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Rann Miller

Rann Miller is an educator and freelance writer based in Southern New Jersey. His Urban Education Mixtape blog supports urban educators and parents of children attending urban schools. Miller is also the author of "Resistance Stories from Black History for Kids the Expanded Edition." You can follow him on X @RealRannMiller. 

Miles Caton as Sammie Moore in "Sinners" (Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures)

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is Black history written with lightning

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Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth leaves a meeting with Republican Senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Signalgate is a consequence of anti-DEI hysteria

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Mike Tyson and Jake Paul speak onstage at the press conference in promotion for the upcoming Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match at The Apollo Theater on May 13, 2024 in New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images for Netflix)

“Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson” perpetuates the long history of profiting from race conflicts in the ring

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Ta-Nehisi Coates (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for HISTORY)

One year after October 7: A return to forever

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'Uncommitted' Democratic delegates from several US states outside the United Center during the 2024 Democratic National Convention, in Chicago on August 22, 2024. | Demonstrators in support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), outside Boardwalk Hall during the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 25, 1964. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A sequel of injustice 60 years in the making

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Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs interacts with Marquez Valdes-Scantling #11 of the Kansas City Chiefs prior to the game Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

Dapping: The overlooked Black celebration that has a long, life-saving history

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Amy Schumer attends the 2023 Good+Foundation “A Very Good+ Night of Comedy” Benefit at Carnegie Hall on October 18, 2023 in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Good+Foundation)

Amy Schumer’s misappropriation of Martin Luther King

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Police Officer (Getty Image)

Camden is not a blueprint for disbanding the police

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(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Our public schools have a diversity problem

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(AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Why the NAACP said “enough” to school privatization

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