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It’s my first week as a GA reporter
@TexasTribune
!
I’m moving to Austin from DC in July, and I’ll cover climate come January.
Texas folks, please add me to your press lists and say hi. And send me all your Austin recs! 📧 kayla.guo
@texastribune
.org
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Over 100 congressional staff now holding a vigil on the House steps for the lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war and calling for a cease-fire.
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From his hospital bed,
@RepAlGreen
told me he planned to Uber to the Capitol to vote against the Mayorkas impeachment — that it was a personal vote, and he didn't think it'd be the kill shot.
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I have no words… my story is leading the NYT’s print paper today!
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Today was the last day of my fellowship
@nytimes
.
It has been a wild, challenging and immensely rewarding year covering Congress. I learned from the very best, and I worked on some of the biggest stories out of Washington.
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Amid a skyrocketing civilian death toll in Gaza, hundreds of Democratic staffers on the Hill are breaking with their bosses and publicly calling for a cease-fire and the release of all hostages:
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Just had my first day
@newsobserver
! Really excited to get to know Raleigh and to bring you stories from all over Wake, Durham and Orange counties this summer.
Share tips and food/drink/activity recs via DM or email me at kguo
@newsobserver
.com! 🗞💃🏻
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.
@SecretaryPete
will slam big corporate transportation players tomorrow in his first appearance before Congress since the East Palestine derailment, according to his prepared testimony.
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now I may rest easy
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Democrats heckling Biden-district Republicans: “Bye-bye!” a few call out to Lawler and Molinaro of New York after they vote for the very conservative Mike Johnson
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Reporter asks
@rep_stevewomack
“what about Speaker Womack?”
“I'm not even sure I know you, but what did I do to make you mad?” he replies.
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RI State Representative-elect
@DavidMoralesRI
is the youngest Latino legislator in any state legislature in the country and a force for progressive causes in RI.
Read more about him in this profile
@the_herald
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walked to four different stores to find a copy (CVS in Dupont carries newspapers, Starbucks, Kramers and 7/11 apparently do not!)
I have no words… my story is leading the NYT’s print paper today!
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After Republicans on the Hill flamed
@SecretaryPete
’s East Palestine response for weeks, some — with a few notable exceptions — are in no rush to mount a legislative response on rail safety.
Stay tuned for more on derailment politics. w/
@TSnyderDC
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👀 on the
@nytimes
home page: My piece today on how Congressional Republicans are attacking the plea deal reached between Hunter Biden and the Justice Department, casting it as evidence of a corrupt administration.
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DoJ found that Brown denied readmission to students who met all requirements to return and despite what their treatment providers concluded. As part of settlement, Brown must now report any denials and pay $684k as compensation.
DoJ reaches settlement with Brown University after DoJ found school was denying readmission to dozens of students who took a leave of absence for mental health reasons. Brown agrees to revise practices any pay $684K to those wrongly blocked from returning
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So excited to be here. I just stood feet from secretary pete!!! 😄
A huge welcome to POLITICO for intern
@kaylaguo_
, who picked a hell of a good day to start on my team. Thrown right into the fray, she's already come up with crucial adds to our coverage. Keep an eye on this one.
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Wow: 19 (!!)
@BrownUniversity
students are hunger striking to demand Brown divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine.”
In 1986, students refused to eat in protest of a partial divestment policy re: South African apartheid.
BREAKING: 19 students announced an indefinite hunger strike for a divestment proposal ahead of the Brown Corporation's February meeting. The announcement came at a Main Green rally attended by hundreds.
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Green denied timing his entrance to trick Republicans. He assumed that the vote would be tight but that Republicans would prevail.
“Under the Pelosi school of politics, you don’t bring it to the floor if you’re not going to pass it,” he said.
From his hospital bed,
@RepAlGreen
told me he planned to Uber to the Capitol to vote against the Mayorkas impeachment — that it was a personal vote, and he didn't think it'd be the kill shot.
