“We’re not here to steal; we’re here to work,” said Antonio, 48, standing beside his truck in a hard-hit city in Southwest Florida. “This is helping.”
By ⁦Maria Sacchetti⁩ washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Rich kids move to New York. Middle class goes to L.A.

And other interesting data analysis by Big Brain Andrew Van Dam

Such as: Mississippi is the nation’s corporal-punishment capital.

washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

Covid seemed like other people’s problems — until it wasn’t.

MUST READ by Akilah Johnson & D Keating

I go out of my way to defend conservatives and Republicans from unfair attacks. But if we allow people to knowingly spread harmful misinformation those defenses ring hollow. These falsehoods (lies) will hurt disadvantaged communities and could incite attacks on health officials.

The Adderall shortage has become a national punch line, but patients with ADHD want you to know it's no joke and it's disrupting lives.

Paywall free link to my story wapo.st/3SlUQwm

Angela Stepancic, a D.C. educator, recalled putting vials of sperm from a Black donor into her online shopping cart only to get beaten out by a sorority sister she was on the phone with who was faster to check out.

Great story by ⁦Amber Ferguson⁩ washingtonpost.com/business/2022/…

It’s like you see me, ⁦Teddy Amenabar⁩! And I apparently smell like cheese and stinky feet. 😞🦟🦟🦟🧀🦶 washingtonpost.com/wellness/2022/…

A covert network smuggling abortion pills to desperate pregnant people has made the illegal abortions of today simpler and safer than those of the pre-Roe era, remembered for its back alleys and coat hangers.

MUST READ by The Great ⁦Caroline Kitchener⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

In Florida, flesh-eating bacteria follow in Hurricane Ian’s wake

By ⁦FrancesSteadSellers⁩ & ⁦Sabrina Malhi⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…

XBB, BQ.1.1, BA.2.75.2 — a variant swarm could fuel a winter surge

By ⁦carolyn johnson⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…

CDC officials describe intense pressure, job threats from Trump White House

Political infighting contributed to subpar pandemic response, officials tell House committee

By ⁦Dan Diamond⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…

FDA wants to yank pregnancy drug. Firm argues Black women will suffer.

By ⁦Ariana Eunjung Cha⁩ washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…

New Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes herself heard

“I have a seat at the table now,” she said at the Library of Congress event. “And I’m ready to work.”

By ⁦Robert Barnes⁩ & ⁦Ann Marimow⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

People have said Kari Lake is “Donald Trump in heels,” but really, she is Donald Trump with media training and polish.

Ruby Cramer⁩ captures ALL the right details in her profile of the former TV anchor turned GOP gubernatorial candidate washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

The loveliest read, by ⁦Theresa Vargas⁩, of course

How a knock on Neil Armstrong’s door in 1969 is still reverberating washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

MUST READ the latest installment of The Washington Post’s Black Out series about racial discrimination in the coaching ranks of the NFL

To hear these coaches’ stories is to be reminded of the universality of discrimination in the Black experience in America. That inclusion matters not only for the principle but because livelihoods, legacies and dreams are at stake.
By ⁦Dave Sheinin⁩ washingtonpost.com/sports/interac…

Infuriating. And unfortunately, as carolyn johnson points out, an all too common experience for Americans.