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Zaron Burnett III

Zaron Burnett is an investigative journalist and longform features writer based in Los Angeles. He covers culture, politics, race, and other perplexing mysteries for MEL.

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Who Am I to Tell You How to Mourn Kobe?

The performative moral supremacy that many of us succumb to on social media — the need to be woker-than-thou — isn’t really about justice. It’s time to ask: Who is afforded ‘nuance’ after death, and why?

The Dudes Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Settle Disputes — And Divorces — By Swordfight

The real legacy of ‘Game of Thrones’? Guys discovering that apparently no one ever got around to abolishing duels

How Body Brokers Make Money Harvesting Organs From Black People

How much for that brother’s kidneys?

The Secrets of the ’80s New York Art Scene — As Told by John Lurie

The Unbelievable True Story of Bane the Nazi Hellhound, ‘Cornfed’ Schneider and the Dog-Mauling Case That Made Kimberly Guilfoyle Famous

When the Mafia Goes Gay

The Violent Saga of Mexican Cartels at War to Control Limes and Avocados

The Church for Real-Life Jedi Knights

How Money Warps the Friendships Between Men and Women

Inside the World of Black Incels

The Faces of the True American Cowboy

How the Black Cop Trope Sold the Fantasy of Post-Racial America