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NPR host Adrian Ma's girlfriend, Kiah Duggins, was aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River. He spoke to NPR about that night and about his late girlfriend.

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

Powerful video by Macklemore: youtu.be/sn9EKC9nqU4

NEWS A top US Treasury official is leaving after Elon Musk’s DOGE repeatedly pressured him and his colleagues to grant access to the US Treasury’s sensitive payment system. This is the system used to disburse trillions of dollars in federal government spending. Full Story: bit.ly/3CJaekC

Important essay… www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...

“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post” — Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...

I think everyone should get to know the west African term “wahala”. It generally means “chaos”, “confusion”, or “drama”. A clusterfuck. I’ve been on a mission for years to use it more regularly in my work. Because—- *gestures at everything* See wahala?!???

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

FACT: The United States is the only developed country in the world without universal health coverage for all of its citizens - and that's absolutely shameful, especially for the most wealthy nation on the planet. #HealthCareForAll

Since 2021, civil rights groups have been asking President Biden to commute the sentences of those on federal death row. In the last 50 days of this administration Biden must #cleartherow. civilrights.org/2021/02/09/m...

Biden made the right decision. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/u...