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Knock It Down:: Journalism's Barrier-Breaking Leaders of Color on the Past, Present, and Future of the Whitewashed Industry

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by Jenna Wortham
April 11, 2022 at 9:38am
Maria Hinojosa, Kevin Merida, and Lauren Williams talk about the future of journalism and the recent changes they’ve seen in newsroom diversity.
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Performative Social Media Activism Doesn't Help Ukraine

by Stacia Datskovska
March 2, 2022 at 1:56pm
I’m unfollowing anyone who’s posted statements like, “I express solidarity with my Ukrainian brothers by switching from Moscow Mules to Mezcal Mules.” Read more »

Refresh and Rebuild: Plotting the Future of New York’s Most Conservative Borough

by Andrea Ruggirello
December 17, 2021 at 1:32pm
“We get a bad narrative that it’s Trumpville, that it’s racist,” Jasmine Robinson, who moved to Staten Island from the Bronx when she was 17, tells Bitch. “That’s not all of Staten Island.”  Read more »
Headshot of Alice Sebold, an older white woman with reddish brown hair, who looks into the camera in front of a black background.

The Infuriating Failure of Alice Sebold's Apology

by Melanie Dione
December 9, 2021 at 1:00pm
Sebold’s statement after the exoneration of a man she accused of rape in 1981 suggests she bears no responsibility for his conviction or 16 year incarceration. Read more »
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White Lies: How Democrats React to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal Matters

by Madiba K. Dennie
November 22, 2021 at 3:20pm
Encouragements to “just vote” tell a grieving country that we can be saved by continuing to do something that hasn’t saved us yet. Read more »
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Crimeless Victims: What Is the True-Crime Takeover Doing to Us?

by Jennifer Chang
November 11, 2021 at 12:20pm
 The emergence of “highbrow” true crime allows listeners to recast spectatorship as objective critical analysis. Read more »
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The Truth about TV News Is Far Scarier Than Fiction

by Diane Shipley
March 25, 2020 at 10:00am
The points these movies are making—that news is selectively curated, hosts can be vapid, and commercial television is motivated more by profit than public service—were perhaps shocking once but are now the least of our problems. Read more »
Pro-choice Demonstration about Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt in front of SCOTUS

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Everything Is at Stake

by Bitch HQ
September 10, 2018 at 6:00am
The SCOTUS again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Nike

by Bitch HQ
September 7, 2018 at 6:00am
They’ll never back down. Read more »
Brett Kavanaugh committee hearings day one

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: We've Already Had Enough Of Brett Kavanaugh

by Bitch HQ
September 5, 2018 at 6:00am
How fast can you read 42,000 pages? Cause it takes us more than a couple hours. Read more »

Backtalk: We Don’t Need to be Civil to Inhumane People

by Amy Lam
June 28, 2018 at 1:52pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy survived another week where hell is empty and all the devils are here on earth. It’s been a couple weeks of horrifying news and the last thing we need to hear is how progressive folks need to be civil to the inhumane Right. It feels the the least possible harm that Stephen... Read more »

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