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Kia Gregory

Kia Gregory

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    Author: Kia Gregory

    Kia Gregory is a journalist drawn to people living on the margins. In her work, Gregory often shows how people and their neighborhoods are affected by public policy. She has covered local politics, education and criminal justice, and won numerous awards for her enterprise reporting and narrative writing. Gregory has written for magazines such as The Atlantic, The New Republic and The New Yorker, and has been on staff at the New York Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Philadelphia Weekly; a portfolio of her work here. Gregory is also an author at Knopf, working on a narrative non-fiction book INDICTMENT: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY, interweaving the stories of four people who have been indelibly marked by ongoing police violence against African Americans, and who are on the front lines for justice and healing. Gregory, a Philadelphia native, lives in New York, and can be contacted at kiagregory@live.com.

    Killing Us Softly

    How Videos of Police Brutality Traumatize African Americans and Undermine the Search for Justice With the ubiquity of smartphones and dash and body cameras, there is ample… Read more “Killing Us Softly”

    February 13, 2019December 21, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Banking Black

    Can divesting from America’s big financial institutions help fix racial inequality? (The New Republic)

    June 1, 2018January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Can a school save a neighborhood?

    Philadelphia’s housing authority bought a high school. It hopes the institution can help reverse the fortunes of one of the city’s poorest areas. (The Hechinger Report)

    May 2, 2018January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Says Criminal Justice Is More Than Locking People Up

    In a criminal justice system that processes misery day in and day out, there is a question whether the new Bronx district attorney, criticized as a former… Read more “Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark Says Criminal Justice Is More Than Locking People Up”

    November 1, 2017January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    In Search of “The Lost Arcade”

    A new documentary titled “The Lost Arcade” serves as a scorned love letter to the Chinatown Fair and all it once represented. (The New Yorker)

    October 15, 2016January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Can Training Programs Help Improve Police-Community Relations?

    Advocates have renewed efforts to train residents how to avoid deadly encounters with police – while awaiting reform. (The Atlantic)

    July 20, 2016January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Telling Michael Brown’s Story

    Lezley McSpadden goes on a tour to discuss her memoir about losing her son, who was shot and killed by police, “to represent,” she says, their side… Read more “Telling Michael Brown’s Story”

    July 11, 2016January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Doors often closed to transgender tenants searching for housing

    Any protection against discrimination is patchwork at best. (Al Jazeera America)

    September 25, 2015December 21, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Neighbors Mourn A Squatter, Known Widely but Not Well

    For as long as anyone can remember, Baruba lived on the lot on Park Avenue near 126th Street in Harlem — a makeshift home that included a worn house trailer, an electricity hookup and milk crates. To developers who for years had tried to dislodge him, he was simply known as the Squatter. To others he was the Man With the Dogs. (The New York Times)

    November 18, 2014December 21, 2020 by Kia Gregory

    Deciding Whether It’s Lights Out

    This is the way a neighborhood ends. With a rush of freezing, grimy water, and a slew of decisions about whether it is better to stay and… Read more “Deciding Whether It’s Lights Out”

    October 25, 2013January 16, 2020 by Kia Gregory

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