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Deborah Douglas

Deborah Douglas is a Chicago-based writer and journalism lecturer at Northwestern University. She is also a facilitator for The OpEd Project, dedicated to amplifying diverse voices of women, youth and other underrepresented groups, and is currently co-leading Youth Narrating Our World (YNOW) with Chicago teens.

June 2024

  • side-by-side images of a stack of doughnuts and a brain scan

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    Your brain sees sugar as a reward. But does that mean it’s addictive?

    Most scientists say no, but some want ultra-processed foods, with sky-high sugar amounts, to count as addictive substances

December 2022

  • The hairdresser washes the hair of her customer after wiping.

    Why some Black women won’t or can’t quit hair relaxers – even as the dangers become clearer

    Studies show the products may double the risk of uterine cancer, but tradition, societal pressure and personal taste create obstacles to change

December 2021

  • ‘The beauty of hooks was her ability to bring philosophy to the people, said Saida Grundy, a feminist sociologist of race and ethnicity at Boston University.’

    bell hooks’ writing told Black women and girls to trust themselves

    Deborah Douglas
    The feminist writer created a vocabulary that helped us to learn, grow, and forgive – and above all to understand

June 2021

  • Hedge Fund Alden Global Capital To Buy Tribune Publishing<br>CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - FEBRUARY 17: A sign hangs on the side of the one of the building that make up the Freedom Center, home to the Chicago Tribune, on February 17, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Alden Global Capital has agreed to buy Tribune Publishing Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers around the country, in a deal valued at $630 million. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

    How Chicago is reimagining the future of local journalism as papers decline

    City’s thriving web of news and information mends many of the coverage holes often left by legacy media such as the Tribune

May 2021

  • Miski Noor

    One year on, how George Floyd’s murder has changed the world

    The killing of Floyd by a white officer reflected a common history of violence against Black people that united protesters in a renewed global movement

December 2013

  • Vanessa VanDyke

    Black females should have the right to wear an afro

    Deborah Douglas

    Deborah Douglas: Vanessa VanDyke was threatened with expulsion from school for her hairstyle. It's another sad example of white beauty norms

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