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publisher/GM @the_emancipator | @Niemanfdn ‘21 | TiltShiftMedia | Formerly @TeenVogue @them @NBCNightlyNews. Founded @NBCBLK. Old Bay all day. 🦀 Wahoowa 🇯🇲

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That time @Oprah touched my shoulder #EssenceFest
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RT @the_emancipator: We have some big news to share. This summer, our co-founder @ibramxk will be moving to Howard University to build the…
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“Couching bigotry in concern about “qualifications” (which only seems to apply to non-White people) is just the socially acceptable way to launder racist disdain.” — Powerful piece from scholar Victor Ray for ⁦@the_emancipator
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"Trump’s election victories represent the coming to power of everything that King found morally reprehensible and politically indefensible regarding American democracy." - @PenielJoseph
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RT @the_emancipator: Coronation day on Capitol Hill. 🎨 by Jeremy Nguyen #inauguration #Inauguration2025
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RT @the_emancipator: Queer nightlife has a radical history, as a space where Black and Brown people love freely and express themselves, Mal…
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This story is a slice of joy in challenging times. Words ✍🏽 by Malavika Kannan, stunning photography 📸by @MaryKang23
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Queer nightlife has a radical history, as a space where Black and Brown people love freely and express themselves, Malavika Kannan writes for The Emancipator.
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RT @the_emancipator: "When Black adults want to teach Black kids how and why to love themselves, they will reach for art, and when they rea…
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RT @BerniceKing: Preparing for #MLKDay. Will I need this again?
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"Throughout [US] history, periods of transformative change are inextricably linked to violent uprisings and displacements of people. As painful and shocking as Jan. 6 was, it was not an outlier, but part of a historic continuum." - @Carrasquillo
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RT @TaliaBuford: .@ProPublica is hiring an Executive Producer, Audio to oversee investigative audio projects and partnerships. 🎧 7+ years…
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Our small but mighty newsroom is committed to exploring the deep connections between policy, race, and justice, and providing clarity in a time of confusion. #GivingTuesday #GivingNewsDay Support our work:
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RT @the_emancipator: Peabody Award-winning journalist @rebeccanagle sets the record straight on whitewashed American stories of Native past…
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“The fact that we are even having this conversation about what people of color are doing or not doing, is putting arguably an unfair burden on people of color to correct for the preferences of White people.”
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RT @Nicole_Lee_Sch: It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one aroun…
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RT @the_emancipator: The historic Black press can serve as a guiding light for practicing journalism in pursuit of a healthy democracy — or…
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RT @the_emancipator: Voters decided on dozens of statewide ballot measures in this year’s election. We kept an eye on the ones with the big…
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RT @iproposethis: More important than ever: Talk to your tweens and teens about what is bound to show up on their social media. Prepare th…
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RT @AndyKimNJ: In 2020 I was one of 7 dems that won a district that Trump won, so I held a series of listening sessions with people who vot…
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RT @the_emancipator: We urgently need more antiracist journalism. Here is how The Emancipator will play its part.
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RT @TheOnion: ELECTION ALERT: Still Too Early To Know Which Minority To Scapegoat ONN political analyst Jason Copeland breaks down why it'…
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