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Nadra Nittle’s Biography

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Nadra Nittle is the author of the Fortress Press books “bell hooks’ Spiritual Vision” and “Toni Morrison’s Spiritual Vision,” named one of Spirituality & Practice’s best spiritual books of 2021. She also edited multiple book series for Enslow Publishing and wrote the 2018 book “Recognizing Microaggressions” for that publisher.

An award-winning journalist with a background reporting on education, religion, public policy, food, health and the arts, she is now an education reporter for The 19th. S…

Nadra Nittle’s Journalist Portfolio

She Got a Green Card. She's Still Terrified.

She Got a Green Card. She's Still Terrified.

After crossing the border as a traumatized child and waiting years for legal status, a California teacher fin…

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The Drought Generation: They've Never Known a California Without Crisis

The Drought Generation: They've Never Known a California Without Crisis

Climate change isn't a future threat for the state's youngest residents - shaped by 25 years of fire and dryn…

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They Met Martin Luther King Jr. Californians Remember His Visits.

They Met Martin Luther King Jr. Californians Remember His Visits.

They expected an icon. They found a master organizer - and pool shark - who listened more than he lectured du…

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Nory and her mother were deported together. Then she was orphaned.

Nory and her mother were deported together. Then she was orphaned.

Estela’s death at 45 followed her rapid deportation, leaving her teenage daughter to navigate a new life in G…

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She was a rising senior on the honor roll. ICE just upended her life.

She was a rising senior on the honor roll. ICE just upended her life.

Nory Sontay Ramos thought her immigration check-in was routine. Five days later, she and her mother were swif…

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America’s libraries still offer hope amid book bans and culture wars

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America’s Libraries Still Offer Hope Amid Book Bans and Culture Wars Original

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| The 74
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Sarah DeMaria still remembers how close she came to resigning from her role as a school librarian. It was the summer of 2023, and after a year of vicious personal attacks, politically motivated book challenges and police reports to flag so-called pornographic content in the library, DeMaria had enough.
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Book bans and culture wars came for libraries. They’re still standing strong

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By Nadra Nittle 
| Salon
This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Meet Nadra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sarah DeMaria still remembers how close she came to resigning from her role as a school librarian. It was the summer of 2023, and after a year of vicious personal attacks, politically motivated book challenges and police reports to flag so-called pornographic content in the library, DeMaria had enough.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I started out as a news assistant for the now defunct Inland Valley insert of the Los Angeles Times.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I actually own a typewriter!

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YouTube

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