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nickcharles61

@nickcharles61

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Former Chief Culture Editor @npr

New York State
Joined September 2008
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@davidhogg111
David Hogg 🟧
2 years
As I was preparing my remarks for tonight’s national vigil for victims of gun violence I got several texts about the latest shooting, this time in Las Vegas. I look forward to the day I can write a speech about gun violence as history and not a headline.
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@AmiDar
Ami Dar
2 years
I am an Israeli Jew. This is probably the worst week of my life. And yet today of all days it bears repeating: the only way to end this cycle is by working for freedom and dignity for all. For all. On all sides, our blood is the same color and our tears taste the same.
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@hen31_tara
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2 years
@MarkJacob16 @mame6432 I don’t know why people believe Kristen Welker is going to be any better or different from Chuck Todd. She was a big pusher of #butheremails and, in addition to Dana Bash, was one of the reporters dined by Team Trump at a steakhouse in Milwaukee. She’s a MAGA.
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@atrustedfuture
TRUSTED FUTURE
2 years
đŸ§”:Check out our panel discussion titled “All in: Building an Inclusive Digital Ecosystem” that TF hosted last week. As diversity, inclusion, and accessibility continue to be vital, our panel moderated by @nickcharles61 discussed ways to improve equity in technology.
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@EdgeofSports
Dave Zirin
2 years
Fifty years today, hell was unleashed on the working people of Chile. Nixon and Kissinger couldn’t abide a democratically elected socialist president so Chile’s peaceful road met with a brutal response. Chilean author Ariel Dorfman is your read of the day.
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thenation.com
Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies.
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@jemelehill
Jemele Hill
3 years
My favorite story of the Women’s World Cup is these women succeeding in spite of the lack of resources they have. Their country needs to get behind them financially. The success of women in sports is often undermined by lack of investment.
@FOS
Front Office Sports
3 years
Jamaica had to launch a GoFundMe to help pay for their trip to the Women’s World Cup. They just knocked out Brazil — and are headed to the Round of 16 for the first time in the nation’s history. https://t.co/IdKwlFXt1s
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@keithboykin
Keith Boykin
3 years
So, the federal government can’t communicate to social media companies because that somehow violates the free speech clause of the Fist Amendment, but the government in Florida can actually fire teachers if they mention the word “gay” and that’s cool with the First Amendment?
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@SuffernBoysBask
Scott Wright
3 years
4 on 4 Tournament Champions! Junior Division *Eamon Nordsvan *Elan Charles *SeanNordsvan *Aric Little *Pearson Stevenson
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@JamilSmith
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3 years
Affirmative action doesn’t use racial quotas. It most certainly doesn’t help only black and brown folks. It isn’t keeping Asian applicants out of colleges. Most universities don’t even use it. More in this explainer from @TeresaWatanabe and @howardblume.
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latimes.com
Debate leading up to the Supreme Court's decision has stirred up plenty of misconceptions. We break down the myths and explain the reality.
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@thenation
The Nation
3 years
"There is a boldness to black pregnancy, an insolence to it. it disrespects the order of things. The frank audacity—to publicly parade the intention to continue to exist within a nation that has monetized your disappearance—is itself [an] act of defiance." https://t.co/UwgZFLu3tK
thenation.com
Alienating Black women from our bodies is a strategy for domination. Yet we continue to rise and resist.
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@Deggans
Switching Codes with Eric Deggans
3 years
This is a basic misunderstanding of what journalism is. It is absolutely our job to discern what is accurate and what is not. It’s like saying a plumber’s job isn’t to find water leaks.
@ZeeStrong60
Zee Strong
3 years
@Deggans It's not their job to decide what is true it's up to the viewers it's their job to present news in an Unbiased manner and let We The People decide this is straight up censorship
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@katiehyson23
Katie Hyson
3 years
Journo students — you could spend an hour trawling the internet for story ideas. Or you could spend that same hour talking with a community member and leave with 5+ banger story ideas that no one else has and a new source for life. Try it. Trust me.
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@TishJames
Tish James
3 years
This is a huge victory for voting rights and democracy. Every voter in our country deserves to have their voice heard without being discriminated against because of the color of their skin. https://t.co/6AhVydi3BS
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abcnews.go.com
Black voters had challenged the redrawing of the election maps.
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@BarclayCard18
Scott Barclay
3 years
I think we have to be willing to risk falling apart for the things we love sometimes and Gael Monfils really fucking loves tennis.
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@mehdirhasan
Mehdi Hasan
3 years
Dear media reporters: please don’t do with Tucker stories today what a lot of political reporters did with Trump stories in the past. Don’t call his statements ‘provocative’ etc. Call them racist. Call them bigoted. Call them what they *actually* were. Don’t sanitize them please.
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@DrLisaBThompson
Dr. Lisa B. Thompson
3 years
7 years ago I wrote this piece with a broken heart. The Prince and the Black Girl by Lisa B. Thompson https://t.co/m6E5cHBRIO
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@WordInBlack
Word In Black
3 years
"When you arrest a woman
you got her, her three kids, her grandma, an aunt — everybody’s incarcerated when a woman goes to prison. So, the impact is huge, and we never seem to talk about that." https://t.co/dkAAdnXrmC
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wordinblack.com
A report shows a 525% increase in women’s imprisonment in America between 1980 and 2021, with the vast majority being Black women.
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