Jonece Dunigan
Reporter at Reckon
I'm a reporter for @reckonnews /founder of @blackjoyreckon/ #BlackMagicProject /Northern born, but southern raised/Contact me at [email protected]
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6 days ago |
nj.com | Jonece Dunigan
As a Black queer scholar and feminist, Dr. Kaila Story is hyper aware of the violence targeting the trans community. Keeping up with the numbers can be daunting. As of mid-April, more than 850 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have coursed through state legislatures across the country, which is more than eight times the amount of bills filed in 2020 and the most ever filed in United States history.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Jonece Dunigan
Want more restorative stories in your inbox? Sign up for the Black Joy newsletter to access empowering and energizing content three times a week!Now that Ryan Coogler’s hit film “Sinners” has captivated audiences nationwide, the locals of a Mississippi town are ready to welcome the cast and crew home. That may sound odd considering lead actor Michael B. Jordan is from Newark, N.J. and Coogler hails from Oakland, Calif.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Jonece Dunigan
Being a 90s Millennial means growing up during the dawn of social media. It was the wild wild west of the world wide web. Like many of my middle school friends, we were all exploring the virtual terrain, speaking and learning a new language called code. The new lingo was required knowledge if you wanted to doll up your profile on Xanga, which was basically the prequel to Facebook - just a bit more chaotic with the graphics. A string of symbols, letters and numbers made our pages sparkle and shine.
This guaranteed income program has provided $1.4 million in cash assistance for Philadelphia mothers
3 weeks ago |
nj.com | Jonece Dunigan
A coalition of maternal health experts are giving Black mothers a reason to smile. As of March 19, more than $1.4 million dollars total have been dispersed to 250 mothers thanks to the Philly Joy Bank. The guaranteed income pilot program gives $1,000 monthly payments from the second trimester of a mother’s pregnancy to their child’s first birthday. The goal is to shrink maternal health disparities in Philadelphia, where poverty and pregnancy oftentimes go hand-in-hand.
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1 month ago |
nj.com | Jonece Dunigan
Alexandra Onwuli was about a week and a half shy of her 18th birthday when Americans lined up at the polls for the presidential election on Nov. 5. She was slightly sad about not being old enough to vote. The high school senior is from Alief, a working-class community in southwest Houston where a fusion of African, Hispanic and Asian cultures thrive, evident in the area’s many festivals, foods and shops.
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Whew they aint lying. This is a journalist dream: to focus on one subject for multiple months in a way that will create an impact. It's hard to do in an industry starving for resources.
