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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.

Samantha Grasso

White woman threatens to deport Spanish-speaking family in restaurant

Alex Dalbey is a writer and zinester currently living in Saint Paul, Minnesota. They have written for The Daily Dot, Kill Screen, The Lingerie Addict, and Bullet Points.

Alex Dalbey

white woman blocks black man from apartment building

White woman fired over video of her blocking Black man from his condo

Alexis Tatum is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. She&#8217;s a former editorial intern with the Daily Dot. Her work has appeared in Orange magazine, the Daily Texan, and the Houston Defender.

Alexis Tatum

Sikh poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work

Adjusting to America: What happened to the migrant girl whose cries shook the country

Family of officer who killed neighbor Botham Jean says they’re not racist

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw was a staff writer at the Daily Dot, covering geek culture and fandom. Specializing in sci-fi movies and superheroes, she also appears as a film and TV critic on BBC radio. Elsewhere, she co-hosts the pop culture podcast Overinvested.

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Netflix’s ‘The Witcher’ showrunner leaves Twitter after racist backlash

No, the cop who entered the wrong apartment and killed her neighbor didn’t used to date him

Jessamyn Stanley is fighting for radical visibility and yoga for every body

Jessica Machado is the former 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.

Jessica Machado

"how Milennials killed mayonnaise" tweet over mayonnaise jar

Keep mayo’s name out of your screed about white obsoletion

David Covucci was the senior politics and technology editor at the Daily Dot, covering the nexus between Washington and Silicon Valley. His work has appeared in Vice, the Huffington Post, Jezebel, Gothamist, and other publications.

David Covucci

Stephen Miller’s uncle calls out his nephew in blistering op-ed

Josh Katzowitz is a former staff writer at the Daily Dot specializing in YouTube and boxing. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. A longtime sports writer, he&#8217;s covered the NFL for CBSSports.com and boxing for Forbes. His work has been noted twice in the Best American Sports Writing book series.

Josh Katzowitz

Twitter suspends alt-right group Proud Boys, founder Gavin McInnes

A man swapped the offensive 'Redskins' football logo with 'Caucasians' on a T-shirt.

Man swaps ‘Redskins’ logo for ‘Caucasians’—and watches white people get offended

Viral #BBQBeckys and #CouponCarls are the new slave patrols

Brenden Gallagher is a politics reporter and cultural commentator. His work has been published by Motherboard, Complex, and VH1. He’s the co-founder of Beer Money Films, an indie production company. Based in Los Angeles, he works in television drama as a writers assistant.

Brenden Gallagher

We need to change the way we talk about police killing Black people

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

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