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Yaffa Fredrick

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4 years

. @secupp not mincing any words on the results of the Georgia 14th's primary runoff.

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.⁦ @donie ⁩ was one of the very first journalists I met at CNN. He calmed my newbie jitters and showed me kindness I will never forget. Now I can add his bravery to the list of his qualities that I admire and respect.

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If you had told 17 year old me I would get engaged to my best friend while voluntarily partaking in an outdoor activity, I would have dismissed you entirely. I had a plan (college, law school, Capitol Hill) — and neither hiking nor husbands were a part of it. Joke's on me, folks.

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And many thanks to @jaketapper for giving Zoe the send off she deserves. Feeling all the Wellesley feels tonight.

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.⁦ @gaylelemmon ⁩’s beautiful tribute to Alex Trebek made me cry before 7am on a Tuesday: “Alex Trebek gave us something no one else could: normalcy amid anguish and a mental recess amid emotional exhaustion.”

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It's not everyday I get to work with @PatinkinMandy on a political op-ed. It's even rarer that I edit one that begins: "I wasn't always the liberal snowflake Hollywood elitist pinko commie socialist Democrat some of my Twitter commenters tell me I am."

Mandy Patinkin: How I became political – and why you should too | CNN

Mandy Patinkin writes, though the political climate is divisive and exhausting, we must commit to show up and vote in the 2020 presidentia election. It’s the only way we’re going to fall in love with...

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3 years

It’s always a treat to work with @eliehonig , but especially on a piece about the lessons of bigotry for a new generation removed from the horrors of the Holocaust.

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4 years

I asked 10 of the brightest Democratic political minds to answer one question: What should the future of their party look like? Here is what @vanjones , @jrpsaki , @AndrewYang , @jengranholm , @AbdulElSayed and others had to say.

Opinion: It’s time for Democrats to go big | CNN

As delegates prepare for their convention, CNN Opinion asked 10 contributors from across the Democratic spectrum to weigh in on their visions for the future of the party.

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Yaffa Fredrick

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7 months

So damn true. @sarasidnerCNN is a class act and anyone who has ever worked with her can attest to that.

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7 months

Anyone whose life has ever intersected with @SaraSidnerCNN was made better because of it. It is surprising to no one that she is using her own experience to help save lives. We love you, Sara.

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Every so often, @eliehonig inspires an op-ed headline. This is one of those op-eds.

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.⁦ @AliceStewartDC ⁩ was the first GOP commentator I produced at @CNN , and when we first met — and I was still nervous about my new role — she said, “Don’t be intimidated by this big media machine. You are far more than a cog in a wheel.” RIP, Alice.

CNN political commentator Alice Stewart dies | CNN Politics

CNN political commentator Alice Stewart, a veteran political advisor who worked on several GOP presidential campaigns, has died. She was 58.

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5 years

Got to edit one of my fav CNN legal analysts @PreetBharara today -- but not about the law.

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6 years

Also a good time to revisit a poem that every Jewish child learns in school.

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5 years

Five months, two trains, six planes and Lord knows how many coffee cups later, my series - “Fractured States of America” - is born. And I’m kicking it off with the first essay.

Welcome to the Fractured States of America

In 2019, there’s only one thing that unites us: just how divided we think we are.

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.⁦ @marcusmabry ⁩ asks the toughest question of them all.

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. @secupp presents one of the few sensical cases I've seen about how to talk about gun control and gun violence.

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4 years

Axl Rose ( @eliehonig ) and Slash (me) got the band back together again to produce this column. Insider traders, beware.

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3 months

Some personal news! Going back to my investigative roots at the @HoustonChron , and I couldn't be more excited.

Yaffa Fredrick named senior director of investigations

Fredrick will oversee the Houston Chronicle’s local and statewide investigations as well as high-impact storytelling work

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3 years

The world is at an inflection point -- and its citizens must choose between democracy or autocracy. @Kasparov63 explains why we must fight to preserve democracy -- even if it comes at great cost. #voicesoffreedom

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@eliehonig It’s a classic and one any upstanding American should see… but fair warning, it’ll make you want to go bowling.

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@rgay Oh the Galleria! A little something for every kind of capitalist.

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7 years

And for my next installment in the #freepress series, a remembrance to those willing to risk everything to reveal the truth.

