Kaila Philo, Author at CapitalBop

Kaila Philo

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Kaila Philo is a writer based in Washington, D.C. Her writing has been published in The New Republic, The Baffler, Talking Points Memo, The Fader, and more. She currently works as a research and writing fellow with the African American Policy Forum.

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Interviews

Cecily taps the healing power of joy on ‘Awakening Pt. II’

According to the late Black feminist scholar bell hooks, love is a verb — an action we choose every...

September 5, 2024 0

Features

The 14th Washington Women in Jazz Festival packs music, community and celebration into one overflowing weekend

Jazz has always tended to be an unfortunately dude-centric vocation. Although women often appeared prominently as instrumentalists in New...

March 28, 2024 0

Features

Remembering Carl Grubbs, who passed Coltrane’s torch to future generations

Saxophonist Carl Grubbs was just 13 when he met the musician who would become a guiding light, not only...

January 19, 2024 0

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