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Eddie Kim

Eddie Kim is a features writer based in Los Angeles, covering social and cultural issues for MEL.

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White Supremacists Like the Buffalo Shooter Are Obsessed with Fertility

The Buffalo shooter talked up birth rates and demographic shifts as key indicators of the ‘replacement’ of whites in America. It’s an old trope wielded by right-wing America since the turn of the 20th century — and it’s become a powerful meme to justify violence today

Crypto Bros Are Now on the Frontlines of a Full-Blown Mental Health Crisis

Financial crises can trigger serious mental health disorders and have been linked to surges in suicide attempts. But neither the crypto world nor our current health-care system is equipped to handle the fallout from this week’s crypto crash

Baked Alaska Was Almost on the Right Side of History

This week, Anthime Joseph Gionet lost himself a plea deal for his part in the January 6th insurrection after declaring himself innocent. But there was a time when the alt-right streamer seemed to have real remorse for his wrongdoings