Lajward Zahra

Texan Journalist / English @ Rice

writing fellow @thenation
incoming intern @monthly
formerly @houstonchron

🖋️ in @theprospect @teenvogue @thisisinsider

[Lajward Zahra @LajwardZ]

everybody shut up its gen z's turn for millenial optimism

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so agree!! when I interviewed Gina for @thenation back in september, she said flipping texas would be a “seismic change” for american politics and we're starting to see the aftershocks now

[The Nation @thenation]

“Gina Hinojosa’s election is the most consequential result of this midterm, and the clearest signal yet of where American politics is headed,” writes @StevePtweets. https://t.co/oNBLgYuCpP

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“Gina Hinojosa’s election is the most consequential result of this midterm, and the clearest signal yet of where American politics is headed,” writes @StevePtweets. https://t.co/oNBLgYuCpP

[Lajward Zahra @LajwardZ]

Wrote a dispatch from Houston’s stormy Election Day for @thenation. Read it alongside some amazing postcards from young journalists across the country on how young people experienced a pretty extraordinary Tuesday night!

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StudentNation contributors from coast to coast describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave from their college campuses: https://t.co/EPyWOkH3WM

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@__sunflxwer tyyyy

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so so soooooo excited to be learning from the ProPublicans alongside this amazing group of journalists this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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New: ProPublica has selected five students for its 2026 class of Emerging Reporters. These student journalists will receive stipends and mentorship from ProPublica’s staff. https://t.co/PH0WVB15nA

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@bysoniarao thanks!!

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@peterrothberg thanks so much Peter!

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was flipping back through the texas gop’s 2026 convention programs and the concept of this page from june already being a historical artifact

[Evan @evan7257]

When Republicans scheduled their 2028 RNC convention in Houston, did they imagine it would be in a blue state?

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Gen Z voters were an indispensable part of the coalition that produced a blue tsunami yesterday. Read dispatches from college campuses around the country and abroad during an exciting election night: https://t.co/EPyWOkH3WM

[The Nation @thenation]

StudentNation contributors from coast to coast describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave from their college campuses: https://t.co/EPyWOkH3WM

[The Nation @thenation]

Back in September, StudentNation fellow @LajwardZ talked to now Texas governor-elect @GinaHinojosaTX about what it would take to flip Texas blue. https://t.co/SpWanipIN6

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When I sat down with Gina Hinojosa a few weeks ago, after hearing her speak in Houston in August, I asked what was different about Texas Democrats this time. Last night blew past all imaginations. Read our conversation about the national implications of her win in @thenation.

[The Nation @thenation]

Back in September, StudentNation fellow @LajwardZ talked to now Texas governor-elect @GinaHinojosaTX about what it would take to flip Texas blue. https://t.co/SpWanipIN6

[Jack Herrera @jherrerx]

I’m not joking when I say I’m more stunned about this than Talarico. Potential Democratic majorities in both chambers of the statehouse, sending bills to Gov. Gina Hinojosa

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they're replacing 1-10 with highspeed rail

[tyler woodward @tyler02020202]

Everything is blue his pills his hands his jeans

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big night for gina truthers

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@chansonindie lets all work at buzzfeed

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understanding how that obama air made all of them like that

[Lajward Zahra @LajwardZ]

everybody shut up its gen z's turn for millenial optimism

[cindy rivas alfaro @cindygiselles]

don’t think i’ve ever been this politically conscious since 2016