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Kevin Cramer on who he’ll support as leader:
“I would not give away that decision in an impulse, because I want to get all the free dinners out of people named John I can get,” he says, mostly joking but not really
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Told there were over 10,000 carnations laid out — one to represent each civilian life estimated to have been lost and meant to include both Israelis and Palestinians
Over 100 congressional staff now holding a vigil on the House steps for the lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war and calling for a cease-fire.
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COVID development
@BrownUniversity
in light of Delta concerns:
Brown just reinstated an indoor masking mandate and upped testing frequency for vaxxed individuals to once a week, and to twice a week for those unvaxxed.
The campus vaccination rate stands at >91%.
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Ending my internship
@politico
with this last story: Women are more likely than men to be killed or seriously injured in car crashes.
The Biden admin wants to speed up work to reduce that discrepancy, but so far lawmakers + advocates say it’s not enough.
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Bomb threats on campus at Brown, following threats at Yale, Cornell and Columbia. Stay tuned
@the_herald
.
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my grandparents who have barely left the house in almost a year finally got their first doses of the vaccine!!!!
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Yesterday was my last day as a metro intern
@newsobserver
.
I’m so grateful to this newsroom and the Triangle for taking me in as one of their own and trusting me to jump in like a real local reporter.
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A new
@the_herald
policy I'm eager to share:
Upon receiving requests from trans or nonbinary folks to replace their deadname and/or change their pronouns featured in past work on our website, The Herald will make the gender-affirming changes online.
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He’ll argue industry has put profits and consolidation over safety and workers — and though he doesn’t name names, it’s a critique he and Dem lawmakers have leveled against freight rail since East Palestine.
His full remarks:
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considering House votes being scheduled at 9pm on my birthday for the one bill I’m responsible for following right now a personal birthday wish from Kevin McCarthy
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Cava rolling into the House Dem caucus meeting — a second breakfast
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So excited to share that I’ll be interning as a metro reporter
@newsobserver
this summer under the tutelage of
@thadogburn
.
So grateful for
@jessicabanov
for her guidance, support and kindness over the past several months. Can’t wait to get started 😇
I'm excited to announce our 2022 intern class. They're so talented and will bring so much to
@newsobserver
this summer.
Meet
@ilana_arougheti
@kaylaguo_
@kyle_ingram11
@K_Williamsmedia
&
@akatsmedia
.
@by_chiungwei
is with us as a
@aaasmassmedia
fellow.
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There were eight (!) former DOT secretaries at today’s event naming USDOT HQ after former Secretaries Coleman and Mineta. + a Baltimore school choir,
@RepPeterDeFazio
and a thrilled
@SenatorWicker
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Framing the upcoming vote as a make-or-break moral choice akin to Congress’s votes to authorize and fund the Iraq war, progressive leaders in the House are working to muster a sizable bloc of Democratic opposition to the Israel aid measure.
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My package on the splintering of the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ issues is out today
@newsobserver
.
This story took me back to Sunday church (it’s been years!) and deep into the weeds of church bureaucracy.
Check it out:
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I’m beyond excited/nervous/honored to succeed
@colleen_cronin
as EIC and President of
@the_herald
next year, alongside the best team I could ever ask for.
Thank you, 130, for your constant leadership and friendship. I hope we’ll make you proud. ❤️
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My first
@politico
main site story!
On his tour of the Hill,
@elonmusk
met with top WH officials on how billions invested in EVs via the infra bill + IRA can “advance EVs and the increase of electrification,”
@PressSec
said.
With
@rebeccamkern
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Some
@the_herald
news: We'll be publishing online every day this summer term — an unprecedented editorial decision in our history, made so that we can continue to serve as a current and accurate source of news throughout Brown's first-ever summer semester.
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My first byline
@newsobserver
!
Calling all bargain hunters, antique collectors, treasure seekers, etc. — here’s what you need to know about NC’s 100-mile-long yard sale.
There are yard sales and then there are REALLY REALLY BIG yard sales. This is one of the biggest, as
@kaylaguo_
reports.
