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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

woman puts race as hispanic and white on trader joe's application and the white application gets an interview

‘I wonder why they want to meet me now’: Hispanic TikToker only secured interviews at Trader Joe’s when she applied as a white person, viral TikTok shows (updated)

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

Karen calls worker ‘worthless,’ is shocked when they refuse her service

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

Black Players for Change with Justin Morrow

Black Players for Change assembled after George Floyd. They’re just getting started

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 group of women are seen opening a food truck after it was closed.

‘His reaction was right’: Food truck owner goes off on girls for opening serving window on closed truck in viral TikTok

hand holding junk mail (l) woman speaking (c) junk mail on table (r)

‘These manipulation tactics worked’: TikToker shows how nonprofits flooded their grandpa with mail

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

Unclick

‘There’s a room under our room’: TikToker finds apparent secret tunnel under one-story hotel in viral video

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

Kahron Spearman

A woman yelling (L), a woman looking into camera (C), and a woman looking at another woman through a door (R).

‘You mad because my titties nice?’: ‘Karen’ allegedly rips Black TikToker’s wig off over her outfit

Former Starbucks worker says customer threw a Frappuccino at her in drive-thru because there wasn’t a cherry on top

Eric Levai hosts and produces the podcast &#8220;Counter Intelligence.&#8221; He is a national security journalist based in California.

Eric Levai

Domestic violence, DUI, grand theft: Inside the lengthy arrest history of QAnon’s biggest new influencer

two young men walking on sidewalk with caption "Bytch A$$ punks wanna hit my daughter" (l) woman in car seat (c) woman chasing young man on sidewalk

Mom chases down man who she says hit her daughter in viral TikTok

‘Go back to Africa’: Man yells ‘white power’ at Black man, does Nazi salute in viral video

‘What the f*ck did I do?’: TikToker and boyfriend surrounded by 8 cop cars, helicopter after police mistook their GoPro for gun

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

Police officer taking a woman's ID and writing in a notebook.

‘You ignored her and now he’s dead’: TikToker says cop didn’t let her help a motorcycle crash victim

‘I admire real moms’: Hinge date goes off on woman for calling herself ‘dog mom’ in viral TikTok

Woman texts another woman a picture of her cheating husband's Tinder profile.

Scoops