Theara Coleman

Staff writer

Theara Coleman is a Staff Writer for The Week. A New York native, she previously served as a contributing writer and assistant editor for Honeysuckle Magazine, where she covered racial politics and cannabis industry news. Theara graduated from Howard University and New York University, receiving her BA and MA in English Literature, respectively. She has a background in education as a former High School English teacher. She brings her passion for reading, writing, and all things nerdy to her work as a journalist.

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'inexcusably insensitive'

Vendor apologizes for insensitive school lunch on 1st day of Black History Month

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett

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he gave his word

Putin promised not to kill Zelensky, says former Israeli prime minister

illustrated scale balancing for rent sign and two people in front of a door

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Briefing

Renters' rights, explained

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Briefing

Why did Hong Kong criminalize CBD?

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Briefing

Why are grad schools boycotting the U.S. News & World Report rankings?

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black girl magic

Yale honors Black girl who had the police called on her for spraying lanternflies

Photo of Kura Sushi, a Japanese conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain

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save the sushi

Japanese restaurants fight back against viral 'sushi terrorism' trend

Stethoscope on medical billing statement on table

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high-cost health care

Report: U.S. outspends other countries on health care but has worse health outcomes

Protest sign in front of migrants camping out in front of the Watson Hotel in NYC

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major downgrade

NYC migrants refuse to leave midtown hotel, citing inhumane conditions at new Brooklyn shelter

A hand holding, Census 2020, letter and forms, in front of computer displaying website

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invisible community

Federal working group proposes new 'Middle Eastern or North African' category for next census

An MTA bus drives through Chinatown in New York City

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NYC is a beach town

New York City breaks 50-year record for snowless winter

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Briefing

The Hogwarts Legacy boycott controversy, explained

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exam scam

3 Florida nursing schools sold 7,600 fake diplomas, DOJ says

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Briefing

What are the 'Murdaugh murders'?

Activists hold photos of Tyre Nichols as attorney Ben Crump speaks on a monitor

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'heinous, reckless and inhumane'

5 fired Memphis police officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols' death

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Speed Reads

DOJ says over a quarter of Lousiana's state inmates held beyond their release date

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Briefing

4 proposed solutions to the U.S. border crisis

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history unveiled

Egypt's mummified 'golden boy' digitally unwrapped 2,300 years after burial

Britain's Minister of State for Immigration Robert Jenrick

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Where are they?

Hundreds of child asylum seekers have gone missing, UK government admits

The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

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'remarkably good'

ChatGPT passed a Wharton MBA exam, and academics are taking note

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2024 elections

Democrat Ruben Gallego announces run for Kyrsten Sinema's Senate seat

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Opinion

Is ChatGPT a threat to English class?

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Briefing

7 book-to-screen adaptations to watch in 2023

Embrace, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial sculpture at Boston Common

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A ‘masturbatory metal homage’

Why are people angry about the new monument honoring MLK and Coretta Scott King's love story?

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Briefing

Is AI coming for your job?

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Briefing

What is Blue Monday?

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Briefing

The history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Iron mine of Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB

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Home grown

Swedish company discovers largest rare earth deposit in Europe

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Briefing

The future of fine dining

A soldier receives a COVID-19 vaccine from Army Preventative Medical Services in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

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nixed

Pentagon ends its COVID vaccine mandate

Scott Moskowitz, Head of Market intelligence and Public Affairs at Qcells, stands for a photograph on the assembly floor at the Qcells solar panel manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia.

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'the largest solar investment in US history'

Korean solar company to invest $2.5 billion in new facility in Georgia

US Patriot Missile system at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland

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a class in democracy

Pentagon plans to train Ukrainians on Patriot missile system at U.S. army base

A robot hand with the letter AI and a lady justice statue on the wooden table with law books. 3d illustration.

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But, is it legal?

A.I. powered 'robot lawyer' will appear in a U.S. court for the first time

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early treatment

New childhood obesity treatment guidelines include surgery, drugs

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Briefing

The story behind Bruce's Beach

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Briefing

What's changed since Jan. 6, 2021?