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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Former Race, Law, and Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Jenée Desmond-Harris

    #MeToo
    Cosby’s bizarre response to rape claims: “Reality is the situation, and I can’t speak”Cosby’s bizarre response to rape claims: “Reality is the situation, and I can’t speak”
    #MeToo

    He didn’t exactly answer the questions asked in this GMA interview.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    archives
    The House voted to slash Amtrak’s funding the day after a deadly crashThe House voted to slash Amtrak’s funding the day after a deadly crash
    archives

    The markup was already scheduled for the day after a fatal derailment.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Criminal Justice
    “They don’t defend us. They kill us.” MOVE bombing survivor says things haven’t changed.“They don’t defend us. They kill us.” MOVE bombing survivor says things haven’t changed.
    Criminal Justice

    It’s the 30th anniversary of the infamous Philadelphia police operation.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Life
    America is becoming less Christian, and US Christianity is becoming less whiteAmerica is becoming less Christian, and US Christianity is becoming less white
    Life

    Here’s what’s changed in just 7 years.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    archives
    If Obama and Clinton are “affirmative action” candidates, so are white menIf Obama and Clinton are “affirmative action” candidates, so are white men
    archives

    Breaking news: in politics, benefiting from your identity is not new.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Race
    How YouTube and Facebook ruined this principal’s chances of denying her racismHow YouTube and Facebook ruined this principal’s chances of denying her racism
    Race

    The “Look who’s leaving — all the black people” administrator even tried to blame the devil.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Race
    Listen to Michelle Obama’s brutally honest speech on the daily sting of racismListen to Michelle Obama’s brutally honest speech on the daily sting of racism
    Race

    She told Tuskegee grads, “It knocked me back a bit.”

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Criminal Justice
    Read the horrifying racist texts that have prompted a probe of San Francisco policeRead the horrifying racist texts that have prompted a probe of San Francisco police
    Criminal Justice

    “White power,” “We burn the cross,” “Put an animal down” — and it gets worse.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Religion
    How race, religion, and politics shape attitudes about black people being killed by policeHow race, religion, and politics shape attitudes about black people being killed by police
    Religion

    It’s really almost as if we live in different worlds.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Technology
    This map shows where Americans are doing the most Google searches for the n-wordThis map shows where Americans are doing the most Google searches for the n-word
    Technology

    A new study linked the results to black mortality rates.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris

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