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Zach Stafford

MSNBC Columnist

Zach Stafford is an award-winning journalist who recently served as editor-at-large of BuzzFeed, was the first Black editor-in-chief of The Advocate, and worked as an investigative journalist at The Guardian. 

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O'Shae Sibley.

We won’t respond to O’Shae Sibley’s stabbing death by toning down who we are

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Disney’s late and tepid opposition to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill justifies employee walk-out

Image: A multi-colored pride flag flies as people participate in the Pride Parade in Miami.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill will hurt LGBTQ teens

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Unvaccinated people dying of Covid doesn’t warrant your gloating

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Jussie Smollett being found guilty of hoax will hurt LGBTQ folks reporting hate crimes

Image: A demonstrator holding a sign that reads, "Justice for Ahmaud"outside a courthouse.

Ahmaud Arbery’s killers being found guilty brings a small measure of relief

Illustration of a Black teenage boy raising his hand in class, a stack of books and scribbles.

Critical race theory panic is largely about white parents holding on to mythologies

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‘School-to-prison pipeline’ for Black children on shocking display in Tennessee

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LGBTQ community has reason to doubt Liz Cheney’s new support for gay rights

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Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero’ makes space for Black queer men like me