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Reporter covering race from 1619-present//AKA The Beyoncé of Journalism//Co-founder //smart and thuggish//

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    14 Aug 2019

    The published online today and it is my profound hope that we will reframe for our readers the way we understand our nation, the legacy of slavery, and most importantly, the unparalleled role black people have played in this democracy.

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    3 hours ago

    Members, make sure you RSVP for our upcoming winter membership meeting with keynote speaker on Feb. 5 here at the Guild!

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  3. 3 hours ago

    The becomes part of the mandated 7-12 curriculum in Buffalo public schools. Amazing.

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    4 hours ago
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    Nikole, the first episode in our new series on U.S. democracy addresses that exact story and features Woody Holton as part of a broader look at what the American Revolution was *really* about.

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  5. 4 hours ago

    I just want you all to read this passage from an award-winning historian and think about some things. There is an entire essay to be written about how American historiography has protected our founding myths and how their protection unites folks from the right and the left.

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    18 hours ago

    Evelyn Yang, wife of tells me she’s a survivor of sexual assault by a doctor accused of abusing dozens of his patients, most of whom were pregnant. Story w/ & please read/watch here

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    18 hours ago

    Surrounded by family members, 58-year-old Jimmy Meders was told Thursday afternoon his bid for clemency was granted. It was six hours shy of his scheduled execution. via

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    18 hours ago

    Virginia gun ban: Judge upholds Northam's executive order banning weapons on Capitol Square

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    Jan 16

    "In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant. Such is the tale of two cities within America’s largest metro." :

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  10. 18 hours ago

    Oh, snap!! I didn’t even know I was sharing the stage with . This is about to be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    The year is just starting but I'm venturing a guess that this will be the most exciting event at this year. and on the same stage in conversation w/ . Hottest free ticket in town.
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    19 hours ago

    With a 52% disapproval rating, Susan Collins is now the most unpopular senator in the country.

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  12. 18 hours ago

    I did not expect for tears to flow watching this, but they did. As someone who knows how empowering it is for black girls to see me wearing my big, bold, natural hair, I felt every bit of this. is so incredibly brave. Thank you, for cherishing our blackness.

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    "My twists have become such a synonymous & a conflated part of not only my personal identity & how I show up in the world, but my political brand. And that's why I think it's important that I'm transparent about this new normal & living with alopecia." —
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  13. 19 hours ago

    Someone, very respectably, just told me on here that “racism is an idea” but class struggle is material. Tell that to all the Americans who die every day not because they are poor, but because they are black.

    “Black Americans continue to experience some of the worst health outcomes of any racial group. Black men have the shortest life expectancies. Black women have the highest maternal mortality rates. Black babies have the highest infant mortality rates.”
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    Jan 13

    I realized that if I was going to assume the responsibility of about my home, I needed narrative ruthlessness. I couldn't dull the edges and fall in love with my and spare them. Life does not spare us. JESMYN WARD

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    Jan 16

    As crisis gripped Mississippi's prisons, it was the inmates themselves, using smuggled cellphones, who helped alert the public (and Jay-Z) to conditions inside. Still, officials say phones are a persistent threat that fuel violence and unrest. My story:

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    Jan 16

    Q: Senator McSally, should the Senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial? McSally: You’re a liberal hack I’m not talking to you Manu- You’re not going to comment about this? McSally: You're a liberal hack.

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    Jan 16

    The city of Trenton is really looking forward to hearing you speak on your 1619 project

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    Jan 15

    Joe Bryan is 79 years old

    BREAKING: Texas' highest criminal court, the TX Court of Criminal Appeals, has denied Joe Bryan's habeas corpus application w/out written order. Bryan, convicted w/ debunked blood-spatter analysis, was subject of my 2018 investigation:
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    Jan 16

    BIG NEWS: Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner will lead the joint investigative team. **We cannot wait to get him to Austin**

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    Jan 16

    Rothstein explains, “The policies of segregation that were followed by the fed gov’t were so powerful that they determine the racial landscape of today,” & therefore “You need explicit policy, race-based policy. You need affirmative action in housing.”

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