Courtland Milloy is an American columnist and former reporter for ''

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''. He joined the ''Post'' in 1975 after working at the ''

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''. Milloy covers the Washington D.C. area's

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community and highlighting issues in less affluent areas of

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He is a critic of

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and urban cyclists. Milloy hosted the

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show ''For Black Men Only'' in 1992. He is one of the journalists interviewed in the documentary film ''

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''. A former critic of

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, he later began tweeting. Milloy has been critical of cyclists and has drawn their protests with his columns. He was a critic of the

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team name and has written on issues including panhandling, recovery from drug addiction,

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, and traffic fines. In the aftermath of the

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, Milloy wrote a column addressed as a letter to his son, trying to explain why the attacks had occurred. On Dec. 19, 2023, Milloy published his farewell column.

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