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In-person dining is back
@BrownUniversity
!
The Ratty opened for in-person dining today for the first time since COVID shut campus down. Look out for a story
@the_herald
on first-years' first communal dining experiences :')
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With gyms left out of
@NYGovCuomo
's New York State
#COVID19
reopening plan, some local fitness studios, adapting to the uncertainty, have resumed offering workouts—now, in their parking lots.
My latest for
@longislandpatch
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I’m looking for my next step — I’d love to continue covering government and politics, in Washington or elsewhere.
Have a lead? Please reach out! 📧 kaylaqguo
@gmail
.com
And you can read more of my work here:
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BREAKING:
@BrownUniversity
will return to campus in a tri-semester model for the upcoming 2020-21 academic year. Undergraduates will enroll in two out of the three terms, as per Healthy Brown academic calendar website: . Full story to come
@the_herald
.
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Zelensky arrives at the Capitol and heads into an all-senators meeting
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just watched those Capitol Police get into formation to photo bomb this pic. it’s a beautiful day
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A surprise box of warm cookies arrived outside 88 Benevolent on our first night of print production 🥺
Much love @ 130 ❤️
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Nice Lil Rhody moment:
@Rep_Magaziner
holding the Bible as
@gabeamo
is sworn into Congress. Standing ovation across the aisle
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Janet Yellen, Biden’s pick for Treasury secretary per
@WSJ
, is a
@BrownUniversity
alum and former
@the_herald
business staffer.
Yellen graduated summa cum laude from Brown in 1967.
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary, people familiar with the matter said. The former Fed chair would be the first woman to hold the job.
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He’ll be on the Hill to defend
@USDOT
’s $145 billion budget request, but he’s almost sure to face questions too about rail and aviation safety, and his department’s responses to the East Palestine derailment and a spike in aviation near misses.
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Today’s paper is
@the_herald
’s last of the year. It’s also 131’s final paper — feels both surreal and bittersweet.
Check out the stories we have out today — notably, our fall poll results which are captured in fun interactive graphics on our website.
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“There can be no healing of the divisions in our country without justice for the man most responsible for this horrific insurrection. The president must be held accountable.”
@davidcicilline
’83 in this op-ed:
In Opinion
"With each day, Mr. Trump grows more and more desperate. We should not allow him to menace the security of our country for a second longer," writes David Cicilline, one of the authors of the impeachment article against President Trump.
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Protestors in the Capitol Rotunda calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and opposing new border policy being negotiated in the Senate. Protester laid out children’s shoes to signify the thousands of children killed in Gaza.
USCP making arrests
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A heart-warming story I covered for
@newsobserver
:
Hospital staff and a church community came together to bring a cancer patient's wedding to her when she was too sick to leave the ICU. Read it here:
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Triangle Area! I’ll be on protest coverage tomorrow for
@newsobserver
alongside
@laura_brache
and
@ByAdamWagner
in the wake of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling.
Let me know what we should be looking out for and covering — DM or kguo
@newsobserver
.com.
#ncpol
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I’m at the Out! Raleigh Pride festival in downtown Raleigh today for
@newsobserver
, talking to folks about what
#PRIDE
means to them in light of the overturn of
#RoeVWade
.
Hundreds are here, packing Fayetteville Street, and energy is high despite the heat.
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One final editors’ note for
@the_herald
this Commencement Weekend at Brown.
Forever grateful for this paper and the family I found here — be sure to grab a copy of Commencement Magazine if you’re around campus or check out our stories and senior columns online. 🤎
EDITORS’ NOTE | For The Herald’s 2022 Commencement Magazine, the 131st Editorial Board reflects on the class of 2022’s collective experiences of change and our gratitude for the community and purpose we found at The Herald.
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In the interest of Very Serious Journalism,
@ilana_arougheti
& I embarked on a highly-regimented, dairy-heavy journey to find the Triangle’s best ice cream (and to try it all, because, well, of course).
