The Strange Racial Solidarity of Nikole Hannah-Jones

The New York City public schools mugged her, and yet she still doesn’t want to press charges.

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Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks onstage during “The New Power Structure: Black Politics in the Age of Resistance” panel during the 2026 National Association Of Black Journalists Convention in Atlanta, Ga., August 13, 2026.

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The New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones thought she was making her educational choices to favor the interests of black people, and she was — just the wrong ones.

In a long essay for the New York Times Magazine, the radical African-American journalist writes about how her decision to send her daughter to dreadful New York City public schools for ideological reasons ended in tears.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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