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'You've Left an Indelible Mark on The Root': Giving Danielle Belton Her Flowers

The first time Danielle Belton and I chatted by phone was in 2017. At the time, I was still working in Miami at Univision when she, Genetta Adams, and The Root approached me to write a three-part series for the website about climate gentrification and its effects on Black, low-income neighborhoods in my hometown. Obviously,…

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Jessica Moulite

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April 6, 2021
'You Will Find a Little Bit of Yourself There:' How The Real World Maintains Its Relevance Nearly 30 Years Later

“If people walk into that door [as] their authentic selves, ‘The Real World’ is a beautiful experience.” — Heather B. Gardner, Rapper and Media Personality text In the years since the season one cast members of The Real World moved out of their SoHo loft, roommates Heather B. Gardner and Kevin Powell have been busy…

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Jessica Moulite

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April 1, 2021
Why The Real World Homecoming: New York Is Must-See TV In the Age of Black Lives Matter

“Part of the fight for us as we are out there in these spaces—including reality TV, I feel, or any space—is are we able to be authentic and be [our] whole selves? That’s the fight. When I say that, we should also be able to express the full range of emotions; which includes anger and…

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Jessica Moulite

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March 25, 2021
'Kinder, Gentler Cages Are Still Cages': How Prison Abolitionists Are Working Towards a Less Carceral Future

“We’re not saying that people are not responsible for the harm that they commit. What we’re saying is that prisons aren’t the way to resolve those harms.” — Kim Wilson, Ph.D., Co-host and producer, Beyond Prisons podcast text Last summer’s racial reckoning was the first time many people in the United States ever heard of…

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Jessica Moulite

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March 19, 2021
'Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic': Why This Abolitionist Believes Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons Isn't the Progressive Measure He Thinks It Is

“If we want to transform society, we can’t just shun [incarcerated folks] and pretend that they don’t exist and lock them up and throw away the key. That kind of thinking is really at the root of reform.” — Kim Wilson, Ph.D., Co-host and Producer, Beyond Prisons podcast text Kim Wilson, Ph.D., is the living…

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Jessica Moulite

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March 18, 2021
Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The History of Housing in Black America

“The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the federal government writ large in the first seven decades of the 20th century. [HUD] invested billions of dollars in racial segregation and concentrated poverty.” —Sheryll Cashin, law professor and author text On Jan. 26, 2021, President Joe Biden signed four executive orders designed to address racial…

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Jessica Moulite

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March 4, 2021
28 Days of Black Joy: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered New Content When the Reruns Are Enuf

My Netflix account hates me. There are only so many emails, push notifications and alerts the streaming platform can send me (cough, and that I can ignore, cough) about watching the latest, most anticipated, or record-breaking series and movies before I potentially face some serious, unknown ramifications like a character in an episode of Black…

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Jessica Moulite

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February 12, 2021
Black BTS Fans Share Why They 'Purple' This K-Pop Group

“Black people, we’re not a monolith. But I feel like sometimes, you know, we kind of look at each other funny for being into things that don’t fit within the box of ‘Blackness,’ which I think can be kind of limiting sometimes. Like, I love my Blackness. And yours.” —Sabrena Khadija, Illustrator and K-pop fan…

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Jessica Moulite

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February 11, 2021
28 Days of Black Joy: How I (Lost and) Found My Fit Family During the Pandemic

I taught my last spin class at Push Pedal NYC on March 9, 2020. That same week I flew down to my parents’ home in Miami for a quick weekend visit—and am now coming up on month 11 of my stay. Like many others, staying active has not only been key to me maintaining a…

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Jessica Moulite

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February 3, 2021
From the Uninsured to the Unhoused: Rep. Cori Bush Advocates COVID-19 Vaccine Education for Our Most Vulnerable

Cori Bush is a renaissance woman. Not only is the Missouri congresswoman the first Black woman to represent the state’s First Congressional District, she’s also a registered nurse, ordained pastor for the people of St. Louis, community organizer, single mother, and the first activist from the Black Lives Matter movement ever elected to the United…

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Jessica Moulite

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January 22, 2021

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