🚨 STATEMENT: @AAJA and Military Veterans in Journalism (@MVJNetwork) urge newsrooms to refrain from use of the Japanese word “kamikaze” to describe the self-detonating Iranian-made drones that Russia is using to conduct attacks in Ukraine. /1
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D Keating & I analyzed CDC covid death data from April 2020 through this summer. At the start of the pandemic, Black pple were more than 3x as likely to die of covid as White pple. The disparity vanished at the end of last year, becoming roughly equal. 1/

Three years ago Rachael Bade & I embarked on a book documenting why impeachment failed to oust Trump. At first, many sneered. We weren’t established authors; there were bigger names in that space.

But as Hill reporters, we knew we had the sources to report & tell the story.

HOW WE DID IT: 🧵on how Craig Whitlock, our team at The Post, and I won our two-year #FOIA battle for the release of documents showing that more than 500 retired military personnel were hired by foreign countries including Saudi Arabia, Libya,+ the UAE. twitter.com/washingtonpost…

Fla police arresting confused residents for voter fraud identified by Gov DeSantis's election crimes unit. The piece cites how the state caused'mass confusion' about who can vote.

The woman arrested here was able to register and given a voter card, twice. Then charged.

NEW: Meet the retired US generals who work as high-dollar consultants for the Saudi crown prince - and how the US govt tried to keep it a secret. A 2-year Post investigation by FOIA Nate📄 and me. 1/x
washingtonpost.com/investigations…

elated to welcome frank back into national leadership!! so excited about this board and everything we're going to accomplish.

(also, frank is running the nyc marathon for aaja, and you can still donate to the cause)
fundraisers.hakuapp.com/frank-bi

always read the great Jerry Brewer

Sidney Powell's nonprofit raised more than $16 million in the year after the 2020 election, and spent about half that, new tax filings show. But it's still not clear who is getting most of that money. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

KIESE LAYMON HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO US. YES. YES. YES. LOVE THIS IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022…

“I saw him dying, part of him, knowing he was not going to get the opportunity. That’s a devastating feeling.'

powerful story from Dave Sheinin -- it's the latest installment of Black Out, the Post's series about the dearth of Black coaches in the NFL.

Of 402 'random' jetbridge stops, only three reported drug seizures, according to the lawsuit -- filed by two Black comedians who were searched at the ATL airport

important work here from Gabe Schwartz

So excited to interview Celeste Ng tomorrow on Washington Post Live about her new book, “Our Missing Hearts,” and more! Join us Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 10am ET.
washingtonpost.com/washington-pos…

New: He escaped North Korea, then risked everything to go back for his mom.

The incredible story of a rare triple-defector who escaped North Korea, went back, and escaped again to reunite with his mom.

From me & Min Joo Kim 김민주 w/Julie Yoon & Jean Chung
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/…

Journalism at its finest: thanks to reporting by Jessica Silver-Greenberg 🕵🏻‍♀️ & Katie Thomas, 'one of the country’s largest nonprofit hospital chains, Providence, will refund payments made by more than 700 low-income patients who were wrongly charged.'

nytimes.com/2022/10/04/bus…

We made it into Lyman two days ago for a very short visit, which was just liberated from Russian occupation by Ukraine. Please watch (is graphic): washingtonpost.com/video/world/ru… #ukraine #ukraine russia #lyman #war

Full story: I went to NMIC last week for a friend's change of command ceremony, and in this high-security facility there's a Dolly Parton quote prominently displayed on the wall ... turns out it's there because the Navy initially thought John Quincy Adams had said it?!
Amazing.