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4 years

I'm an American history nerd, and working with @KenBurns on this historical -- yet forward looking -- op-ed was a pre-election delight.

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2 years

Madeleine Albright was a major reason I became a political journalist. 10 years ago, when I told her I was intimidated by this historically male-dominated field, she said, “Get ready to break the glass ceiling.” I will miss her immeasurably.

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2 years

My team is comprised of the best multitaskers in the biz, and tonight we proved we can cover a war overseas & Biden's #SOTU at the same time. Many thanks to @secupp , @VanJones68 , @julianzelizer and others for making our latest roundup possible.

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4 years

Still processing the first #PresidentialDebate ? So are some of our brightest commentators -- from @secupp to @VanJones68 to @nayyeroar to @David_Gergen .

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1 year

It’s my last day @CNN , and I can’t believe the historical moments I’ve played a small part in covering. It’s bittersweet to be leaving such a storied institution, but I’m thrilled to announce I’ll be joining the @HoustonChron as the Politics & Government Editor in September!

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2 years

@elliotcwilliams That Christmas cheesecake won’t bake itself.

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8 years

Want to know why we devoted an entire issue of @WorldPolicy to female voices? Because they are grossly underrepresented in Western media.

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3 years

Unlike ⁦ @mitrakalita ⁩, I can’t claim credit for ⁦ @eliehonig ⁩’s rise to CNN fame. But I can take credit for fact checking him on his Brooklyn geography, and that’s almost as good. (You’ll have to buy the book, though, to fully appreciate that.)

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3 years

Our CNN commentators -- @ijbailey , @secupp , @elliotcwilliams , @iamroxannejones , @RaulAReyes , @VanJones68 and others -- weigh in on the meaning of the Chauvin verdict, the trial and what comes next for America.

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6 years

Meet my new hero — Fatemah Qaderyan, the Afghani robotics champion who is helping make STEM fun, exciting and accessible to other Afghani girls. #OsloFF

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3 years

NEWS ALERT: After leading @CNNOpinion ’s commentary efforts during the Trump administration and 2020 election, I’ve been promoted to senior section editor. Of course, I’ll still be laser focused on midterms. Once a political junkie, always a political junkie.

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4 years

Thank you ⁦ @JillFilipovic ⁩ for telling me exactly what I needed to hear today.

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3 years

President Joe Biden gave his first speech before a joint session of Congress. @CNNOpinion asked our contributors -- @errollouis , @pastpunditry , @ScottJenningsKY , @julianzelizer , @secupp , @PaulBegala and others -- to grade his performance.

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4 years

Thrilled to be working with @secupp on the new series: “What comes next?” No matter who wins the presidential election, America will remain deeply divided. So, how do we handle that reality? Each week we’ll explore a new path forward.

Opinion: America is hurtling toward a crossroads on November 3. What comes next? | CNN

SE Cupp writes that regardless of who wins the presidential election, the US will still face the same critical problems it did before. As Americans prepare to vote in November, it’s important to not...

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2 years

Got to team up with my London editor in crime @sheena_mckenzie on this heartbreaking photo essay about Russia’s long history of misinformation - and the many lives it has cost.

Opinion: Thirty-six years after Chernobyl, Russia is still keeping us in the dark

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5 years

@PreetBharara @RTErdogan Preet, you may just be able to visit Istanbul yet!

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3 years

Going to keep a jar of gin-soaked raisins next to my multivitamins.

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4 years

My college president @DrPaulaJohnson wrote a beautiful piece, honoring Zoe’s life and memory. Missing my @Wellesley siblings, but grateful to work for an outlet where I can give voice to our collective pain.

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3 years

British humor is definitely Yaffa-approved humor.

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11 months

One of the best parts of my new job is working with rockstar reporters like @jen_rice_ who are so well sourced we break news at 9:15 pm on a Thursday.

Alex Mealer drops election result lawsuit against Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

Alex Mealer, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo's former Republican opponent, on Thursday...

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6 years

Mexico City has elected its first female mayor -- and she just happens to be Jewish and holds a PhD in physics. It's a good day for matriarchy.

First Woman Elected as Mayor of Mexico City

With 3,000 female candidates in races across the country, the election in Mexico was dubbed the "year of the woman."

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3 years

Back when I was a good Jewish day school student, my 6:30 am alarm was DMX’s “Party Up.” After the first stanza (“Y’all gonna make me lose my mind....”), I’d segue into “Modeh Ani,” the traditional morning prayer, as if this was an entirely normal juxtaposition of songs.

