APRIL RYAN is a journalist, author, and political analyst. Her most recent book is Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral (Amistad). Previous titles include Black Women Will Save the World, The Presidency in Black and White: My Up-Close View of Three Presidents and Race in America; At Mama’s Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White;and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. The only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held since the Clinton era, Ryan also hosts The Tea with April on Substack.
