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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Former Race, Law, and Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Jenée Desmond-Harris

    Criminal Justice
    Why Darren Wilson wasn’t charged for killing Michael BrownWhy Darren Wilson wasn’t charged for killing Michael Brown
    Criminal Justice

    The law was on his side.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris and Dara Lind
    archives
    If everyone loved reading as much as this 8-year-old does, the world would be betterIf everyone loved reading as much as this 8-year-old does, the world would be better
    archives

    Asked for comments on a library program, she gave this amazing speech.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    archives
    This old clip of Cosby and Sofia Vergara looks extra creepy nowThis old clip of Cosby and Sofia Vergara looks extra creepy now
    archives

    It was filmed before any of the sexual assault allegations against him were public.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    TV
    TV Land pulls The Cosby Show from its lineupTV Land pulls The Cosby Show from its lineup
    TV

    It’s the third similar announcement since the most recent rape allegations against the comedian

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    #MeToo
    Don Lemon to Bill Cosby’s rape accuser: you could have bitten his penisDon Lemon to Bill Cosby’s rape accuser: you could have bitten his penis
    #MeToo

    ‘You know, there are ways not to perform oral sex if you don’t want to do it.’

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    #MeToo
    Janice Dickinson becomes 15th woman to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assaultJanice Dickinson becomes 15th woman to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault
    #MeToo

    The supermodel detailed her allegations in an interview with Entertainment Tonight.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Criminal Justice
    Did a group dedicated to exonerating inmates put an innocent man in jail?Did a group dedicated to exonerating inmates put an innocent man in jail?
    Criminal Justice

    Northwestern University’s Medill Innocence Project was accused of using tactics that contradicted its very mission.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Police Violence
    Gov. Nixon’s warning to Ferguson protestors sounded a lot like dialogue from SelmaGov. Nixon’s warning to Ferguson protestors sounded a lot like dialogue from Selma
    Police Violence

    Why are the same conversations that happened in a film about the civil rights movement being recycled in 2014?

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    archives
    Cosby’s meme generator backfires with reminders of rape allegationsCosby’s meme generator backfires with reminders of rape allegations
    archives

    This didn’t go very well.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Almanac
    McDonald’s made a video to prove that the McRib is made out of meatMcDonald’s made a video to prove that the McRib is made out of meat
    Almanac

    They even got MythBusters involved.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris