About Shannon Dawson

Shannon Dawson is a podcaster, former radio host, and digital content writer based in New York City. She's previously penned for sites including Power 96.5 FM in Lansing, Michigan, and WGCI Chicago for over five years. Shannon joined the iOne team in 2020 as a staff writer for MadameNoire, Bossip, HelloBeautiful, and NewsOne writing about a number of topics from pop culture and entertainment to music and news. When she isn’t writing, you can find Shannon heavily immersed in New York’s music scene as a full-time DJ.

Beyoncé is giving students in Detroit, Michigan a once in a lifetime opportunity. 

Details are still emerging about the Montgomery Riverfront brawl that broke out Aug 5. Here's what we know so far.

Members of the ACLU, the NAACP and various civil rights organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to change the way they investigate and classify individuals protesting the controversial Cop City training center in Atlanta. 

In May 2019, the white state trooper pummeled Bowman with a flashlight after deputies pulled the Black motorist over for “improper lane usage."

Black and Hispanic teachers across the U.S. are leaving schools due to “pandemic-era burnout,” “low pay” and high-stress working environments, according to a new report.

The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were unlawfully used to make groundbreaking discoveries in medicine and science, have reached a private settlement deal with the biotech company, Thermo Fisher Scientific. 

Senator Sarah Anthony plays a big role in budgeting and balancing the state’s spending in the upper chamber.

Michael Jeffery lost two jobs and his home during the pandemic. He was forced to sleep under a bridge in the Navy Yard neighborhood for two years where he braved the hash winter and hot summers.

With Harvard's legacy admissions being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education, here's how PWI family ties differ from HBCUs'.

Some feel “underappreciated and overstretched," a new report found.

Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, Louisville's newly appointed police chief is facing criticism of her secret hiring in December.

Video of a Black woman stopping a Karen-adjacent elderly white woman from touching her niece's hair goes viral and folks weren't happy.