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2 years

When I met @ckanimba and @AnaiseKanimba last month, I knew I wanted them to write for @CNNOpinion . So grateful they took the prose plunge in the lead up to next week's CHOGM meeting in Rwanda.

Opinion: Dear Prince Charles, don’t shake hands with the tyrant who kidnapped our father | CNN

Carine and Anaïse Kanimba, the adopted daughters of former “Hotel Rwanda” manager Paul Rusesabagina who is now imprisoned in Rwanda, write that as representative heads of state descend on Rwanda for...

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2 years

. @eliehonig is back at it — and that means I’m back in the fact checking seat. So what was the most challenging fact check? Figuring out the spelling of an old mafia hangout (a Staten Island strip club). But you'll have to order the book to learn its significance.

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Thrilled to announce my next book: “Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It.” Last year, my editor asked: “What’s the one question you hear the most often?” The answer - thanks to many of you - was clear, and now I try to answer it. Pre-order:

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102 year old penpal: So how was your Sicilian wedding? Me: I’ll tell you in one photo.

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3 years

Last night was wonderful for oh so many reasons... but top of the list: getting to finally meet @keithboykin after editing him for half a decade.

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So I’m at a book signing with CNN colleagues in New York’s West Village for @eliehonig ’s new book. I walk downstairs to use the bathroom and what do you know? @chrisrock is on stage performing, and I have to walk right in front of him to get to pee. Reason #602 why I love NYC.

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You know your mom is a middle aged lesbian who drives a practical Japanese car when she tells you she needs to hang up on your call because she has tickets to a virtual Melissa Etheridge concert.

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3 years

Thank you @originalspin for writing this necessary rebuttal.

Here’s why your shoes will be staying the hell out of my house

The Wall Street Journal essay about keeping shoes on left me aghast. As my Auntie Chih-Mei put it: ‘When you walk into my house wearing shoes, you are walking across my heart

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2 years

Peace out, America. It’s time for the Sicilian Jewish wedding with @mattbreitel that I always wanted.

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6 years

Today is a big day for Muslim women in America. ⁦ @rafiazakaria ⁩ beautifully captures why.

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2 years

It’s easy to let gay male narratives dominant #PrideMonth discussions, but @schuneke makes a compelling case for not forgetting the histories of the other letters represented in LGBTQ — starting with the lesbian victims of Nazi Germany.

Opinion: History often has ignored the Nazis’ persecution of these women | CNN

Samuel Huneke writes that this Pride Month we must be mindful not just of gay men, but rather of all members of the LGBTQ family – finding narratives that can unite rather than divide us. And that...

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. @nuryturkel isn't mincing words: “I was born in a Chinese reeducation camp... For most of my life, I tried to forget the horrific experiences my mother and I had during my early childhood. But it seems the past is repeating itself." #voicesoffreedom

Opinion: I was born in a Chinese ‘reeducation camp.’ I’m watching history repeat itself | CNN

Nury Turkel, a Uyghur dissident born into a Chinese ‘reeducation camp,’ writes half a century later, China is targeting the Uyghur population with a new fervor. Democracies and nongovernmental...

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5 years

So grateful I got to edit such smart voices on the Mueller report today. ⁦ @eliehonig ⁩ ⁦ @joelockhart ⁩ ⁦ @sam_vinograd ⁩

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@eliehonig Your love for Cobra Kai knows no bounds.

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Met @PreetBharara , gushed about the speed at which @eliehonig writes weekly columns and drank half way decent Cabernet. Too bad I couldn’t photograph well.

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@sam_vinograd I met a woman who would grow to be one of my best friends. And I met a man who would become my music festival buddy.

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6 years

As morbid as it may sound, I grew up reading the obituaries with my grandma. She’d say, “The most interesting people in the world are there.” And this @nytimes piece certainly proves why.

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4 years

@MiaMungin Mia, a fellow classmate of your sister’s from Wellesley. I’m now a CNN Editor. Any chance you’d want to share your story with me? Might help elevate the profile a bit? Feel free to email: yaffa.fredrick @turner .com.

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8 months

Meanwhile, in county politics: Harris County Democrats vote overwhelmingly to admonish DA Kim Ogg, reports @JohnWFerguson .

