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Rummana Hussain
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Editorial Board member/Columnist . Previously, assistant metro editor & criminal courts reporter repeatedly mistaken for the Spanish interpreter.
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As Chicago struggled with a migrant crisis, City Council’s immigration committee didn’t meet for more than a year.
By the time it finally did, families were sleeping on police station floors. Even then, it didn't take action. 🧵
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My latest on Vivek Ramaswamy’s visit to South Shore
“Succession” fans: Ramaswamy, who had a rapper alter ego “Da Vek” at Harvard, has strains of Kendall & Connor Roy but way smarter. Me? Just the horrified adopted Indian daughter
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I am incredibly honored to be recognized. I’m deeply grateful to all the parents who spoke to me. They taught me so much about love and loss and how we’ve failed to prevent stillbirths.
Special thanks to my amazing editor and to and
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Arrived in New York on my birthday to speak at the United Nations, Unesco event on world press freedom day. Will speak about journalism, democracy and all that is urgent and important for the times we live in.
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Clearly, I still choose to stay on Twitter but some days I wonder why as misleading content keeps duping more & more people. My latest:
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Just on the heels of India expelling Modi critic , there will be a gathering in Hillside tonight with "celebrating" the defeat of a Chicago City Council resolution that called out discrimination in India.
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World’s greatest democracy while hosting the G20 summit as the ‘mother of democracy’
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My latest trip to India was notably different — and not just because was with me. My latest on having extended family overseas, change & loss:
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The has published a big data study involving more than 11 million tweets directed at me & to study a pattern of fake news, disinformation meant to smear, discredit our work as journalists and cause potential harm to life
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There are more elected officials of Asian descent, including but threats against POC & women in politics has increased. What does this mean for Asian American women in politics? & intend to find out. My latest:
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Gun threats against federal lawmakers rose between 2021 and 2022, experts say. "Female legislators and legislators of color were disproportionately targeted," writes , exposing the reality of anti-Asian hate in politics.
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Having a ton of fun repping and at 's Trivia Bowl! So great to see this event take off like it has and raise so much scholarship money. And shoutout for his top-notch hosting skills #AAJAChi
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Indian too. Our ways make more sense, TBH
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I’ve recently learned that your cousins’ kids are not your nieces/nephews? And your parents’ cousins are not your aunts/uncles??? Is this just a Filipino thing then?
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There are two kinds of bigotry in the west. A visceral racism that targets people of colour and a ‘sophisticated’ liberalism that masks hatred behind a facade of tolerance. Both come from a misplaced superiority. A belief that European man and his culture are a gift to the world.
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"Indian” means a person descended from any of the countries of the subcontinent that are not primarily Muslim in character..." A fix is in the works, but it's still appalling how legislation with discriminatory & false language was approved. My latest:
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Colonialism derbies are the ne plus ultra of international football. Don’t @ me. France v Morocco will be electric.
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A moment. Might not mean anything to you, but to me it was quite something having not one, but TWO British Pakistani Muslims presenting mainstream news, at the top slot, on an international channel. To hear my name pronounced by just the way my mum says it! 🥰
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"The online abuse is so severe that her ('s) Twitter feed has been the basis of a research project used to develop early warning systems to prevent offline violence against women journalists."
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'Moshari,' the first Bangladeshi film to ever qualify for an Oscar, has two new executive producers on board: and .
The live-action short, written and directed by Nuhash Humayun (), examines climate change in #Bangladesh through a horror lens.
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"I ate restaurant food for the first two days and couldn't stand it. It was so bland." — Ghulam Panawala 😂
What a treat to be shown this article from 1981 featuring my family friends ('s parents) and their wonderful cooking skills. ❤️❤️❤️
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Eliminating affirmative action isn’t the answer and will only push the nation further into the abyss of "old school" racial inequity, writes .
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And of course thanks to my siblings , & & niece & nephew for sharing their thoughts. 😊
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So glad to have been in conversation with you as you developed this piece, ! Gutting #affirmativeaction does NOTHING to level the playing field. Rather, it retrenches inequality & Whiteness.
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My latest on my family's/Asian American experience with the college admission process & the efforts to dismantle affirmative action. Thanks to Kevin Kumashiro, @ellendwu & @SumunLPendakur for their insight & helping me process my thoughts.
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My latest on my family's/Asian American experience with the college admission process & the efforts to dismantle affirmative action. Thanks to Kevin Kumashiro, & for their insight & helping me process my thoughts.
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Sad what's happening to Twitter as I always found it helpful for many people of color to express themselves & tell their stories. I'm still hanging on here but I can be reached on Instagram , Facebook & via email at rhussain@suntimes.com
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Congratulations to , the first Indian to receive the National Press Club's International John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, for persistently covering the country while brushing off attacks by both the government and fellow citizens. Keep at it, Rana!❤️
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Maureen O'Donnell, a legend and class act. I'll miss being your colleague, my friend. ❤️
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Dear Readers, I wrote this column about stepping back from writing obituaries full-time. Thank you to everyone who talked to me & trusted me to tell their stories! #obits #obituarist #psychopomp #necrology #epitaph #tombstone #newspapers @obituarywriters bit.ly/3WRndGn
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. & say they've cut a great deal to turn over public land to a team owned by a billionaire.
But they won't reveal exactly what the deal is until after it's done.
Thx to for running this:
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I just screenshot my blue check and made it my banner. That was easy. And free 
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Gonna keep sharing this: the majority of Asian Americans support race conscious admissions. There are those in EVERY community that are willing to be used by the powers that be, to maintain the status quo. They do not represent most of us! #NotYourWedge
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Reminder that 43 percent of white Harvard freshmen in 2019 were athletes, legacies, families of donors or of staff (ALDS). 70% of those white applicants would not have been accepted if they were not ALDS. If the issue is fairness, there is your problem.
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The real grift, for me, is that Chopra—like the rest of the diaspora—keeps getting away with code-switching from propagandist to civil-rights champion more easily than one slips in and out of pyjamas.
My latest for
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Meet Rishi Sunak, Britain's new PM who is only 42, meaning he'll probably serve well into his 42-and-a-halves
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Holding my applause because I'm a journalist 😆 & there's some desi politicians I'd NEVER want in the White House, but for today, all I can say to the gora Angrez across the pond is that with
& in office, we're taking over MFs!
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