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Michelle Legro

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As seen in: Inc., inc.com., Medium, The Guardian, WIRED Magazine, Mic, The New Republic, Zero Hedge, Longreads, Columbia Journalism Review, The Marginalian, Lapham's Quarterly and
Deputy Editor @inc. Previously: @wired, @GENmag/@medium, @topicstories, @longreads, @newrepublic @laphamsquart
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‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Got Me Through 2020

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By Michelle Legro Verified, Emily Kirkpatrick Verified, Jessica Valenti Verified, Kitanya Harrison
| gen.medium.com
At the end of every day, I slide three feet from the desk where I sit with my computer, to the couch where I sit with my computer. I’ve made something for dinner — at this point an exercise in calories, and boredom, usually over polenta — when my boyfriend turns to me and asks me the same question. “Time for The Funny?” he says. It’s been a long day online, my brain has melted into a jiggly-wiggly blob. “One Funny,” I reply.
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A Few Statistics on the Extreme Whiteness of the Book Industry

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By Michelle Legro Verified
| Medium
‘We were shocked by the extent of the inequality once we analyzed the data’ A customer browses the shelves at Eso Wan Books, a black-owned bookstore in Los Angeles. Photo: Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images When Toni Morrison worked as an editor at Random House from 1976 to 1983, about 3% of the books published during that time were written by Black authors.
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Perspective on: “Cyrus Vance and the Myth of the Progressive Prosecutor” (N.Y.

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By Mark King Verified, Michelle Legro Verified, Eric J Scholl Verified, Rik Forgo
| Medium
Prosecutors calling themselves progressives without the policies to match has also struck Baltimore. Marilyn Mosby achieved overnight stardom when, after a rushed investigation, she charged police officers for the death of Freddie Gray. Those cases crumbled in the courtroom, but gave her cover to represent herself as progressive when nothing could be further from the truth. Ms. Mosby has advocated for mandatory minimums, even for first-time offenders.
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