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Adam Serwer

Staff Writer, The Atlantic

Adam Serwer is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Cruelty is the Point. He has previously been a recipient of the 2021 MomentMagazine Robert S. Greenberger Journalism Award, the 2019 Hillman Prize for Opinion Journalism, and the 2019 Salute to Excellence Award for Commentary from the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Culture, Citizenship, and Belonging

Race, Technology, and AI

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Deborah Archer

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Kimberlé Crenshaw

Elijah DeVaughn

Dr. Leah Dickerman

Summer Durant

Ava DuVernay

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Anthony Foxx

LaToya Ruby Frazier

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Lee Gelernt

Tenzin Gund-Morrow

Dr. Mona Hanna

Nikole Hannah-Jones

Dr. Carla Hayden

Sherrilyn Ifill

Vijay Iyer

Dr. Martha S. Jones

Florian Koenigsberger

Jennifer Koh

Peter W. Kunhardt, Jr.

John Legend

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Audra McDonald

Tyler Mitchell

Dr. Leigh Raiford

Sandy Rodriguez

Adam Serwer

Yara Shahidi

Amy Sherald

Coreen Simpson

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Carrie Mae Weems

Dr. Deborah Willis