Theara Coleman, The Week US
Theara Coleman has worked as a staff writer at The Week since September 2022. She frequently writes about technology, education, literature and general news. She was previously a contributing writer and assistant editor at Honeysuckle Magazine, where she covered racial politics and the cannabis industry. Theara is also a former high school teacher. She earned a bachelor's in English literature from Howard University in 2013 and a master's in the same from New York University in 2022.
A lifelong book lover, Theara is based in New York, where she spends her spare time reading and playing video games.
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Renters' rights, explained
Speed Read The Biden administration announced new federal actions to protect tenants as rent prices continue to climb. What rights do renters have already?
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Why did Hong Kong criminalize CBD?
Speed Read Hong Kong had a quickly-growing CBD industry. Why did officials suddenly change course?
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Why are grad schools boycotting the U.S. News & World Report rankings?
Speed Read Is this the end of the college ranking system as we know it?
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Yale honors Black girl who had the police called on her for spraying lanternflies
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Japanese restaurants fight back against viral 'sushi terrorism' trend
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Report: U.S. outspends other countries on health care but has worse health outcomes
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NYC migrants refuse to leave midtown hotel, citing inhumane conditions at new Brooklyn shelter
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Federal working group proposes new 'Middle Eastern or North African' category for next census
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New York City breaks 50-year record for snowless winter
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3 Florida nursing schools sold 7,600 fake diplomas, DOJ says
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5 fired Memphis police officers face murder charges in Tyre Nichols' death
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DOJ says over a quarter of Lousiana's state inmates held beyond their release date
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4 proposed solutions to the U.S. border crisis
Speed Read Can America's illegal immigration problems be fixed with sensible policy?
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Egypt's mummified 'golden boy' digitally unwrapped 2,300 years after burial
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Hundreds of child asylum seekers have gone missing, UK government admits
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ChatGPT passed a Wharton MBA exam, and academics are taking note
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Is ChatGPT a threat to English class?
opinion ChatGPT 'may signal the end of writing assignments altogether — and maybe even the end of writing as a gatekeeper, a metric for intelligence, a teachable skill'
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7 book-to-screen adaptations to watch in 2023
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Why are people angry about the new monument honoring MLK and Coretta Scott King's love story?
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6 jobs AI could replace
Speed Read The recent rise of generative artificial intelligence has sparked debates — and fears — in many industries about the future of the human workforce
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What is Blue Monday?
Speed Read The most depressing day of the year might not be all it's been made out to be
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The history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Speed Read The decades-long journey to honor Dr. King with a fully-recognized federal holiday
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Swedish mining company discovers Europe's largest rare earth element deposit
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The future of fine dining
Speed Read 'Financially and emotionally, as an employer and as a human being, it just doesn't work'
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