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incoming EIC // outgoing managing editor & senior correspondent // board member, alum // previously at

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    May 10

    I am incredibly excited and grateful for this awesome opportunity. Thank you to everyone who helped get me here!

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    1 hour ago

    Journalism has a problem with source diversity. That's why I am SO proud of this resource. All the experts here are -vetted. You can search by location or field. Use it to tell fuller stories. And end each interview with: "Who else should I talk to?"

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    1 hour ago

    Such an important point. The feedback loop of representative democracy breaks down if government fails to make clear what it's actually doing for the people. I hope Biden admin is listening to this.

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    1 hour ago

    Schumer is on the floor blasting the opposition to the 1/6 bipartisan commission as predicated on a "shameful" desire to protect Trump and the "big lie." "What the Republicans are doing, the House Republicans, is beyond crazy. To be so far under the thumb of Donald J. Trump."

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  5. 59 minutes ago

    a pretty incredible (and long overdue) moment:

    Ms. Viola Fletcher — the oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre (in the green jacket) — tells Congress she turned 107 two weeks ago and this is her first trip to Washington: “I’m here seeking justice, and I’m asking my country to acknowledge what happened on May 31, 1921.”
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    13 hours ago

    A good argument for an impartial commission to look at the causes of the Jan. 6 violence is that it's politically useful for a leading Republican to oppose it.

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    15 hours ago

    As a workaholic in recovery, I can’t endorse this enough:

    People are burned out. Summer is coming. We need to acknowledge the difficulties of the last 15 months and blow off steam and recharge. We also can’t go back to ‘normal’ work life. I humbly propose an (employer facilitated) ‘Summer Slowdown’
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    14 hours ago

    NEW: NY AG’s office tells CNN — “We have informed the Trump Organization that our investigation into the organization is no longer purely civil in nature. We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA.”

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  9. 14 hours ago

    “After the police shooting of Michael Brown in 2015, Palestinian activists offered protesters in Ferguson, Mo., advice on tear-gas protection.” On increasing global solidarity, from street murals to social media posts:

    As Israeli airstrikes pummel Gaza, the reaction from Arab capitals has been muted and protests have been small and scattered. But the pro-Palestinian voices on social media have been loud and clear.
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  10. 14 hours ago

    Good and thoughtful read. “The world hasn’t gone Corbyn; it’s gone illiberal.”

    . writes on the factors have led liberals and newsrooms to become more sympathetic to Palestinian misery, creating a dissonance with the official U.S. stance
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    19 hours ago

    Wrote about why U.S. discourse is growing more sympathetic to the Palestinian plight (and why U.S. policy is not). Among my theories about the former:

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    May 15

    UPDATE: now says it had "no indication" Hamas was in the building, says this is something it "actively checked", and it would never knowingly put its journalists at risk.

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    May 15

    Israel lied and played the media into reporting that ground forces were entering Gaza to trick Hamas

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  14. May 14

    v impressive

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    Footage shows a cat sticking a 'purrfect' landing after jumping from a 5th-floor window of a burning building in Chicago
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    May 14

    “One hundred and twelve Republican offices did not respond to multiple CNN inquires.”

    We asked every member of Congress if they’d received a vaccination. Here’s what they told us: SENATE: 50 of 50 Ds 💉 46 of 50 Rs 💉 HOUSE : 219 of 219 Ds 💉 95 of 212 Rs 💉 *Note: Non-answers don’t mean not vaccinated.* Our full story:
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    May 14

    This is from before was in office. Her obsession w dates back.

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    New: A since-deleted video from 2019 shows MTG harassing 's office through a locked door. Calling her "crazy eyes" and telling her through the office's mailbox slot to "get rid of your diaper" while telling the office to open the door and come out.
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    May 14

    Top 4 members of House Republican leadership (McCarthy, Scalise, Stefanik, Palmer) all voted to overturn 2020 election results after insurrection

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    May 13

    This is incredible. Two refugees were detained by immigration enforcement in Glasgow, Scotland. Neighbors and activists surrounded the van they were detained in until they were released.

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    May 13

    The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines produce robust immune responses in pregnant and lactating women and are likely to provide at least some protection against two dangerous coronavirus variants

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    May 13

    Incessant Israeli air strikes are causing immense trauma & destruction in Gaza, where population is crowded/highly concentrated. access in and out is heavily restricted by Israel—there is no escape. Reporting by :

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  21. May 13

    Co-founder of :

    Jews still talk about the trauma of Jewish people having to fight a war on Yom Kippur. It is unfathomable how many Eids, & entire Ramadans, have been utterly desecrated by Israel's bombs & occupation violence for millions. Too much trauma. Palestinians deserve freedom & safety.
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