Writer, Editor, Newsletterer. At the other place: @davidbeard. Priors: @washingtonpost @AP @BostonGlobe Fan of peace, love, and understanding.
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Power lines sparked new fires in LA after the Eaton Fire began, radio traffic shows laist.com/npr-news/power-lin…
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If you saw or will see "A Complete Unknown" —and you want to know more about Toshi Seeger—here's something I did on deadline a while back. wapo.st/4aOMvwd
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This is a thorough analysis of the existential threat to German democracy, a threat which is growing quickly and largely unchecked while the country hosts an excellent tournament.
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“People are not terribly anxious to be equal … but they love the idea of being superior.” - James Baldwin, “The Fire Next Time”
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All The Washington Post Has Is Its Credibility…Amen. via @mccrummens
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I wrote that storyline. Everyone said there's no way the Baltimore Orioles and the Maryland Stadium Authority is going to let you film a murder at the tourist jewel that is Camden Yards. Watch and learn, I assured them. Meeting with Orioles and stadium officials goes like this:
"Who gets murdered?"
"A Yankee fan."
"Who kills him?"
"Another Yankee fan."
Sold.
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The hits keep coming: WashPost publisher Lewis reportedly urged UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to erase evidence in “party gate” scandal during covid. Johnson later knighted Lewis.
In terrible news for the battered @washingtonpost, now we know the justice-obstructing “service” its new publisher performed for the UK’s disgraced conservative prime minister. And why he got a knighthood. theguardian.com/media/articl…
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I’ve known I wanted to do this story since last Aug when I met 2 men in Georgia facing eviction from homes they once owned (yes. eviction. not foreclosure. That’s important). I pitched it on my first day at @NPR
Today it hit the airwaves on Morning Edition
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52 years ago today, a security guard noticed something amiss in the Watergate complex.
It would be the first in a series of crimes and coverups that would end up taking down a U.S. president.
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The guard's name was Frank Wills. washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co…
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Another day, another news story: vouchers mostly go to kids already in private school.
The hit to state budgets and to public schools comes because taxpayers are now picking up the tab for choices previously made by the private sector
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Microsoft "uncovered fake social media profiles run by Chinese operatives to destabilize US politics...TikTok said it took down thousands of accounts from 15 covert influence operations. NewsGuard reported 167 Russian disinformation sites fronted" by an ex-Florida deputy sheriff.
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"When the late former Post managing editor Eugene Patterson was publisher of the St. Petersburg Times, he insisted the newspaper report his arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol on the front page."
The Washington Post's publisher pushed his executive editor hard to kill a damning story about him. It wasn't the first time - he did the same to me.
My piece for NPR
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“When Buzbee said The Post would publish an article anyway, he said her decision represented a lapse in judgment and abruptly ended the conversation.” Lewis was added to the case; Buzbee, to her credit, published the story.
But she was rattled, @BenMullin & @katie_robertson write
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Idris Elba helps uncover the WWII soldiers of color who never got their due apnews.com/article/erased-id…
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I want to express my eternal gratitude to the Washington Post's departing editor in chief, @SallyBuzbee.
While I was sick, she made sure I was taken care of, that I stayed employed and paid, made accommodations while I recovered.
She also read and enjoyed my work, went out of her way to compliment my stories and made sure I felt like an important member of a world-class newsroom. For that, I'll always be grateful Sally. Thank you.
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After 30 years of decline, tuberculosis is rising in the U.S. again. How did we get here? nationalgeographic.com/scien… via @NatGeo
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In 1979.
“A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people.”
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For 2 years, America has enjoyed robust growth with millions of jobs added, real wages rising, and inflation falling, but that's not what Americans believe The @GuardianUS found in a survey.
Almost 60% believe we are in a recession, which is crazy, fact-free nonsense.
