Justine King
@justineking.bsky.social
From 5280 to the Green Mountain state. Reader, teacher, animal lover, friend
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
I feel like the Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight was the boxing equivalent of a pump and dump
November 16, 2024 at 6:12 AM
I feel like the Jake Paul/Mike Tyson fight was the boxing equivalent of a pump and dump
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Reporters proceeded to repeatedly astonish Collins by hiding a teddy bear behind their backs, then making it reappear.
Susan Collins tells reporters she was “shocked” at Gaetz’s nomination
November 13, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Reporters proceeded to repeatedly astonish Collins by hiding a teddy bear behind their backs, then making it reappear.
Imagine being Nick Fuentes and choosing to live your one beautiful life like that. Seems profoundly sad to me.
November 8, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Imagine being Nick Fuentes and choosing to live your one beautiful life like that. Seems profoundly sad to me.