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Reporter | Russia-US politics | My literary agent is | GPG: 96A0 B682 0C58 FCF2 CC5E B729 3E17 B489 588F D26F | terrell.starr@theroot.com

Brooklyn, NY   Kyiv, Ukraine
Joined July 2009

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    If Colin Kaepernick’s protest makes you uncomfortable, MLK would have terrified you.

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    As Ukraine's president-elect prepares for inauguration, great time to point out growing violence against LGBT+ Ukrainians. reports on police brutally raiding a local gay club

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  4. Hello from aerial yoga!

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    5 hours ago

    Be there or be square! Another look at our solidarity with amidst political transition. We've got work to do and will be there.

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  6. I’m in Memphis most of next week. What tourism-y stuff should I get into? Any black-owned yoga studios in Memphis?

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    I traveled to New York’s state capital yesterday to cover 100+ former and current sex workers’ efforts to decriminalize sex work. Most were black and Latinx trans people with stories of being abused by cops. Here’s my story:

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  8. Black and Latinx lawmakers the activists spoke with say their more conservative constituents will push back against any legislation that decriminalized sex work in large part because of religious objections.

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  9. One of the hurdles sex work decriminalization advocates face is that many people confuse sex work with sex trafficking. They aren’t the same at all and the penal code only marginalizes lgbtq people even more, not help them.

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  10. Black and Latinx trans women are disproportionately impacted by sex work criminalization. Some of the trans sex workers I spoke with say they were blackmailed into sex with cops who threatened arrest. Here is story:

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    9 hours ago

    Story by focuses specifically on black trans women: “I’m here speaking not only for myself, but for thousands of my sisters who unfortunately have to do this on a day-to-day basis to survive and pay their bills” says Audrey of

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    Wanna know what will do next? Listen closely. Here's what she said this morning:

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  13. Keep in mind it was the *United States* that pulled out first, not Tehran.

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    10 hours ago

    Here's 's much deeper dive for , full of stories from black trans women about their daily experiences with profiling and criminalization.

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    12 hours ago

    Covered yesterday's rally in Albany for . "This fight is going to be hard," said from the Capitol steps, "but our experiences as hustlers and survivors are going to get us through.”

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  17. I traveled to New York’s state capital yesterday to cover 100+ former and current sex workers’ efforts to decriminalize sex work. Most were black and Latinx trans people with stories of being abused by cops. Here’s my story:

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  18. Any of y’all have suggestions on what workshops reporters can go to if they wanna learn how to line edit long form stories and development general line edit skills? I’m trying to learn the skill.

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    15 hours ago

    It’s almost as if Iran’s program has been constrained in a way designed to achieve that outcome. 🤔

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  20. This is the most appropriate way to challenge white journalists who speak of the American people who voted for Trump without adding that racist white people are the reason he’s in office, not black folks who had enough sense to see a shit show when they see one.

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    May 7

    New has dropped! and are joined by and All Star . They discuss the latest in immigration and 2020 news, plus Trump’s and Putin's little phone call. Diabolical America

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