.@RadioFreeAsia fights fake news. So why does @DOGE want to kill it?
My latest, in @dcexaminer ⤵️
“Last Friday, RFA received notice that its annual federal grant had been terminated. Even a short interruption in its operations could spell disaster because of the sensitive nature of Radio Free Asia’s work in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), one of the most closed media environments in the world. Decades of carefully cultivated sources could evaporate overnight, and rebuilding these networks could take years. The CCP knows this all too well — that’s why it’s openly celebrating RFA’s potential demise.”
Today RFA celebrates the release of Alsu Kurmasheva, an American journalist with our sister network @RFERL who was unjustly detained in a Russian prison.
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With 2024 a critical election year, authoritarian countries are working to sow chaos and distrust in the democratic process. On Feb. 27, @RFA's Min Mitchell joins @GMFUS and @RFERL to discuss countering malign influence in the information space.
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When Bshara Nassar first visited D.C. in 2011, “I felt lost because I couldn’t find a place where Palestinian and Palestinian American stories are told.” The Jerusalem native opened the Museum of the Palestinian People on 18th Street Northwest in 2019. https://t.co/5XgIiUe80h
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Thanks @acamilabailey and @wcp for lifting up the story of aspiring DC social worker Fellonte Misher. DC’s Clean Hands law unjustly automatically locks out people from occupational and small biz licenses as punishment for owing DC >$100. Reform is needed.
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Adams Morgan annual Apple Pie Contest winner for 2023 Anna Brunner (L) of Logan Circle poses with Adams Morgan BID ExDir Kristen Barden after judges (including me) sampled 16 pies for taste and appearance. Congratulations Anna! @wcp
Education requirements for D.C.’s early childhood caregivers introduced in 2016 are set to begin this year, reports @acamilabailey@WCP. But within the already strained workforce, some educators are still holding out. https://t.co/l5ARMl8woJ
“There’s been this huge ramp up of parties,” Gonzalez agrees, “which I love, because we can’t support every pocket of our community without throwing a big umbrella out there.”
@acamilabailey on the resurgence of queer nightlife in DC #Queer#Pride
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Our Best of D.C. voting party is just nine days away! Join City Paper editorial team and friends at metrobar in Edgewood for a celebration of the best D.C. has to offer. The party is free, but registration is required. Details are at the link. https://t.co/BGfu4aQLIH
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City Paper staff photographer Darrow Montgomery's latest Page Three photo is here. Check out his full column at the link.
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The report also got me extra hyped about @brookepintodc’s Public Restroom Act of 2023. SO many reasons to increase public restrooms and accessibility. D.C. summer is coming in HOT and you’re about to have the city chugging water for dear life 🥵
Wells’ research shines a light on shady treatment of a vulnerable population of laborers—both because of the way the instant delivery business model is set up, and because the employees are majority people of a color with a significant portion of them undocumented immigrants.