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NYT stringer; LAID OFF WaPo Reporter -- recovering night crime guy seeking stories about the better side of humanity. MSJ grad @medillschool; Happiest adjunct professor bsky.app/profile/merrillcollege.bsk… ; Christmas music/lights enthusiast

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When I get down about what has become of journalism, of speaking the truth, I think of Jamal. I lost my Washington Post job. Jamal lost his life. Both of us — all we wanted to do was write and help people.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't post often but here is my latest from @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/c...
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Prosecutors Cannot Revive Reflecting Pool Case Against Ex-Olympian, Judge Rules
A charge against David Hearn was dismissed “with prejudice” because of President Trump’s attempts to influence the case.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Here's my latest @nytimes.com byline in case you missed it earlier Thursday.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/w... My article today is #2 on the @nytimes.com homepage. Please take a few minutes to check it out.
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Calls for Aid in Washington Climb 20 Percent as Heat Suffocates City
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Since he's returned to office Trump has attacked the Smithsonian as "out of control" where everything discussed "is how horrible our country is, how bad slavery was." Lonnie Bunch has been the person who has put himself between Trump and the Smithsonian. This is the story of his work to protect it.
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First the Kennedy Center, Now the Smithsonian
How long can the museum system’s leader, Lonnie Bunch, survive?
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/u... Another NYT contribution from around the White House...
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U.F.C. Viewing Party Draws Thousands to White House Ellipse
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My first feature for the New York Times. Please take a few minutes of your Memorial Day to have a short read. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/u...
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Amid Iran War, Remembering Those Lost in Another Middle East Conflict
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Today we dont remember it. But it was once a rallying cry that Black Civil War troops carried with them across the battlefield. On April 12, 1864, one of the most heinous episodes in American history occured. General Nathan Bedford Forrest ordered the massacre of Black troops at Fort Pillow
Remember Fort Pillow
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Protect The Press @protect-the-press.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Journalists! We have our first virtual protest/civil unrest safety workshop next week! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZjaQqsiBawvzKwbGNIc6zjzUF2DZIF-xwfWXHK2TNV8G20w/viewform
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/03/2026
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, has died
Voting rights organizer Bernard LaFayette has died. LaFayette's son says his father died Thursday morning of a heart attack. He was 85.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
It's been a long while since I posted anything, anywhere but here is my latest from D.C. Blues Alley turns 60 with swing, soul — and a fight to survive www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Blues Alley turns 60 with swing, soul — and a fight to survive
Blues Alley celebrates it’s 60th anniversary this month, with it’s owner and supporters learning how to survive economic headwinds.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Sadly, little to no mention of Khashoggi in major newspapers, including WaPo, the paper he wrote for. Meanwhile, "Trump calls Mohammed bin Salman an 'incredible man'"
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Aaron Wiener @aaronwiener.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Just as all federal employees have been ordered back to the office five days a week, the Trump administration has closed a federal office that oversees child care centers in federal buildings and fired most of the staff www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office
The General Services Administration has eliminated its office overseeing child-care centers and stopped providing accreditation to centers in federal buildings.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Please check out my latest in the @washingtonpost.com local section. D.C. students bring history to life with Blacks in Wax www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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D.C. students bring history to life with Blacks in Wax
Dozens of 5-to-17-year-olds wore makeup and fashions of the era to depict historical figures and highlight their achievements for the annual Blacks in Wax.
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Nicole Carr @nicolefcarr.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
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The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
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Merlisa @merlisa.com · 07/02/2025
Every day I watch BBC News discuss DEI or immigration with a wall of white people. Not one black or brown person on panels. Sigh.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
At Reagan National awaiting news conference on the DCA crash. Follow live updates: American Airlines plane collides with helicopter in D.C., crashes into Potomac River www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Pasaing along some weekend inspiration I was glad to be reminded of today ...https://youtu.be/Efh3a_v2OVI?si=1Ejb6hMU1rALeMEJ
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I hope to post my articles on a more consistent basis. Capital Letters are short narratives (750 words Max) that feature unique stories in our region. Here is my latest: For this group of Virginia deer hunters, it’s not only about the meat www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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For this group of Virginia deer hunters, it’s not only about the meat
For Town Hill — a small band of Black men and their sons — the weeks of rifle hunting at year’s end and the spring gobbler turkey hunts aren’t to be missed.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/12/2024
We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
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Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24/11/2024
Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts diner was immortalized in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant,” died on Thursday — just a week before Thanksgiving, the holiday during which the story at the center of the song takes place. She was 83.
