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Ebony JJ Curry, Senior Reporter

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Ebony JJ is a master journalist who has an extensive background in all areas of journalism with an emphasis on impactful stories highlighting the advancement of the Black community through politics, economic development, community, and social justice. She serves as senior reporter and can be reached via email: ecurry@michronicle.com Keep in touch via IG: @thatssoebony_

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Black trans women, in particular, face disproportionate levels of violence in the United States, where over half the country has at least one restrictive...

Supreme Court Questions Trump Bid to Fire First Black Woman Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook

Thirty-year mortgage rates do not wait for politics to calm down. They move on expectations, on fear, on the credibility of the institutions that...

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Photo credit: Ashley Gilbertson/VII via Redux File People keep calling Jan. 6 “unthinkable.” Black Americans didn’t find it unthinkable. Black Americans found it familiar. A crowd...

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Community pushes back after Detroit student detained by ICE 

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Kronk Comes Home: Detroit’s boxing legacy revived at Brewster-Wheeler

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