Check out the results of our food coma-inducing reporting
@newsobserver
:
For
#NationalIceCreamDay
,
@kaylaguo_
&
@ilana_arougheti
went on an epic odyssey to try some of the best ice cream in the Triangle. Here are their findings.
1st Scoop: Ice cream & custard spots. 🍦🍨
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I’m in Baltimore today, covering a community reeling from a mass shooting this weekend that left 2 dead and 28 wounded. Half of those shot were under 18 years old.
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For
@the_herald
's Family Weekend print issue, we took a look at the myths, legends and traditions of College Hill — and the new traditions being built as COVID disrupts the transfer of campus lore to younger classes.
Check out some of the wonderful stories out today:
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Today was
@the_herald
's first day of publication this semester!
Check out the great slate of stories we have out today, and let us know if there are any stories you think we should be covering. Some highlights:
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In case you missed it:
@the_herald
will print three times a week this fall while still publishing on our website daily.
We’re also (finally!) fully opening our new office at 88 Benevolent for in-person production beginning tomorrow.
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Been awake for 23 hours now and ready to nap, but I could not be more excited for/proud of our FIRST PRINT ISSUE of the spring!!!
Brave the cold and grab your copy around campus/Thayer, or if you’re remote, check it out online:
Some highlights:
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On today’s front page
@newsobserver
!
My package on the splintering of the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ issues is out today
@newsobserver
.
This story took me back to Sunday church (it’s been years!) and deep into the weeds of church bureaucracy.
Check it out:
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One year ago today, Brown announced it was suspending classes and evacuating campus due to COVID-19.
@the_herald
’s print issue today looks back on the past 365 days — what’s changed, and how we’re looking forward.
Here’s today’s front page next to spring 2020’s last issue:
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McCarthy, just a few hours after getting ousted from the speakership, telling the press he won’t run for speaker again.
“I may have lost the vote today, but as I walk out of this chamber, I feel fortunate to have served.”
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Ceasefire and immigration protesters staging a die-in in the Cannon rotunda, as Congress considers national security leg with aid to Ukraine and Israel and some lawmakers call for a border crackdown
Most being shepherded out by USCP, who are arresting the die-in protesters
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I had seven A1 bylines (+ 12 A1s I contributed to).
I covered a major bill from committee through enactment (rare!).
And I wrote about topics ranging from progressive anguish over Gaza and the fall of the Ukraine/border bill to tax policy and cannabis legalization.
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Thankful for this job of a lifetime and all the family that came with it. So much love for
@the_herald
❤️
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President
@BrownUniversity
Christina Paxson is slated to testify today before the U.S. Senate HELP Committee on how to reopen college campuses safely in the fall. I will be live tweeting the hearing, entitled "COVID-19: Going Back to College Safely."
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Took a behind-the-scenes look at
@ncartmuseum
last week as it undergoes its first total reinstallation since 2010.
A glimpse of what’s to come:
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The front page of
@the_herald
today. So proud to be part of such an incredible and resilient group of people who have poured their hearts (and most of their free time) into this organization. More to come.
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Thrilled to share the lineup for
@the_herald
’s incoming leadership. I couldn’t be more excited for 132, and I have absolute faith that they’ll continue to set the tone of our news and shape this organization for the best. So, so proud! 🌟
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Brown students! Catch
@the_herald
at the activities fair right now — grab a paper and a Reese’s, and listen to our staffers wax romantic about our amazing community.
No experience needed to join. Come say hi!
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BREAKING: In a reversal from the previous reopening plan,
@BrownUniversity
will now stagger student arrivals in the fall. All classes will be fully online until Oct. 5, at least. Follow
@the_herald
for updates as we learn more.
BREAKING: Brown classes will be fully online until Oct. 5 |
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COVID update:
@BrownUniversity
will reinstate its COVID-19 testing requirement due to Delta concerns after removing fully vaxxed individuals from the program just under a month ago.
All community members must get tested starting August 16 and through September at least.
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Today's inspiring news: Ryan Clifford, a Long Island native, ran 131 miles from the Montauk Lighthouse to the Brooklyn Bridge in under 24 hours to raise more than $6,000 for a local children's foundation.
