Kenya Evelyn, The Guardian

Kenya Evelyn

The Guardian

New York, NY, United States

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Past articles by Kenya:

We're suing to hold Trump accountable for 'treasonous acts', NAACP chief says

Derrick Johnson accuses president of ‘operating under a white supremacist doctrine’ in suit filed using 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act → Read More

New record as estimated 18m Americans identify as LGBTQ, poll finds

Gallup finds increase of 60% between 2012 and 2020 of adults who identify as LGBTQ, in reflection of ‘the way society is changing’ → Read More

Ahmaud Arbery killing remembered one year on: 'Keep his name alive'

Black jogger, 25, was shot and killed by three white vigilantes as he ran along a community street in Brunswick, Georgia → Read More

Utah rejects bill that aimed to teach consent in sex education classes

Bill defeated in committee stage in state where sex education curriculum focuses on ‘refusal skills’ to prevent misconduct → Read More

Utah school under fire for allowing Black History Month opt-out

Montessori school in North Ogden originally agreed to parents’ exemption request but then reversed decision in wake of backlash → Read More

Allegations against TI and Tiny prompt call to support Black sexual assault survivors

#MeToo activists say claims against musicians highlight how Black survivors’ trauma has been ignored → Read More

Texas Republicans endorse legislation to allow vote on secession from US

State’s part chairman, Allen West, is latest Republican to come out in support of declaring Texas an independent nation → Read More

Staff outraged at New York Times response to reporter's racist language

Letter criticizes handling of complaint that reporter Donald McNeil Jr used racist language while on a company-sponsored student trip → Read More

Biden administration drops Trump-era discrimination lawsuit against Yale

Lawsuit had claimed university discriminates against Asian American and white applicants → Read More

'A second chance': first successful face and double hand transplant completed

Joe DiMeo underwent a 23-hour surgery in August after suffering third-degree burns over 80% of his body in a 2018 car accident → Read More

Outrage after survivor of El Paso mass shooting deported to Mexico

Police reportedly stopped the woman due to a non-functioning brake light, took her to a local jail and then soon deported her → Read More

'A trailblazer': Barack Obama leads tributes for actor Cicely Tyson

Celebrities and politicians praised the star of stage and screen for her award-laden career and for opening doors for Black entertainers → Read More

Emmett Till's home gains landmark status and will turn into museum

Chicago city council granted home occupied by 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 and his mother landmark status → Read More

'Immense sense of pride': Caribbean diaspora celebrates Kamala Harris

Some hopeful vice-president could forward the fight for voting rights of the more than 4 million American citizens living in US territories who can’t vote → Read More

Historians rail against Trump administration's 1776 Commission

Experts call report released by former administration a ‘puerile, politically reactionary document’ → Read More

Amanda Gorman books top bestselling lists after soul-stirring inaugural poem

Two upcoming books on Amazon’s bestseller list within hours after the resounding delivery of her poem at the swearing-in → Read More

GitHub apologizes for firing employee who warned of Capitol attack Nazi link

Technology firm admits ‘significant errors of judgment’ after employee, who is Jewish, posted in company chat room → Read More

Joe Biden's inauguration: when is it and what can we expect?

Following the US Capitol attack, and also due to the pandemic, Biden and Harris will be sworn in at a scaled-down event → Read More

US fast-food workers plan strike to demand $15-an-hour minimum wage

Walkouts planned at restaurants owned by mega-corporations in more than a dozen cities ‘for racial and economic justice’ → Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thought she 'was going to die' during Capitol attack

New York congresswoman said on Instagram Live she had a ‘very close encounter’ that put her life at risk → Read More