Ida Bae Wells

@nhannahjones

Reporter covering race in the U.S. from 1619-present//AKA The Beyoncé of Journalism//Co-founder //smart and thuggish//

nhannahjones@nytimes.com
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Joined March 2009
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    9 Jun 2016

    I've spent my career chronicling the story of children in segregated schools. This time, the child is my own.

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    11 hours ago

    I have a new poem in the most recent issue of wrestling with why I’ve become increasingly uncomfortable hearing people say “we have made it through worse before” in response to our current political moment.

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    8 hours ago

    the details of the MOVE bombing really do stretch credulity: the govt of one of America's largest cities dropped a bomb on a middle-class Black neighborhood, burning down 61 homes + killing 11 ppl. (Five of them were children.) It all happened on live TV; no one was punished.

    I’ll be honest. I went on a crazy rabbit hole research process afterwards, but I didn’t know much at all about this until wrote this piece for NPR four years ago on this topic. I was floored. Still am.
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    2 hours ago

    Civil rights activist Unita Blackwell made history in 1976, becoming Mississippi's first black female mayor. She died on Monday at age 86.

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  5. 53 minutes ago

    Sometimes seems like the only gun control we have is that used to put black folks in jail.

    : Kodak Black is facing 10 years in prison
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    1 hour ago

    This video is insane. Watch the whole thing.

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    ‘You don’t know my name, so how can you tell me I have an open warrant?’ — This officer tried to arrest a Black father in front of his own home after incorrectly identifying him as a suspected criminal from another state
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    5 hours ago

    Photos obtained exclusively by CNN show migrants at the McAllen, Texas, Border Patrol station over the weekend, many of whom are children, sleeping on the ground on rocks and covered by Mylar blankets.

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    1 hour ago

    The power of wealth isn’t only in having the money to live a comfortable life. In America, your amount of wealth determines access to political power, healthcare, education and justice. To make Dr. King’s dream a reality, we need to close the racial wealth gap.

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    18 hours ago

    .⁩ on end of an era in NOLA journalism. Also a masterclass in reporting: “The entry code to a certain keypad at The Advocate’s bureau in New Orleans is, to those in the know, a vulgar swipe at the competition.” He got them to dish on a code!

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  10. 1 hour ago

    I’m just letting you know, this is about to be amazing.

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    Our mission at The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. And every day, there are 1,600 of us working to do that, reporting from 160 countries. Now, we’re bringing that pursuit to television with "The Weekly."
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    8 hours ago

    played a crucial early role in the civil rights movement, becoming one of the first African Americans to attend a formerly white-only school in Louisiana. Discover her impact in

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    24 hours ago

    This picture was one of our last. You can see how happy we were. He was accepted into St. John's University on an academic scholarship. His life was cut short by gun violence. Almost 9 years ago on May 15th. Kedrick Ali Morrow Jr. Say his name.

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    2 hours ago

    This is crazy.

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    Senator tells Firing Line if it comes to war with Iran, he is confident the United States would win, and would win swiftly. “Two strikes, the first strike and the last strike,” says the Senator.
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    23 hours ago

    This is frightening: “WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5bn people worldwide, discovered in early May that attackers were able to install surveillance software on to both iPhones and Android phones by ringing up targets using the app’s phone call function. “

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    4 hours ago

    native and phenomenal journalist on one of my favorite shows.

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    Tomorrow: journalists Al Letson and Nikole Hannah-Jones talk parenting, code switching, therapy--and why Nikole got the word "Waterloo" tattooed on her wrist. The conversation will be in your feeds tomorrow morning!
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  16. 2 hours ago

    Chicago! See you Friday.

    . Fellow & Award-Winning Investigative Magazine Reporter KEYNOTES EDUCATION SUMMIT 5.17.19 10am-4pm @RooseveltUniversity Ms.Jones chronicles the persistence of racial segregation in American society,particularly in edu.
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  17. 4 hours ago

    Omg, has me baring my soul on here. Tune in tomorrow. 😬😬😬

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    Tomorrow: journalists Al Letson and Nikole Hannah-Jones talk parenting, code switching, therapy--and why Nikole got the word "Waterloo" tattooed on her wrist. The conversation will be in your feeds tomorrow morning!
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  18. 4 hours ago

    Bolling was not about diversity, but about integration. Wish the language had been sharper.

    Please join at Sousa Middle School THIS SUNDAY as they commemorate Bolling v. Sharpe and elevate the history of school diversity and equity in DC.
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  19. 5 hours ago

    THIS!

    More than one-fifth of the approximately 60 million people living in rural America are people of color. And these Americans vote differently than the rural voters that some Democrats believe the left should focus on winning back.
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  20. 9 hours ago

    When we as a society invest in each other instead of hoard our resources and penalize people for making mistakes, it makes us all better. She wants to be a teacher to help other kids who were like her. I am proud of her.

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  21. 9 hours ago

    She’s had to rely on public assistance to help feed her family and help with medical care and without government help to pay for childcare she would not be able to work and attend school. Our investment in her made her able to help herself. And it’s made her not want to give up.

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