Daniel Wu
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staff writer @washingtonpost, by way of @StanfordDaily 🌲 @seattletimes 🏞 @mercnews 🌉 | @aaja 🇨🇳, he/him
Joined December 2018
Back in @seattletimes for a story that's meant a lot to me — Chinese immigrants in Tacoma were stunned to discover that the city once expelled all of its Chinese residents in 1885. Reckoning with the tragedy helped a small community find their voices.
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In 1885, a mob burned down what had been a bustling Chinatown in Tacoma after marching the Chinese immigrants who lived there out of the city. About a century later, the city wanted to make amends.
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RT @marialuisapaulr: Here’s a story about fear, love and — finally — a little bit of hope. But it’s also a mirror into the human consequenc….
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RT @rachsieg: New: Republicans are increasingly turning to work requirements as part of a wide-ranging effort to slash spending on welfare….
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Plans for a range of welfare programs including food stamps, Medicaid and rental assistance reflect a shifting view of who should receive federal benefits.
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RT @pkcapitol: At a time when my news org & many others are targeting copy editors, a salute to those awesome colleagues who catch our mist….
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RT @marialuisapaulr: In today’s @washingtonpost frontpage: Kilmar Abrego GarcĂa’s wife, Jennifer, moved to a safe house after the governmen….
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RT @marialuisapaulr: “It honestly feels like I just switched rooms on the Titanic.”. “You don’t wake up one day and suddenly there’s no dem….
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RT @DanLamothe: As a hard-news journalist at The Washington Post, there's no shortage of important news to cover. I will keep digging in.….
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RT @DanEggenWPost: Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses. U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to….
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U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
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RT @rachsieg: New: Thousands of homes have been destroyed or damaged in the LA fires, bringing an acute new housing crisis to a city alread….
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With thousands of houses destroyed by fire, one of the most populous cities in the United States must confront the fraught logistics of rebuilding.
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RT @PostGuild: A statement from Post Guild leadership on the Washington Post's decision to not endorse a presidential candidate https://t.c….
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RT @internetarchive: "Why kick the cat?" - @brewsterkahle, speaking to @danswu of @washingtonpost about the attacks against @internetarchiv….
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Hackers struck the Internet Archive, leaking millions of users’s data and causing founder Brewster Kahle to take a sprawling library of online history offline.
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RT @loriara: Some 85 years later, a Chinese family honors the Black couple who rented to them when no one else would -- a lovely story by @….
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The Dong family will donate around $5 million to San Diego State University after selling the California home they first rented from Gus and Emma Thompson.
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RT @mmkelly22: NEW: The firearm recovered at the Trump golf course resembles an SKS-type rifle, @RogueAdventurer told the Post not an AK-47….
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Authorities identified the suspected gunman’s alleged weapon as an AK-47-style rifle, but an expert cautioned that it appeared to instead be an SKS-type rifle.
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RT @TomJackmanWP: Two brothers, Philip and David Walker, charged with assaulting New York Times photographer on Jan. 6 by @danswu
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Philip and David Walker are accused of assaulting Erin Schaff, who wrote about being attacked in the U.S. Capitol during the riot.
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RT @loriara: A great read by @danswu -- Forced to close in China, a beloved bookstore finds a new home — in D.C.
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Jifeng Bookstore, a rare Chinese-language bookshop in Washington, opened six years after it closed in Shanghai amid pressure from Chinese authorities.
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RT @postlocal: Jifeng Bookstore, a rare Chinese-language bookshop in Washington, closed in Shanghai in 2018 amid pressure from Chinese auth….
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Jifeng Bookstore, a rare Chinese-language bookshop in Washington, opened six years after it closed in Shanghai amid pressure from Chinese authorities.
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RT @clairehao_: As of last week, my Hearst fellowship ended, and I’m full-time @HoustonChron as an energy & power grid reporter. When I th….
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RT @pkcapitol: Today we honor folks like Richard “Gunny” Remp, whose Marine service spanned 3 wars. He died last week at 98. But let’s al….
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Richard Remp, a Marine veteran who served in the Vietnam War, received a high school diploma from a Pennsylvania superintendent days before his death.
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