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Melinda D. Anderson
Journalist
Melinda D. Anderson is a freelance journalist whose reporting brings context to the complicated and critical issues of race, ethnicity, and equity in education. She’s a regular contributor on education for The Atlantic. Her byline has also appeared in The Washington Post, Vox Media, The Root, and Teaching Tolerance, among others. Follow her on Twitter: @mdawriter