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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

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Lori Teresa Yearwood Made A Difference

Lori Teresa Yearwood is a trauma-aware and trauma-sensitive journalist currently covering the U.S. housing crisis for The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. A former reporter for the Miami Herald, the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the Syracuse Newspapers, she has always written stories about people from populations that have been marginalized.

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How Are You Coping With That?

Evicted, Homeless, And Working Full-Time

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The Trauma Of Homelessness Doesn’t End Under A Roof

Finding The Connection Between Trauma And Chronic Homelessness

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A Grocery Store Clerk Keeps Living

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Facing Trauma When Your Parent Is Homeless

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A Widow Prepares To Start Living In Her Van