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Jenée Desmond-Harris

Jenée Desmond-Harris

Former Race, Law, and Politics Reporter

    Latest articles by Jenée Desmond-Harris

    Politics
    Trump and his supporters have been telling some classic lies about sexual assaultTrump and his supporters have been telling some classic lies about sexual assault
    Politics

    It’s not at all true that real victims come forward right away.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Behind Michelle Obama’s heartfelt speech: 8 years of sexist and racist attacks
    Politics

    She knows “vulgar” comments all too well.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Here’s how the law decides when “locker room talk” describes sexual assault
    2016 Presidential Election

    It’s a question of law.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    2016 Presidential Election
    Poll: white people who live in their hometowns prefer TrumpPoll: white people who live in their hometowns prefer Trump
    2016 Presidential Election

    People who’ve never left also tend to be less educated.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Politics
    A member of Congress said Charlotte protesters “hate white people”A member of Congress said Charlotte protesters “hate white people”
    Politics

    He later apologized for offending, but didn’t say his statement was wrong.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Trump wants to recreate New York’s unconstitutional, ineffective stop-and-frisk program
    Politics

    The program was a massive, racially biased, ineffective failure.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    If you don’t understand Black Lives Matter after Terence Crutcher’s death, you never will
    Police Violence

    His car broke down. An officer said he looked “bad.” Now he’s dead.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    Everyone should stop it with the “Black Lives Matter”–inspired slogans
    Criminal Justice

    “Black Rifles Matter,” “Black Olives Matter,” and the like just reveal lazy, dismissive thinking about racism.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    9 devastating, revealing stories of being Muslim in post-9/11 America
    archives

    These interviews show the deep impact of Islamophobia.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris
    The way we talk about Islamophobia every 9/11 anniversary is maddeningly oversimplified
    archives

    To start, it existed long before the 9/11 attacks.

    By Jenée Desmond-Harris

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