1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Said Cuba Among ‘Most Equal’ Countries Because of Socialism

New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones speaks during the 13th International Congress of Investigative Journalism in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 29, 2018. Alice Vergueiro/Abraji via Wikimedia Commons

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, has came under fire after comments she made in 2019 about socialism making Cuba one of “the most equal” nations in the world was unearthed.

According to The National Pulse, which first reported on the controversy, the comments about Cuba’s socialist society was part of an episode of podcast Conversations hosted by the Ezra Klein, editor-at-large and founder of Vox.