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BIG news: Henrietta Lacks’ family reaches historic settlement, wins compensation for her stolen cells.
Her cells, capable of regenerating outside the body, helped develop polio and COVID-19 vaccines, and the world’s most common fertility treatment.
It’s 2019. My jeans from high school strangely fit me again (but better). I’m eating fruit and drinking water at every meal. I’m running 4x a week. My skin is glowing, my least favorite ex is prematurely balding before 30. All is well as we enter 25.
A new D.C. exhibit is elevating Ella Baker and other Black feminists to "their rightful place in our collective psyches," tracing their journey through the city of Washington.
A look at "We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC," by
@iamalexispaige
:
This is the journalism I want/need today.
@washingtonpost
sought out rappers, producers and on-air hosts to share 50 hip-hop songs they love.
👇🏾 Take our quiz to guess what other songs they love!
I’ll say this:
@TooShort
knows a HIT when he hears one 🤪
Big big PSA: anyone interested in covering politics, opportunities at
@washingtonpost
(we’re hiring for lotssss of jobs 👀), student journalists, etc please find me! Happy to talk and help make intros to our WaPo team here — that’s what NABJ fam does.
#NABJNAHJ22
🚨PSA: The biggest media story of the year is unfolding *right now* in a Delaware courtroom, away from TV cameras.
Get daily insights and explosive moments on the Dominion v. Fox trial delivered to you in this *free* newsletter w/
@sarahellison
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In some University of Wisconsin precincts, turnout for the 2023 judicial election was near last November’s midterms. Democrats exceeded the vote share from the 2022 gubernatorial race, contributing to Protasiewicz’s victory.
#scowi
(Graphic:
@KevinUhrm
)
Anderson Clayton, 25, the new chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party (and youngest state Dem chair in the country), hopes to show that it's people like her — young, from rural parts of the state — who are key to flipping N.C. blue.
By
@sabrod123
EXCLUSIVE: Democrats want Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from future cases involving the Jan. 6 attack or efforts to overturn the 2020 election, along with a "written explanation for his failure" to do so.
@JaxAlemany
@theodoricmeyer
@tobiaraji
The
@OversightDems
committee has asked members of the boards of directors of ExxonMobil, BP, Chevron and Shell Oil to testify before Congress next month about their companies' commitment to curbing climate change.
@maxinejoselow
w/
@EllerbeckAlex
Saying ‘good morning’ or ‘have a good night’ to the security guards, maintenance folks, parking attendants, etc doing their jobs to help us do ours — you know, bare minimum social decorum 🙄
thinking about all the white women who spent their summer “reading, listening, and learning” and posted their little black squares on Instagram and then decided they actually still love racism and sexism 🧾
Working from a coffee shop and I am pretty sure I am witnessing a "coming to you as woman" conversation happening in front of me. Will report back shortly.
Let me remind y’all that a 2.89 on a +/- scale is between an 83 and 86 in percentage (roughly a B- or B). Some of you could not earn that in your time as student, let alone as a student athlete.
Congrats to
@TexasFootball
, seriously.
Sad that my alma mater (with a fight song born at a minstrel show, with one of the last football teams to desegregate, in a state with over 100 incidents of police shooting unarmed Black people) thought they were doing good with this tone-deaf “colorblind/all lives” rhetorical BS
TODAY! 🎉 Join me for a conversation with New York Attorney General Letitia James on achieving gender and racial equity within the justice system.
#19thRepresents
📆 Friday, May 19th at 1PM CT
Register here to watch:
🚨 What happens next if Trump is indicted? Could a potential TikTok ban sting the Gen Z electorate, which with millennials will become the largest share of voters in 2024?
📲
@dylanewells
and I will answer your politics questions TODAY at 12pm ET. 👇🏾
.
@washingtonpost
’s NextGen Politics team is laser-focused on the needs of young, diverse audiences.
@dylanewells
+
@cdechalus
are always reporting what you need to know — we’re also reporting (and brilliantly producing
@jillianbanner
) what’s useful, interesting, or fun, too. 👇🏾
On Veterans Day, former president Donald Trump vowed to “root out” his political opponents, describing them as "vermin" who pose a domestic threat.
Historians warn his rhetoric is reminiscent of dictators like Hitler and Mussolini.
By
@marianne_levine
@alextoussaint25
Ok I hear that but I would have a blast:
• Every Little Step
• Children’s Story
• Candy
• Forget Me Nots
• Encore for the outro?
This is could be “the cookout” ride
Some man offered to buy me an Hermés bag yesterday simply because it went with my outfit but of course I’m over here being respectable and unbought. Yeah Brianna, that will teach him.
A group called the Congressional Workers Union has formally announced its intent to unionize “the personal offices and committees of Congress." Here's how they could do it.
via
@tobiaraji
@theodoricmeyer
@JaxAlemany
The
@OfficialCBC
released 10 ‘must do’ policies for first 100 days should Democrats gain control of the House and Senate -- criminal justice reform, decriminalizing marijuana, educational equity, and more. CC:
@RepRichmond
HAPPENING NOW:
@sabrod123
and I are answering your politics questions!
