Backstory: Amanda Gorman had been struggling to write that poem. Then came the assault on the Capitol. That night she stayed up late and finished, certain of what she wanted to say. https://t.co/usNEYuPMmO
WH schedule for tomorrow has no public events for President Trump.
Instead, there’s this bizarre statement: “President Trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings.”
Extraordinary timing, after the work of generations: One hundred years after the 19th amendment gave (white) women the right to vote, a woman of color has been elected Vice President of the United States.
A neutral observation: arguably, no other news org in the world could invest as much time/resources into Trump tax investigations as @nytimes has. Maybe @washingtonpost@propublica too? 3 reporters; unlimited time. Support investigative journalism as a bulwark of democracy.
In light of the uncertainty and debate about the future of NYC, I'm reposting my favorite essay about the city-- my favorite essay in all of life. @colsonwhitehead wrote it after 9/11 but the trick is that these words get better every year. Especially now. https://t.co/49ouKMTkRP
"The @NYTimes said on Tuesday that it would relocate its Hong Kong-based digital news operation to Seoul, South Korea, a significant shift by an American news organization as China has stepped up its efforts to impede the affairs of the Asian metropolis" https://t.co/FQDWnALZuq
What a quote from WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany: "The president does read...The president is the most informed person on planet Earth when it comes to the threats that we face."
The coronavirus has forced us to suppress our social tendencies. In this unnatural state of isolation, photographers show us the things that bind. https://t.co/Vg8k6J1jY8
Update: A private foundation will match each dollar we raise for the Future Journalist Fund. Help us help get 2020 students over the finish line. No sum is too small. #NewmarkJSchool
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"The novel coronavirus pandemic is a thief. It snatches away the connections that feed passion, contentment, belonging and all the other variations of love."
9 photographers look at the universality of the sense of loneliness we are all feeling:
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