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Sylvia A. Harvey

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Covers:  Culture, race, gender, criminal justice policy, current events, gentrification
Journalist. Author. Speaker. Multi-hyphenate igniting action on the mass incarceration crisis with wit, soul, and bold lipstick. Author of The Shadow System.

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Sylvia A. Harvey’s Biography

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Sylvia A. Harvey (SAH) is an Independent Journalist and a Reporting Fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Her need to investigate the way culture, politics, history, behavior and economics intersect and produce naturally led to her reporting at the intersection of race, gender, culture and the criminal justice system.

Her work has appeared in: The Nation, Colorlines, The Feminist Wire, Huffington Post, Narratively, The New York Post, News One, Cornell Chronicle, Columbia J…

Sylvia A. Harvey’s Journalist Portfolio

Big Apple Vodou

Big Apple Vodou

I walk down the narrow basement stairs with ease, but before I can cross the entryway into the warm candlelit…

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Change for a Dollar

Change for a Dollar

When it comes to one's neighborhood, who doesn't welcome change for the better? But at what price? Gentrifica…

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Why Ball Players Can Hug And Kiss Each Other, But Other Men Can't

Why Ball Players Can Hug And Kiss Each Other, But Other Men Can't

In the Black community, men who express even a passing, friendly physical affection toward each other are oft…

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Natural disasters are especially hard on seniors

Natural disasters are especially hard on seniors

Natural disasters are especially hard on seniors The devastating impact that natural disasters have on cities…

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'The South Side' Offers a New Take on an Old Problem: Segregation

'The South Side' Offers a New Take on an Old Problem: Segregation

The South Side is a magical place, writes Natalie Y. Moore in her new book, "The South Side: A Portrait of Ch…

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2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They're Losing Their Right to Visit.

2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They're Losing Their Right to Visit.

States have gutted family visitation programs in reaction to prison overcrowding, and racist ideas about bla…

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A Narrow Window of Hope for People Sentenced to Die in Prison

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By Sylvia A. Harvey Verified
| The Assembly Verified
Before Jesse Graham read the letter that made his knees buckle, he was already someone who lived by imagination. As a boy, he won an art contest in High Point. It was a perfect day, he says, because his mother, teacher, and classmates were proud of him. After more than three decades in prison, he still makes art.
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Finally Free After Decades Locked up, a Former DC Resident is Shackled Again - This Time on a Deportation Flight

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By Sylvia A. Harvey Verified
| The Appeal Verified
Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead. The following narrative was compiled from interviews and court records. Illustration by Christine Ongjoco Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead. The following narrative was compiled from interviews and court records.
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Finally Free After Decades, Then Shackled Again

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By Sylvia A. Harvey Verified
| The Imprint Verified
| Third in a three-part series on a teenager with a tumultuous childhood who was sent to die in prison and where his life would lead. The following narrative was compiled from interviews and court records. | Cordell Miller, 49, ached for freedom after spending three decades in federal prisons and three months in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Last April, as he boarded a flight to his Jamaican homeland, he had been told that he was free. He didn’t feel free.
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