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    Nikole Hannah-Jones became a political target. What she's learned from the 'hurtful' attacks

    Nikole Hannah-Jones understands power. How it is nurtured, how it protects itself and most importantly, how not to give it away. Unfortunately, lessons about power are rarely pleasurable. There is a cost. It can hurt. Burn. Sometimes scar. One reason Hannah-Jones understands power so well is because she has had her fair share of public run-ins with it from the moment "The 1619 Project" series ...
    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Nov 17, 2021 5 minutes

    Nikole Hannah-Jones understands power.

    How it is nurtured, how it protects itself and most importantly, how not to give it away. Unfortunately, lessons about power are rarely pleasurable.

    There is a cost. It can hurt. Burn. Sometimes scar. One reason Hannah-Jones understands power so well is because she has had her fair share of public run-ins with it from the moment "The 1619 Project" series was published in the New York Times Magazine. But through it all — targeted by the White House, second-guessed by historians, denied tenure at her alma mater — what has become clear is her detractors did not consider this: Hannah-Jones has power of her own.

    "Who would think that a single work of journalism would become a Republican talking point, would be in Donald Trump's

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