Sameer Rao

Sameer Rao is a reporter for Colorlines, an award-winning daily news website that covers news through a racial -oriented lens. His work primarily focuses on arts and culture topics. Outside of those issues, his reporting, criticism and op-ed work covers a multitude of topics, including police violence, immigration, technology, gun control, drug reform, sports and . As a freelance writer, his work has appeared in The Washington Post Express, VICE's Noisey, The Village Voice, Stereogum, The Public School Notebook, Splitsider, WXPN's The Key, Philadelphia City Paper, Billy Penn, PhillyVoice and Independent Restaurateur.