From the elaborate youth organizing effort in Wisconsin's Supreme Court race to Chicago's win to host the 2024 DNC convention, there's a lot to discuss. Send your question in now!:
OKAY SO... appears that X, or formerly Twitter, has removed the headline and previews of articles on the mobile app — i.e. clicking a photo will take you straight to whatever that link is, and those could either be legitimates, clickbait, spammy, or out of context.
🚨Calling all
#GenZ
and
#millennials
!
What's one issue you want political candidates to be talking about in 2024? 🔥
Send us a selfie-style 10-15 sec. video on what issue you care about the most when deciding how to vote. Full instructions here:
Celebrating my grandpa’s 99th birthday today and apparently someone overheard us while waiting and paid ahead for his meal. There are truly some kind people in this world. ❤️
(and the staff at
@IHOP
at the Inner Harbor were incredibly sweet!)
*~ re: “personal news” 🎉~*
So excited to join the
@supermajority
team and build the collective power of women of all backgrounds, races, and generations.
#MajorityRules
President Biden is weighing declaring a national climate emergency as his climate agenda falters in Congress. And there's already a variety of emergency authorities that Democratic senators and allies want Biden to consider:
@dino_grandoni
@vanessamontzz
We talked to Michigan secretary of state
@JocelynBenson
about the Republicans running for secretary of state with Trump's backing, what she's reading and what it might take for the Senate to pass voting legislation.
@theodoricmeyer
@JaxAlemany
@tobiaraji
👀❓Have a politics question? Ask a politics editor!
🗓️: Tuesday, April 18th @ 12-1pm ET!
Congressional reporter
@cdechalus
will join and with Congress back in Washington, there’s a lot on the agenda!
#politics
#campaign2024
#congress
📱NEW: After President Biden announced his 2024 bid, the Republican National Committee countered with a video of its own — built entirely from
#AI
imagery.
Congressional reporter
@cdechalus
spoke with an AI expert on the risks in political messaging.
“Buttigieg was a Rhodes Scholar, Mayor of a small city... he’s basically a white, gay version of Cory Booker” -
@DrJasonJohnson
where is your chill today?! 🤣
@amjoyshow
🚨 TODAY @ 12p ET: Join the
@washingtonpost
Campaign 2024 Live Chat!
📲 We'll answer your questions about politics, 2024, and share the inside scoop from our reporters on the campaign trail.
✨
@KnowlesHannah
joins our first Q&A — drop your questions!👇🏾
Btw I do get anxiety filming myself, but I decide not to care if I look silly or “if it’s cringe.” You can decide! Nobody ever died of silliness/cringe. Most people will love it. Some ignore it. It takes confidence to put yourself out there so create/post, and clap for yourself.
I read Colin Powell's autobiography "My American Journey" three or four times in high school. His earnestness and dedication to public service captivated me. He seemed larger-than-life to us kids who grew up in military families in the late '90s/early '00s. (1/3)
Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black people killed by police will attend President Biden’s
#SOTU
address as guests of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has ramped up a push for police reform since Tyre Nichols’s killing.
By
@MerylKornfield
Another
#NABJ24
in the books!
From the newsy start and interview of the Republican nominee, to overflowing panels and industry discussions, NABJ is a long-awaited homecoming and restorative week for Black journalists — I’m glad to have been part of it once again.
🚨 TODAY @ 12pm ET: Join the
@washingtonpost
Campaign 2024 Live Chat!
📲 We'll answer your questions about politics, 2024, and share the inside scoop from reporters on the campaign trail.
✨
@michaelscherer
joins this Q&A — get your questions in early!👇🏾
🚨 TOMORROW: National correspondent
@mbrownsir
and I will answer your questions around politics and 2024 @ 12pm ET.
And it's a busy one — from Trump's arraignment to WI's state Supreme Court race and Chicago's mayoral election. Send your questions early:
🚨 some personal news:
After an amazing + wild year with
@tiffanydcross
and
@thebeatdc
, I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be starting a new adventure in DC next month!
To the readers/supporters — thank you. This platform is so special and I’m proud to have been a part of it✨
Two gifts came in the mail this week:
1. some
@supermajority
swag (feeling extra official now)
2. my D.C. voter card (now I’m a RESIDENT resident, okay!?)
#Election2020
Just realized this week marks my 6 month work anniversary at
@washingtonpost
. 🥳 Thankful for such a great team and of course to our 202 readers, for trusting us with the news you need/letting us slide in your inbox every morning M-F.
(I’m celebrating with 6 naps this weekend)
🗓️ March 14th @ 12p ET: The Campaign 2024 live chat is back with
@michaelscherer
!
Do Dem voters want Biden to run again? Does Marianne Williamson have a shot at the presidency? What does “woke” even mean (and where did it come from)? Send your Q's early:
We asked
@SenJeffMerkley
, a self-proclaimed “chief filibuster antagonist,” about his frustrations with the 60-vote threshold, his apparent lack of Republican friends and whether he'll ever run for president.
via
@jaxalemany
@theodoricmeyer
@tobiaraji