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Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83
Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.
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Timothy Brown @timothybrown.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A really great piece from @rachelswarns.bsky.social on the new data about the role of White Women as enslavers and slave traders that builds upon the important historiographical correction of historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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White Women Were Active in the American Slave Trade, Statistical Research Shows (Gift Article)
For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A highlight of a busy week for me...Go-go museum chronicling D.C.’s iconic music has soft launch in Anacostia www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Go-go museum chronicling D.C.’s iconic music has soft launch in Anacostia
The opening of the Go-Go Museum in Anacostia marked a special occasion for music that changed the lives of many communities in and around the District.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Go-go museum chronicling D.C.’s iconic music opens in Anacostia www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Go-go museum chronicling D.C.’s iconic music opens in Anacostia
The opening of the Go-Go Museum in Anacostia marked a special occasion for music that changed the lives of many communities in and around the District.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I haven't posted a lot here but for now will post a few of my favorite features from this year. Hopefully you will find some hope in these...An introvert finds his true self as a bingo caller at Ikea www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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An introvert finds his true self as a bingo caller at Ikea
An unlikely Bingo caller and would-be fashion designer builds a community in an Ikea cafeteria.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 05/12/2023
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
Fox News figures made at least 97 claims alleging or speculating that the Niagara crash was an act of terrorism or an attack, with nearly two hours of on-screen text speculating as such. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/man...
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Manufacturing fear: How Fox News invented a terrorist attack and used it to demonize Muslims
Fox News falsely reported last Wednesday that a car accident at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara, New York, was an act of terrorism. Much of the network’s coverage was based on reporting from correspon...
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
I wrote about the depressing AI clown show at Sports Illustrated and the broader campaign by various rich cretins to see just how little everyone else matters. defector.com/scorn-illust...
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Scorn Illustrated | Defector
On Monday, the website Futurism reported that Sports Illustrated has been publishing AI-written stories under the bylines of journalists who do not, strictly speaking, “exist.” The site had create...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/11/2023
Breaking news: The first 13 Israeli hostages have been freed from Hamas captivity Friday as part of the captive exchange deal between Israel and Hamas, officials say. Separately, Hamas also released 12 Thai nationals who were being held hostage. Follow live updates:
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Israel-Gaza war live updates: First hostages released — 13 Israeli, 12 Thai — after pause in fig...
Aid trucks including fuel entered the besieged Palestinian enclave Friday, as photos from southern Gaza showed people out in the streets after weeks of bombardment.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 21/11/2023
Posts pushing false narratives and inaccurate graphic content about the Israel-Hamas war have gone viral on X — but the platform’s only solution for misinformation is proving exceedingly ineffective
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How Musk’s X Is Failing To Stem the Surge of Misinformation About Israel and Gaza
A Bloomberg analysis reveals that X’s Community Notes solution fact-checks information about the war slowly and inconsistently, letting false posts spread fast while global tensions are high.
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 16/11/2023
“What is it about democracy that justifies our faith, especially African Americans’ faith in it?” Melvin Rogers and Neil Roberts discuss the difficulty of keeping faith in a foundationally anti-Black republic.
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Surviving a Wretched State - Boston Review
Melvin Rogers and Neil Roberts discuss the difficulty of keeping faith in a foundationally anti-Black republic.
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Food banks’ demand surges ahead of first Thanksgiving without pandemic aid www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Rick Ross is hiring a flight attendant. We asked real ones about the job. www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2023/...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/11/2023
Special Report: In our latest series examining the role of the AR-15 in American life, The Post published visuals from some of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. Learn more about why The Post pursued this line of work by reading a letter from our top editor:
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Why we are publishing disturbing content from AR-15 mass shootings
Executive Editor Sally Buzbee’s letter explains why The Post took the unusual step of publishing graphic content to illuminate the reality of AR-15 shootings.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
This small Louisiana town of about 226 people runs largely on traffic fines, bringing in over $1 million per year. If you try and fight your ticket, the town mayor – responsible for town finances – is your judge
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This Louisiana Town Runs Largely on Traffic Fines. If You Fight Your Ticket, the Mayor Is Your Judge...
Fenton, population 226, brings in over $1 million per year through its mayor’s court, an unusual justice system in which the mayor can serve as judge even though he’s responsible for town finances...
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nu1wcf.bsky.social @nu1wcf.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
A story I've known for decades and finally got to write: At this century-old Virginia boarding school, a ghost tale is tradition www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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