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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

‘This is horrible’: Indianapolis Colts player and influencer receive racist comments under Instagram photo from their wedding

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

‘Literally 1 out of every 5 calls’: Call center worker discusses verbal abuse from customers in viral TikToks

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

tiktoker and hooters girl asking for a fair wage

‘You are the reason for their business’: Hooters worker demands fair wages in viral TikTok

tiktoker with slashed and destroyed coach bags

‘They’re all slashed’: TikToker shares how Coach destroys unwanted merchandise ‘so no one can use it’ (updated)

Liza Bautista is a former reporting intern at the Daily Dot. She is a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and is based in NYC. Her work has appeared in i-D, Decider, and the Interlude.

Liza Bautista

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‘An insult to educators everywhere’: Video spurs outrage over rumored ‘slap a teacher’ TikTok challenge

In a TikTok, a Houston middle school teacher is seen breathing on a student without her mask on.

‘I don’t care’: Unmasked middle school teacher intentionally breathes on student

When anti-vax protesters assumed that people experiencing homelessness were unvaccinated, they were proven wrong.

‘I’m vaccinated you dumb f*ck’: Anti-vax protesters try to use unhoused people to prove that COVID isn’t dangerous—it backfires

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

‘This is the last time I’ll ever shop at this store again’: Walmart Karen shouts at manager over checkout issue

Sabine Joseph was a former reporting intern for the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Miami and Connecticut publications, including Montage, the Miami Laker, and Connecticut Health I-Team.

Sabine Joseph

Irritated young woman (l) leg in a brace (r) both with caption "how are u gonna dress code someone who can't even wear pants? now i'm missing almost my entire class for this BS"

‘How are u gonna dress code someone who can’t even wear pants’: Student with leg brace goes viral on TikTok for calling out dress code

An Olive Garden customer wrote that they would like to eat the ass of their waiter on a feedback form.

‘That’s gross’: Viral TikTok shows Olive Garden customer’s inappropriate feedback about server

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

TikToker shows video of school hallways where students threw their luncboxes

Viral TikTok shows students adding to growing pile of trash in public school hallway, sparking outrage

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

‘It’s not ‘dress for less’ anymore’: TikToker claims Ross increased prices, sparking debate

Cop seen slamming a 14-year-old Black girl to the street

‘That is not how you handle a child’: Video shows police officer slamming 14-year-old Black girl on ground at school

woman crying in front of storage unit with captions "I went to my storage unit and unlocked it to find that my belongings were thrown everywhere", "The workers at the unit didn't even call me after the break in", "My dead fathers things are gone, mortuary makeup all oer the ground, broken antiques."

‘My dead father’s things are gone’: TikToker says U-Haul storage unit was robbed—and company didn’t inform her

Woman holding two different price tags for face cleanser

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