The Washington Post, the Huffington Post, USA Today, The Root, the Tennessean, the News & Observer and the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. You know, all the happy stuff. Janell, a graduate of both Vassar College a…

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The Key Role a Local Newspaper Played in the Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Murder

The Key Role a Local Newspaper Played in the Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Murder

With three men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's killing, the importance of local papers in exposing such stories …

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What Ahmaud Arbery's Death Has Meant for the Place Where He Lived

What Ahmaud Arbery's Death Has Meant for the Place Where He Lived

It doesn't require much of a breeze. But when the wind blows just the right way across the woodsy riverside l…

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Inside the World of Black Bitcoin Believers, Where Crypto Is About Making More Than Just Money

Inside the World of Black Bitcoin Believers, Where Crypto Is About Making More Than Just Money

Why Black Bitcoiners seem certain that crypto represents keys to a car bound for somewhere better.

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Fani Willis Is at the Center of America's Converging Crises

Fani Willis Is at the Center of America's Converging Crises

So much of what is ugly and unhinged about America can be seen in the eyes of a mother whose 8-year-old is de…

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The Texas Democrats Go to Washington

The Texas Democrats Go to Washington

Texas Democrats faced criticism for fleeing to Washington, D.C. But these lawmakers see their gamble as a dee…

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'Where's the Glory in Helping Goliath Beat David?' Inside Ben Crump's Quest to Raise the Value of...

'Where's the Glory in Helping Goliath Beat David?' Inside Ben Crump's Quest to Raise the Value of...

Ben Crump is on the phone. No. Ben Crump, 51, is on the phone-while also reading email, looking at texts and …

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Kyren Lacy’s Death at 24 Sheds Light on Black Male Suicide Crisis Original

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By Janell Ross Verified
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Generate Key Takeaways Kyren Lacy was a 6-foot-2 Southeastern Conference football player with a broad, if often absent, smile, a love for Buffalo Wild Wings and lemonade. Some sports analysts even predicted that the Louisiana State University senior might go to a National Football League team as early as the second round of the draft this year. Instead, Lacy died by suicide at 24 and was buried on the final day of the NFL draft.
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ICE Is Stepping Up Raids. Know Your Rights Before They Knock.

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By Brandon Tensley Verified, Janell Ross Verified
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Federal immigration agents have begun stepped-up enforcement in Chicago, making the nation’s third-largest city the latest focal point in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.
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Kyren Lacy’s Death at 24 Sheds Light on Black Male Suicide Crisis Original

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By Janell Ross Verified
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Kyren Lacy was a 6-foot-2 Southeastern Conference football player with a broad, if often absent, smile, a love for Buffalo Wild Wings and lemonade. Some sports analysts even predicted that the Louisiana State University senior might go to a National Football League team as early as the second round of the draft this year. Instead, Lacy died by suicide at 24 and was buried on the final day of the NFL draft.
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