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# Janell Ross

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## Janell Ross


Janell Ross is the senior correspondent on race and identities for TIME.


## Janell Ross


Articles 73Collections 5

* ![Arian Simon and Ayana Parsons sit for a portrait](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd6c0cde5cea2662/698a43ed86f68ed79f6f323f/arian-simone-ayana-parsons-fearless-fund.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 30, 2024  
### [Inside the Fearless Fund's Civil Rights Fight](https://time.com/6554929/fearless-fund-lawsuit-arian-simone-ayana-parsons-interview/)  
In August it was sued by the American Alliance for Equal Rights, an organization led by Edward Blum  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Patricia Hill Collins](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78f7209385ca5d9c/698a41ac4ee26244c631bde8/patricia-hill-collins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2023  
### [Talking With the Winner of a $1M Philosophy Prize](https://time.com/6328162/patricia-hills-collins-interview-berggruen-philosophy-prize/)  
Sociologist Patricia Hill Collins sees a silver lining to ideas getting attacked.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![portrait of the Reels family](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4477379dacffbe5/698a41540116826180983888/silver-dollar-road-raoul-peck-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2023  
### [The Pain of Losing Your Land Without Knowing It](https://time.com/6324438/raoul-peck-silver-dollar-road-interview/)  
Raoul Peck on his new documentary 'Silver Dollar Road'  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)
* ![Traveler girls walking in the square](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77ceeb9d805a3e8c/698a3fc7b3fce321ec0cac5f/children-bias.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2023  
### [Study Suggests a Way to Reduce Bias in Kids](https://time.com/6308910/kids-bias-structural-inequality-study/)  
What the "Toogits" and the "Flurps" have to do with structural inequality  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis Speaks During A News Conference in Atlanta, Georgia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte082016a15d29dd4/698a3fcbb3fce3771c0cac64/fani-willis-donald-trump-atlanta-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 24, 2023  
### [Trump's Georgia Case Is All About Race](https://time.com/6307644/georgia-indictment-trump-fani-willis-race/)  
Racism will maintain a presence in this case in ways both overt and oblique.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![National Action Network Holds Annual Convention In New York City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ec151d14651873c/698a3ebccabb1d49b3e51931/Jesse-Jackson-001.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2023  
### [What America Loses Without Jesse Jackson's Voice](https://time.com/6295621/jesse-jackson-steps-down-rainbow-push-voice/)  
“I struggle to speak. But I can still think. I can still write. There is still work that I want to d...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![First poet laureate of Barbados Esther Phillips](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00bd4d2f4191242c/698a3de3b21a9c856150755e/lead-13-barbados-repirations-drax-hall-TIME-magazine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 6, 2023  
### [Inside Barbados' Historic Push for Slavery Reparations](https://time.com/6290949/barbados-reparations/)  
How a tiny island became a global leader in the effort to demand meaningful recompense  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Participants march and chant slogans at a rally protesting the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action on Harvard University Campus in Cambridge, Mass., on July 1, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fc99a27e6b0bb43/698a3e5716d884879dc3bff8/affirmative-action-supreme-court-harvard.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 3, 2023  
### [What Killing Affirmative Action Means for the American Workplace](https://time.com/6291900/affirmative-action-workplace-diversity/)  
It's not just the student bodies of colleges and universities that will be affected.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![An illustration showing Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd11b5794cffd9793/698a3e46db29878c4926921c/ucla-students-aa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 1, 2023  
### [The ‘Infamous 96’ Know What Happens When Affirmative Action Is Banned](https://time.com/6291241/affirmative-action-infamous-96-ucla-supreme-court/)  
In 2006, only 96 Black students were admitted to UCLA's freshman class.  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Influencer and author Rachel Cargle](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3603a22f42108b95/698a3cc322fb85ae3fe2eaa2/rachel-cargle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 11, 2023  
### [The Radical Joy of Rachel Cargle](https://time.com/6278752/rachel-cargle-a-renaissance-of-our-own/)  
Discovering the value of pleasure and ease with the author of 'A Renaissance of Our Own.'  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
* ![Keleigh Klarke performs at a drag show at IBIS in downtown Memphis, Tenn., on March 25.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt69ff8dbd5964ed1c/698a3b8816d8844b3dc3baf5/drag-memphis-ban-tennessee-show-keleigh-klarke.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 7, 2023  
### [A Weekend With a Memphis Drag Queen](https://time.com/6267222/tennessee-drag-law-performers-keleigh-klarke-profile/)  
“This is a part of who I am. I entertain. Those lawmakers in Nashville are not going to stop me from...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![LGBTQ activists and supporters before a committee hearing on HB9, a Tennessee bill that restricts drag performance, on Feb. 14, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb718ff38846a571/698a3ba1b3fce37c780ca54a/tennessee-drag-theater-law.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2023  
### [How a Drag Theater Troupe Got Tennessee's Law Put on Hold](https://time.com/6267962/tennessee-drag-bill-law-hold-friends-of-georges-interview/)  
The civil rights lawyer representing Friends of George's explains why the legislation is unconstitut...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![George M. Johnson in Los Angeles, Jan. 6, 2022.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc7b5230eb06d73a/698a3aec011682221e982cf7/george-m-johnson-author-bills.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 9, 2023  
### [One of the Most Banned Authors Connects the Censorship Dots](https://time.com/6261238/george-m-johnson-book-bans-censorship-interview/)  
George M. Johnson is appalled by both conservative bans and liberal silence  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Scott Adams, cartoonist and author and creator of “Dilbert,” poses for a portrait in his home office in Pleasanton, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8eb8d0c5e149ff4b/698a3ab8cabb1d2aeae512dd/scott-adams-dilbert-black-americans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 1, 2023  
### [The Death of Dilbert and False Claims of Victimhood](https://time.com/6259311/dilbert-racism-scott-adams/)  
Scott Adams' views are ridiculous. They are also racist and pervasive  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Rodney Wells and RowVaughn Wells, parents of Tyre Nichols, are applauded during U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57ca5c522a74bbc2/698a3a2ee6e84abeed2afd14/tyre-nichols-parents-state-of-the-union.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 8, 2023  
### [Joe Biden's Words vs. Actions on Police Reform](https://time.com/6253893/state-of-the-union-police-violence-tyre-nichols-analysis/)  
At the State of the Union, he implored Congress to “do something, do something” about the state of A...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)

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