Harris County Democrats vote overwhelmingly to admonish DA Kim Ogg

Critics of Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg successfully passed a resolution...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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3 years

As a Jew living in Texas, I will admit that the only time I feel safe worshipping is when I see multiple police officers stationed outside my synagogue — and at least one stationed at its front door.

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5 years

What I look like working on deadline on Halloween.

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6 years

. @juliettekayyem does a fascinating job of weaving together all of the weekend's big news -- McCabe's firing, Trump's Stormy Daniels suit, and Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data.

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4 years

What did I do with my day, you ask? I worked with @JohnAvlon to produce a piece on why we can't just dismiss Ye.

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Hey @joshscampbell , I’m in your hood (and by hood, I mean the state of California), and I’ve just met your pup’s bestie. Of this I’m sure.

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For all those waiting to hear from the CenterPoint CEO himself, @HoustonChron has an exclusive for you. Many thanks to @DugBegley for taking lead and @andreeball for making it happen. It takes a journo-village.

Exclusive: CenterPoint CEO defends power delay for 500K Houstonians

In his first media comments since the storm, CenterPoint’s CEO talked positively about...

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5 years

. @rafiazakaria takes on Priyanka Chopra's comments on India-Pakistan tensions, and I am here for every word of her analysis.

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8 years

Have to give it to @NewYorker . Its cartoons continuously carry a punch.

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4 years

My mom switched her civil union to a marriage license yesterday. She’s worried in the not so distant future someone might try to take away her right to be with Teresa. But, at least for now, love wins. 🌈

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4 years

@secupp And that is why your piece is blowing up on the site right now. Authenticity.

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4 years

Crystal Ball is my favorite feature of the year to work on -- and not just because I have a secret affinity for psychics. Many thanks to @melissablake , @secupp , @JillFilipovic , @JamesAGagliano , @eliehonig , @FridaGhitis & others for indulging me once again.

Crystal Ball 2021: Our commentators' fearless predictions

What will the new year bring? Best guesses on who will win the Oscars, Super Bowl, Georgia runoffs and more.

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3 years

Keeping Fatemah and all of her talented robotics teammates close to my heart today. So grateful for her bravery in sharing her story with me in 2018.

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2 years

One of the things I value about working on op-eds -- putting a face to the tragedies unfolding around us. Many thanks to Olesia Markovic for helping to do that from Kyiv: "[I]t all feels like a movie -- one where I can't press the 'off' button."

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What brings @PatinkinMandy , @pennjillette , @AshleyJudd , @PiperPerabo , @sharonstone and other powerful voices together? A conversation about the future of this country post-2020 election.

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4 years

Want CNN to help you make sense of the final #PresidentialDebate ? @peterbergencnn , @secupp , @nayyeroar , @julianzelizer , @lanheechen -- and others -- have got you covered.

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4 years

The most surprising moment of the #BidenTownhall is learning that the President understands a bit of Yiddish and hearing Anderson Cooper say it would be a “shonda” if he didn’t.

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5 years

My favorite feature to produce! Shout out to: @PaulCallan @secupp @JillFilipovic @JamesAGagliano @FridaGhitis @eliehonig @JoeyJacksonEsq @ScottJenningsKY @iamroxannejones @PenielJoseph @DeanObeidallah @jrpsaki @RaulAReyes @alicetweet @HolstaT @originalspin

Crystal Ball

Our fearless predictions for 2020

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4 years

The world is a bit darker now that Zoe is not in it, but I think it's worth sharing the last story about her life -- and the struggle she had getting the health care she so desperately needed. Rest in power, friend.

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Who has one of the hardest job in America right now? Election workers -- if you have any doubt, read the accounts from @nado1377 , @DeeleyforPhilly and @TinaLBarton . But, they say, it doesn't have to stay this way.

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Who doesn't love a group of neighborhood sleuthers who get to the bottom of an important Third Ward mystery? @mmorris011 's got the full scoop.

Houston official ousted after overgrown lots lead Third Ward residents to take action

For years, residents have complained that hundreds of the Midtown Redevelopment...

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4 years

Trying to make sense of the significantly more subdued #VPDebate ? We've got you covered -- check out what @secupp , @VanJones68 , @alicetweet , @ScottJenningsKY , @FridaGhitis , @julianzelizer and others had to say.

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2 years

Now go buy @eliehonig ’s new book. It begins outside a Staten Island strip club and ends by answering your most burning legal question.

