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Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

TikToker says she was randomly fired from Walmart.

‘F*ck Walmart’: TikToker says she was randomly fired after being told she was ‘such a great worker’

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

YouTube vigilante group allegedly caught Sony exec trying to meet up with 15-year-old boy

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

Viral TikTok shows school bus crashing into multiple cars, running from cops

Stacy Fernández is a freelance writer, project manager and communications specialist. She’s worked at The Texas Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and run social for The Education Trust New York. Her favorite hobby is finding hidden gems at the thrift store, she loves a good audio book and is a chocolate enthusiast.

Stacy Fernandez

‘Leave a note for the girl’: TikToker finds cosmetics, pregnancy test at Tinder date’s apartment

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz (they/she) is a Brooklyn-based writer, educator, and grad student at the Pratt Institute School of Information. Their work has appeared in the Santa Barbara Independent, Huffington Post, and AsAmNews.

Dana Ysabel Dela Cruz

TikTok user @anotherscienceguy makes jokes that suggest the burka is oppressive

TikToker under fire for joking gym goer ‘reinvented’ burkas as empowerment symbol, suggesting religious use is ‘oppressive’

‘The price suddenly seems reasonable’: TikToker shares trick for getting more product out of YSL lipstick tube

sofi stadium, woman in purple, crowd of people

‘It’s literally become a free-for-all’: TikToker says security had ‘given up’ at BTS concert, did not check bags or tickets

In a TikTok, a woman says Ulta discriminated against her when she worked there while pregnant.

‘The next time I get pregnant I’m giving my two weeks’: TikTok user says she was forced to do manual labor while pregnant and working at Ulta

Dan Latu is a freelance journalist writing about the internet and culture. Previously, his work has appeared in the Real Deal and Columbia News Service.

Dan Latu

A woman pointing (L) and a boy wearing a crop top (R).

‘Your moms are really proud of you’: Boys wear crop tops to show double standard of girls’ dress code

‘Normalize service industry employees matching energy’: Dunkin’ worker tells drive-thru customer to ‘pull up’ in viral TikTok

‘They’re counting on you not seeing it’: TikToker issues viral PSA to customers after restaurant includes ‘labor surcharge’ on receipt

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

Car with 'I just cheated on my husband' message goes through car wash

TikTok shows SUV tagged ‘I just cheated on my husband’ going through car wash in viral TikTok, sparking sexist comments

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

Rachel Kiley

A man in a bathroom stall (L), cops outside a bathroom (C), and people looking into a McDonald's restaurant (R).

‘I see things like this A LOT:’ DoorDasher’s video shows medical incident that delayed McDonald’s order

‘F*ck you, Walmart’: TikToker accuses store of lying about meat expiration date

After a woman swipes at someone's phone, she drops her own.

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