Nikole Hannah-Jones just dunked on UNC. But for Black journalists and educators, the game is still rigged.

Now that story, which should have ended with a fairy-tale homecoming, has turned into a nightmare. “These last few weeks have been very dark,” she said, writing of the lack of transparency from UNC’s chancellor and provost. “To be treated so shabbily by my alma mater, by a university that has given me so much and which I only sought to give back to, has been deeply painful.”