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April 30, 2021

Heroes But Not Saints: Why We Shouldn't 'Cancel' Flawed Progressive Icons

Peter Dreier National Memo

If we require our progressive and radical heroes to be saints we won't have many people left to admire.

April 30, 2021

NewsGuild finds Gender and Racial Pay Gaps in Newsrooms

Angela Fu | Poynter Editor and Publisher

A man going up on an escalator. Two women climbing up a ladder.

The median salary for women of color was $15,727 less than the median salary for white men.

April 30, 2021

My name [Inaudible.]

Patricia Mona Eng Rattle

Responding to the shootings in Atlanta’s Gold Spa, poet Patricia Mona Eng uses online quotes of the shooter against the 911 recordings of the Asian woman calling for help.