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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

Video: Woman arrested after she exercises legal right to not show ID

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

Red Ice, a popular white supremacist YouTube channel, has been shut down—again

Esther Bell is a former contributor to the Daily Dot. She recently graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism, and her work has appeared in Bustle and Teen Vogue.

Esther Bell

Unclick

Is social media normalizing cultural appropriation?

Tennessee neighbors form human chain to help father and son escape ICE

Twitch star Pink Ward banned for 30 days for saying N-word—he says he said ‘yikers’

Richard and Edie Spencer, seen in a photo estimated to be from late 1880s or early 1890s.

Black Americans share stories of their ancestors to show that slavery wasn’t so long ago

David Gilmour is a reporter who specializes in national politics, internet culture, and technology.

David Gilmour

Conservative rising star Kyle Kashuv busted using the N-word a whole bunch

This 14-year-old’s ‘edgy’ YouTube channel parrots the far-right

Candace McDuffie is a Boston-based music and pop culture writer. Her work has been featured in publications such as Glamour, Paper, Entertainment Weekly, WBUR, Teen Vogue, DJBooth, Forbes, Marie Claire, Bandcamp, and Vibe, among others.

Candace McDuffie

Taylor Swift’s Beyoncé ripoff wasn’t just blatant—it was hurtful

Wikipedia just won’t let this Black female scientist’s page stay

Report: Facebook is punishing Black people for talking about racism (updated)

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.

Tiffanie Drayton

ADOS founder Yvette Carnell and ADOS critic Talib Kweli

ADOS wants reparations—but at what cost?

Twitch star Pokimane responds to second clip of her using the N-word

Nicole Carpenter is a freelance writer and reporter with words on Dot Esports, Rolling Stone, Medium, InStyle, IGN, Polygon, the Outline, Racked, Vice, Kill Screen, and the Washington Post.

Nicole Carpenter

Say hello to Luxe: Fortnite’s first-ever female tier-100 skin

Gabrielle Sorto is an Atlanta-based freelance writer covering culture, lifestyle, and news. Her work has appeared in CNN, Teen Vogue, INSIDER, and Vice. She can usually be found writing with an overpriced coffee in hand or hanging out with her dog, Rihanna, who is named after exactly who you think.

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