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Chandelis Duster

Washington, D.C., United States

Reporter at NPR

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  • 4 days ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster |Halimah Abdullah

    President Donald Trump met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday in an uncomfortable exchange that highlighted racial and economic power dynamics. Their face-to-face unfolded roughly a week after the first group of White South Africans arrived in the U.S. under a fast-tracked refugee status.

  • 1 week ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

    It’s an age-old question: When faced with an onslaught of regressive and racist policies aimed at erasing hard-fought rights and the history of our struggles, how best can we resist and what does it mean to survive?  The answers can be found in the wisdom of the abolitionist and civil rights forebears reenvisioned for a modern age. Some activists and leaders look toward the example of those who achieved progress by deftly code-switching to address both sides of the narrative.

  • 2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster

    The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is dismissing lawsuits against the Minneapolis and Louisville police departments, days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The move ends yearslonginvestigations into several police departments, including the ones being probed for the murder of Floyd and the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by a Louisville police officer on March 13, 2020.

  • 2 weeks ago | mlk50.co | Chandelis Duster

    The Justice Department on Wednesday announced it is dismissing lawsuits against the Minneapolis and Louisville police departments, days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The move ends yearslonginvestigations into several police departments, including the ones being probed for the murder of Floyd and the death of Breonna Taylor, who was killed by a Louisville police officer on March 13, 2020.

  • 2 weeks ago | theemancipator.org | Chandelis Duster |Halimah Abdullah

    President Donald Trump is preparing to meet with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday, roughly a week after the first group ofWhite South Africans arrived in the U.S. under a fast-tracked refugee status. This has allowed them to flee what Trump in an executive order called “government-sponsored race-based discrimination.” They skipped ahead of refugees from other countries — many of whom have fled ethnic and religious persecution — and who traditionally wait months for asylum.

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Chandelis Duster
Chandelis Duster @Chandelis
8 Apr 25

My first story as Contributing Senior Correspondent for @the_emancipator.

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Exclusive: Family of Harriet Tubman ‘angry’ after references removed from National Park Service website @Chandelis for @the_emancipator https://t.co/uFORjyqaYW

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1 Apr 25

RT @aaas: "Over the last 80 years, we have built the greatest innovation engine that the world's ever seen... And the other countries have…

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21 Mar 25

RT @gbrumfiel: NEW: Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that Dark Energy, a force that is pushing the Uni…