Bianca Flowers
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Journalist I Poet I U.S. Race & Justice Correspondent @Reuters ✉️DM’s open
Chicago
Joined August 2013
After 8 years reporting on the complexities of the global economy and finance, I am thrilled to announce my appointment as @Reuters U.S. Race & Justice Correspondent! You know the drill; send tips and pitches to bianca.flowers@thomsonreuters.com
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BLACK INVESTIGATOR SPOTLIGHT: This month, @NABJInvestigate is highlighting the work done by @kat__stafford, @biancashamell and @EvanRGarcia of @Reuters. They examine the push for racial justice five years after the murder of George Floyd. https://t.co/08YNNptZZQ
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Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
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A push for racial justice, five years after George Floyd's murder - https://t.co/MrtoGQnbhV by @kat__stafford @biancashamell @EvanRGarcia
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Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
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Accessibility is a civil right. Chicago’s expansion of audible crossing signals is long overdue.
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The order would require the city to install at least 75 accessible pedestrian signals this year.
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President Donald Trump suspended the 25% tariffs he imposed this week on most goods from Canada and Mexico, the latest twist in a fluctuating trade policy that has whipsawed financial markets and fanned worries over inflation and a growth slowdown https://t.co/MUQqvK9kub
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🇲🇽 Mexico’s President Claudia argues that if cartels are terrorists, then those supplying their weapons—over 74% of which come from the U.S.—should be held accountable for aiding terrorism. In response, Mexico will expand its lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers. She also
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“We’re heading into the worst economic times in American history as farmers. Large-scale farmers are going to hurt way more than Black farmers.” “This president is wrong,” said @JWBoydNBFA on how tariffs & USAID cuts will financially kneecap farmers nationwide.
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“Don’t sell the land, if you sell the land it’s not coming back. The government isn’t responsible for that piece of it— we are.” @JWBoydNBFA speaking on the history of illegal govt. land seizures that have accelerated the plight of Black farmers. @BrookingsInst
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Sage Steele, Kodak Black, Lil Boosie, Rod Wave and Herschel Walker are reportedly just some of the attendees at the White House's Black History Month celebration today https://t.co/yAkDtgm7Fb
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President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House on Thursday by making an appearance at a celebratory reception with a surprise guest, golf legend Tiger Woods, while calling out...
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I’m honored to have been selected alongside a talented cohort of international journalists. Excited to learn from and collaborate with some of the most esteemed professors in economics and finance. Thank you, @StiglerCenter!
@biancashamell (United States 🇺🇸) is an award-winning multimedia journalist and US Race & Justice Correspondent at @Reuters, where she focuses on enterprise stories about race, identity, and social justice. Her expertise extends to labor unions, with notable coverage of the 2023
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It should alarm us all that sitting U.S. Congress members are being denied entry to the Department of Education. These are our government representatives, they should be able to walk into a department of our government.
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If you're one of the 40 million people with student loans, Elon Musk’s team may have gotten access to your Social Security number, income data, and personal information. I'm leading 18 senators in an investigation into DOGE’s actions at the Department of Education.
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ELON IS ALLOWED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. NOT YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OR STUDENTS & PARENTS. I WILL BE BACK.
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BREAKING: Middle school science teacher in Miami-Dade detained by ICE. The Miami-Dade teachers union confirmed today that the teacher attended his immigration hearing and was detained. He had been in the US since his youth and had DACA. He will likely be deported.
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CNN EXCLUSIVE: President Paul Kagame says he doesn't know if there are Rwandan troops in eastern DRC supporting M23, but says Rwanda "would do anything to protect itself." He accused South Africa of sending troops there to secure minerals & dismissed any comparisons with
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They can't spin this away. The Trump administration contacted air traffic controllers, offering buyouts to leave their jobs. It's a very easily proven fact.
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After a week of Republicans sowing fear and chaos, the first reports of raids in Chicago are at an elementary school. Targeting children and separating families is cruel and un-American.
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The incident comes amid a threatened Trump administration crackdown and sent ripples of fear through the K-8 school.
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Trump campaign against diversity urges government employees to turn informer - https://t.co/8mtbMLWc2M w/ @danieljtrotta and /@biancashamell
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The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.
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🔊 'I think her removal is very telling of possibly what else is to come for folks that are in positions that have been proponents of DEI.' @biancashamell on Trump's order to eliminate DEI programs in federal agencies as the Coast Guard chief is fired https://t.co/Rz8cSzyDnr
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Trump escalates campaign against diversity, threatens private sector probes -
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The Trump administration urged government employees to inform on each other and their departments in order to root out any attempts to hide diversity programs.
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Tears and shock as Trump dashes dreams of migrants in Mexico scheduled to enter US -
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Nidia Montenegro fled violence and poverty at home in Venezuela, survived a kidnapping as she traveled north into Mexico, and made it to the border city of Tijuana on Sunday for a U.S. asylum...
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