See the story I wrote about his journey here:
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back home for the week and it is a true luxury to be able to leave only an inch of water left in the brita and come back to find it magically filled 😌
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Like many schools across the country, the Port Washington school district shifted its fall reopening plan to a hybrid model for elementary students just weeks before the first day of school — and parents are outraged.
See my latest for
@longislandpatch
:
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Members of the
@BrownUniversity
community have also started to get vaccinated, including members of Health Services,
@BrownEMSDiv
and
@Brown_DPS
.
Read more about the RI vaccine rollout plan
@the_herald
:
Limited supply of the COVID-19 vaccine in Rhode Island has led state officials to support a three-phase prioritization plan. The state is currently in Phase 1, prioritizing nursing home residents, hospital workers and patients 75 and older.
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In more ice cream news...
@AndiasIceCream
has been crowned the Triangle's favorite ice cream shop.
The family-run shop traces its history back to 1920. Find out more about the philosophy that drives this store and inspires their rose pistachio flavor and super premium ice cream:
It’s a family-owned, small-batch ice cream shop with two locations and a third possible soon.
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Ted Cruz is rebranding — at least for now.
To deliver a major bill, he had to protect it from the sort of bombs he has lobbed proudly throughout his career.
“I will admit that I’ve had a couple of chuckles about it,” Susan Collins said with a smile.
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🚨:
@BrownUniversity
will lease hotel rooms next semester for all students on the housing waitlist who indicate interest in the option.
Brown also expects to provide 3,198 spots for on-campus or Brown-leased housing. As of Nov. 21, the waitlist was at least 526 students long.
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Hill staffers planning a demonstration today as the House votes on the Israel Security Assistance Support Act (which WH has said they’d veto)
📬 From the Inbox:
“Big peaceful staff action TODAY before the vote to force Biden to send more weapons to Israel.
“Meet at the House Steps at 4:10pm. Staff are encouraged to wear a mask and put your Staff ID in your pocket instead of on your belt or clothing.”
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Spent the past couple of hours in the windy cold talking to voters in Lincoln, RI — check out
@projo
for election updates and reporting from me,
@li_goldstein
,
@olivia_c_george
,
@BenGlickman
and so many more!
A big thank-you to the
@BrownUniversity
students of
@TBretonWriter
, who are out around RI today asking questions about the election for
@projo
. They're doing a great job, and we'll be posting some of their work soon.
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The Supreme Court's decision to reject Biden's student loan forgiveness plan essentially kicks the issue to a divided Congress — which is all but certain to get nothing done on it.
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"Progressive Democrats estimated that 40 to 60 members of their party may oppose it on the House floor on Saturday. That would be a striking signal from Congress, where ironclad bipartisan backing for Israel has long been the norm."
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Since arriving on campus, I've found a home and some of my closest friends
@the_herald
.
Please consider supporting this incredible organization, and ensuring we can continue reporting important stories for our community and serving as a home for so many of our staffers.
This
#GivingTuesday
, consider supporting The Herald.
As an independent paper, we rely on donations to continue breaking news, training generations of young journalists and providing staffer financial aid.
Thank you for your engagement and support.
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Second nominee of the day, fourth in three weeks
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Excited to see
@the_herald
(
@olivia_c_george
’s breaking story) featured in national reporting!
See
@anemonanyc
and
@ShawnHubler
’s article here:
As spring semester approaches, college officials say they've learned enough important lessons about managing the pandemic on their campuses that they can welcome back even more students. Not everyone is so confident.
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"AAJA calls on national and local media outlets to prioritize coverage of this ongoing violence against AAPIs, and to empower their journalists to report on these incidents immediately, accurately and comprehensively."
@aaja
condemning anti-Asian racism:
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Pick up your copy of this week's
@the_herald
print paper!
This week's issue is centered around Black History Month and celebrating Black figures and voices at Brown, in Providence, and beyond.
Some incredible highlights:
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