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I was fired the day before Thanksgiving: Happy holidays

I worked three years for Daily Kos, a “progressive” news hub anchored by its use of both community-submitted articles and staff content. I was a senior writer focusing on the trickle-down effects of white supremacy, police brutality, appraisal and housing discrimination, racial profiling, inequity in education and healthcare disparities. I wrote about two stories a …

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‘Is He Going to Come and Shoot Me:’ How to Help a Young Child After a Mass Shooting

When 5-year-old Skylin Jamrowski found out her mother and stepfather were two of 22 people shot and killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, she cried and asked her grandmother: “Is he going to come and shoot me?” When I read the words in a CNN post, I wanted to …

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