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Jessica Machado is the IRL editor of the Daily Dot. Previously, she was an associate editor at Rolling Stone. Her work has been published in the Washington Post, Elle, Vice, Salon, BuzzFeed, Guernica, Bitch, Bust, the Cut, the Awl, the Toast, among others.

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Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

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Hours after Donald Trump signs Muslim ban, a Texas mosque burned to the ground

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Georgia representative pulls bill banning hijabs in public

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I ate this Brooklyn deli’s baloney-filled ‘Trump Sandwich’

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The truth about Muslim representation in video games

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The failed Bush-era policy that forced Muslims to register with the U.S. government

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Why ISIS’s destruction of ancient art is more than a war crime

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I am a Muslim woman who wears a hijab every day—and this is what it’s like

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Russell Brand slams the media for not labeling the Chapel Hill shootings a hate crime

Audra Schroeder was a senior entertainment writer at the Daily Dot, focusing on streaming, comedy, and music. Her work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

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