Journalists of color face an industry that doesn't love them back

Increased safety risks and an inability to culturally and financially value their labor are pushing journalists of color out of the field.

objectivejournalism.org

May 27, 1892 | White Mob Destroys Office of Ida B. Wells's Memphis Newspaper

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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‘Intersectionality’ scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw thinks it’s time for everyone to talk back

In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize.

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Reporter's Notebook: The teenager tracking ICE in California's strawberry fields

He deferred college to protect the undocumented farmworkers who feed the country. Here is what I saw on the ground.

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KCUR Not Sure How to Feel About Ending Slavery – The Kansas City Defender

Still workshopping its position on chattel slavery, the NPR affiliate invites you into the conversation.

kansascitydefender.com

From “Something Else” to Something Specific: Journalist As Circulator

Dispatches from my JSK Fellowship

jskfellows.stanford.edu

Failure to Launch: Why Journalism Is Stuck — and How Centering Impact Can Fix It

This is an abridged version of a keynote talk I gave in Lausanne, Switzerland in late 2025 the launch of OurFrame, a nonprofit impact media…

medium.com

How politics and PR took over the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Current and former staffers spill on what brought Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's personal philanthropy to abandon its progressive values

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a man in a plaid shirt is looking at a woman in a red dress

ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is looking at a woman in a red dress

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Questions swirl over possible ICE detention site near Romulus

Local officials say they lack details on a reported 500-bed ICE detention proposal.

axios.com

Map: Third Places Index in Detroit

In the urban planning realm, third places or informal gathering places, are often discussed in relation to creating great places to live and reknitting the urban fabric of communities that have see…

detroitography.com

The Rise of Migra Watch Whistles

From Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond, residents are using whistles to warn neighbors of ICE activity

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‘He gave me my wings’: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics

Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.

19thnews.org

NPR’s Tonya Mosley on Growing Up in Detroit, Working with Terry Gross

Tonya Mosley, the Detroit-born and-raised journalist, shares west side memories and what it’s like working with Terry Gross

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“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

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Why You Can’t Understand American Authoritarianism Without Understanding Race

Or: How the War on Black Freedom Became the Infrastructure for War on All of Us

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Detroit council member proposes ban on masked law enforcement officers - Detroit Metro Times

Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters on Wednesday announced she is pushing an ordinance that would prohibit local, state, and federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks or other facial cover...

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Our Responsibility: ICE Violence & "The American Dream"

Every Martin Luther King, Jr.

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