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    Storyteller. Former Wall Street executive. Independent journalist. Explaining how markets, money, media, and power shape everyday life.

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    Journalist | News/Analysis: Human Rights, Politics, Immigration, Cuba, Latin America | Words: Unicorn Riot, The Wire, Latino Rebels, Orinoco Tribune | Editor: Antagonist Magazine | Writers and Editors of Color Leader | \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfa \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8

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    A womanist scholar with bylines on Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, LEVEL, and Momentum, the editor and chief of For Black Women, Cultured, Writers and Editors of Color. Earned a PhD in Psychology. Learn more at allisonthedailywriter.com

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    Shari Dunn, author of Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work (by Harper Business 2/25/25), is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, and adjunct professor.

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