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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

Customers help clean understaffed Waffle House in viral TikTok

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

Restaurant worker says she was fired after someone changed customer’s tip to her

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Aisha Hana, a Pakistani woman, is accused of Blackfishing and responds.

‘You only mistake me for white because white women have gone crazy with feature altering’: Pakistani TikToker goes viral for response to blackfishing allegations

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

young woman in bathrobe split screen with young woman eating in restaurant with captions "Hi. That's me singing." (l) and "Doing my best. Have a great day." (r)

Diner rolls eyes, makes faces while listening to waitress sing in viral TikTok—it backfires

woman holding a mirror with her feet so she can see her boyfriend looking at women in swimwear on his phone

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‘What are you looking at?’: TikToker allegedly catches boyfriend looking at photos of women while lying about it

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

Two U.S. Marshals officers are seen pointing rifles at an apartment with a woman and an infant inside

‘They literally could’ve killed us’: U.S. Marshals point guns at woman and newborn after allegedly storming the wrong apartment (updated)

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘This why my packages always late’: Viral TikTok shows woman in the back of Amazon worker’s truck, sparking speculation

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

Side by side of Cardi B and TikTok Creator Sam Hyun

‘It’s dehumanizing and othering’: Cardi B under fire for caricature of Korean accent

McDonald’s worker shares what they do when customer ‘demands’ fresh fries in viral TikTok

Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org

Siobhan Ball

3 stills of a tiktok featuring a black woman experiencing street harassment

‘This is why I hate men’: Man tells TikToker her ‘a** stinks’ after she rejects him in viral TikTok

TikToker shaves boyfriend’s head after he allegedly cheated, sparking debate

‘When the Kens unite’: Man blocks Black woman from her seat on flight—white flight attendant tries to move her to back of plane

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

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

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