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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Mixed-ish Like Me: A Roundtable with Biracial Folks About Being Both
Biracial people with a Black and a white parent exist in a unique space in America, living in, and between, two worlds. But our lives are often misunderstood or misinterpreted, so I asked four biracial people to share their experiences with me
Fake Cops Fake Arrested Coke Dealer in Fake Heist, Real Cops Say
Three men in the Bronx allegedly tried to hold-up a drug dealer by impersonating the NYPD. It worked perfectly well — until the actual NYPD showed up
The Pandemic Scam That Had Everyone Eating Dirt
Black Oxygen Organics sold soil to customers promising it would was a cure-all for a variety of health conditions. But when the bog mud turned out to be toxic sludge from an area near a landfill, a dedicated group of activists and a former employee teamed up to take the company down