Edward Blackwell lives in his tiny thrift store in downtown Phoenix, and was facing eviction just four days ago. After an @abc15 report and some community love, he gets to keep his home and his business.
This was a fun one to write :’) @azcentral https://t.co/xsRC6z6DmN
This is a really thoughtful story by @anthonyjwallace and video by @MeganMarples about the implications of school closures for students and educators in Piñon. Check it out ⬇️
On the Navajo Nation, @NNPrezNez has urged schools to stay online until 2021. @PinonUnifiedSD4 lost staff and parents to #COVID19, but it's going to great lengths to reach kids. See this not-to-miss @cronkitenews story by @anthonyjwallace@MeganMarples:
https://t.co/yIg1y9vYiO
Protests over vote counting took place after the 2000 pres. election but about the recount, not the initial one per law professor Ben McJunkin. But he said this time, “There are some pretty explicit claims of fraud that are being made without any sort of supporting information.”
Kudos to @AllisonNBarton + @MeganMarples. They did an excellent job putting the vote counting story into perspective. Read it here: https://t.co/QLbmbVdrsj
Riding the wave: Arizona went from red to blue in an #ElectionDay race that saw voters choose a Democrat for president for just the second time since 1952. @cronkitenews reporters @AllisonNBarton@anthonyjwallace break it down: https://t.co/tV0a4MqSTv
@realDonaldTrump has brought up “super-predator” rhetoric to criticize @JoeBiden many times. Over summer for @News21 I wrote about the history of this rhetoric and how it lives on today.
https://t.co/6pllrD72gT
Today is the last day to register to vote in AZ & outreach groups have spared no expense in growing that number across the state, even if that means sending a handwritten letter or a match on Tinder to start the convo with young progressives @cronkitenews https://t.co/gY04NZx5m7
This quote really struck me in a powerful piece about unhoused seniors written by @ByFernandaS: “It’s one thing to lose a year or be stymied for a year when you’re 20, 21,” he told me. “It’s a different thing when you’re 61. It seems to me like everything in my life is frozen.”
I spent the summer learning about what it’s like to be an older American experiencing homelessness for the first time during the pandemic for a story for @NYTMag. Here is what I found out: https://t.co/Olcslt7gY6
At Thursday’s vigil in Phoenix, a famous quote of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer – “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired” – seemed to resonate in many speeches given by attendees. By @AllisonNBarton@Martillaronews @faith_crombie. https://t.co/A98W4ABM9O
Some 100 people gathered at Phoenix City Hall’s plaza for a candlelight vigil organized by @WERisingProject Thursday night to honor the lives of Breonna Taylor, Dion Johnson and “every Brown and Black soul lost to senseless police violence.” 1/3
I am a proud first generation Egyptian-American Muslim woman. I am also a proud journalist. I will not let anyone invalidate my lived experience, my pain and everything I have fought for and will continue to fight for.
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Take a 5 min break from the screen, grab your coffee, close your eyes and let @ra_winder and @ZoellnerAlexa fill you in on whats happening in AZ for #CN2Go & @cronkitenews
😎☕️ https://t.co/vHAxFUtVwj
The 6 month mark in any sustained crisis is always difficult. We have all adjusted to this "new normal", but might now feel like we're running out of steam. Yet, at best, we are only 1/3 the way through this marathon. How can we keep going? THREAD /x