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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

In a TikTok, a UPS driver says she was racially profiled.

‘I am a UPS driver in full brown, delivering packages’: Black UPS worker says cops racially profiled her in viral TikTok

Moises Mendez II is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. He is a freelance journalist based in New York City writing about everything from music to LGBTQ issues.

Moises Mendez II

Man aggressively talking to a woman at a bar

Guy tells woman he’s gonna ‘end her’ allegedly because she won’t talk to him at bar, viral TikTok shows

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

‘If you Doordash from an apartment, f*ck you’: Driver explains why delivering to apartments can suck in viral TikTok (updated)

‘Probably the first break they got to enjoy since they were hired’: Amazon warehouse workers filmed partying, sparking debate

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

Pizza hut workers with caption "Pizza Hut worker calls the police on me because I won't pay him another $34 and wouldn't give me my food. The other worker ended up giving me my food"

Pizza Hut worker calls cops on Black customer after refusing to believe she already paid online, viral TikTok allegedly shows

Kathleen is a Honolulu-based freelance writer, editor and communications strategist who has been published by the New York Times, Vice, Huffington Post, Hana Hou!, and more. She&#8217;s worked in the communication departments at the Honolulu Museum of Art, ACLU of Hawaii and Hawaii Community Foundation. When she&#8217;s not writing, she can be found in the ocean, walking her rescue poi dog or oil painting.

Kathleen Wong

TikToker calls out Cheesecake Factory over employment contract

‘I have never seen anything like that’: TikToker says Cheesecake Factory’s employment contract exploits workers

Restaurant check with "do better" in the tip line

‘You just didn’t want to tip’: TikToker shows how they didn’t tip because waitress was ‘rude,’ sparking debate

In a TikTok, a woman says she suspects her neighbor ate her cat.

‘I’m going to steal your kitty’: TikToker says she thinks neighbor ‘ate’ her cat

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

A Amazon warehouse (L), a man looking into camera (C), and parked cars (R).

‘Working at Amazon during Peak be like’: Worker reveals what it’s like working in Amazon warehouse during the holidays in viral TikTok

Customer throws drink at Whataburger employee

‘Normalize matching the customer’s energy’: Viral TikTok shows customer throwing drink at Whataburger worker in drive-thru

TikToker says she was randomly fired from Walmart.

‘F*ck Walmart’: TikToker says she was randomly fired after being told she was ‘such a great worker’

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

YouTube vigilante group allegedly caught Sony exec trying to meet up with 15-year-old boy

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Viral TikTok shows school bus crashing into multiple cars, running from cops

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

‘Leave a note for the girl’: TikToker finds cosmetics, pregnancy test at Tinder date’s apartment

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and grad student at the Pratt Institute School of Information. Their work has appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent, Huffington Post, and AsAmNews.

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz

TikTok user @anotherscienceguy makes jokes that suggest the burka is oppressive

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