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2 years

Perfect visual rep of the relationship between writer and fact-checker @yaffanyc

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Though Hervis Rogers' story made national headlines in 2020, he hasn't shared the full impact of his story until now. @jen_rice_ interviews Rogers for this Chronicle exclusive on the complexities of voting rights in Texas.

His life became a 'nightmare' when he went viral for voting in Texas. The trauma still lingers.

After Hervis Rogers waited six hours to vote in Texas in 2020, he was prosecuted by the...

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8 years

Nothing like a midday session on Nigerian double offshoring to get your heart rate up. #panamapapers

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8 years

2 days after the US election, I found solace in conducting an interview with @aguribfakim , the first female President of Mauritius.

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While undocumented people will not be eligible to apply for Harris County’s new guaranteed basic income program, @LinaHidalgoTX is vowing to work on creating an alternative fund for them. @ChengYilun reports.

Harris County cash assistance program won’t include undocumented immigrants. But Hidalgo plan does

Harris County's guaranteed income program excludes undocumented immigrants, but Hidalgo...

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6 years

My labor of love — the 14 #midterm races which will either challenge or reinforce the power that President Trump holds. Special thanks to @secupp , @julianzelizer , @raulreyes , @vanjones , ⁦ @TaraSetmayer , ⁦ @errollouis ⁩ and more for participating!

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I kept my cool in the office all day long, but watching as onlookers sing Hatikvah in the shadow of #NotreDame is bringing this Jewess to tears on a crowded A train.

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5 years

#Paris | #NotreDameCathedral — crowds gather all around Île Saint-Louis tonight paying respects through song. This was Pont de la Tournelle at 1am w/ the Cathedral in the background. Firefighters continuing to pour tons of water into the central structure from elevated platforms.

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Does Harris County's process for awarding contracts need a dramatic makeover? County Judge Lina Hidalgo thinks so. @jen_rice_ has the full scoop.

Hidalgo seeks 'change' to Harris County's contract process

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo argued that the county spends local tax dollars with far...

www.houstonchronicle.com

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

6 years

I can’t control the 2019 news cycle, but I can control my hair. Here’s to a 365 days of volume and waves.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

4 years

In deciding on the last 2020 episode of "What Comes Next," the team was in consensus -- we needed to do an episode on the concept of national unity and put it under a magnifying glass. Here's what @secupp , @VanJones68 and @alicetweet saw upon closer look.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

6 years

As Jews across the country and the world mourn the deaths of 11 of our own, ⁦ @JillFilipovic ⁩’s wise words ring true: "if we finally take seriously the lessons of centuries of anti-Semitism, the[ir deaths] don't have to be in vain."

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

8 years

If at first you don't succeed, pick yourself up and... blame the moderator.

The New York Times

@nytimes

8 years

Donald Trump says he was asked “unfair questions” at the debate

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

8 years

The Guardian has released the #panamapapers . Tomorrow @AfricanCIR goes live with the African connections. It's going to be a busy news day.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

8 years

Excited to have been one of the 400+ reporters on this project. The Africa #panamapapers give us all room for pause.

World Policy

@WorldPolicy

8 years

And we're live! @AfricanCIR posts African #panamapapers : Leading with Uganda, Botswana, DRC, Sierra Leone, Guinea.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

6 years

There isn't an industry that #MeToo hasn't touched, and @dzalcman movingly addresses the steps needed to combat sexual harassment of female news photographers.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

2 years

Texas Uber driver (upon learning I am going to SF): isn’t California on fire? That’s not wise, ma’am. California Uber driver (upon learning I landed from Houston): isn’t it hurricane season out there? It’s wise you stay away from Texas. Moral: climate change comes for us all.

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

3 years

Every year, I ask @CNNOpinion to channel their inner oracles and make predictions about the year ahead. Here's what @secupp , @JillFilipovic , @eliehonig , @JoeyJacksonEsq , @FridaGhitis , @elliotcwilliams had to say about 2022.

Crystal Ball 2022: Our commentators' fearless predictions

What will the new year bring? Best guesses on who will win the Oscars, Super Bowl and more.

www.cnn.com

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Yaffa Fredrick

@yaffanyc

5 years

I have so many feelings about ⁦ @avitalrachel ⁩’s new piece — but chief among them: it’s time for the men to step aside and let their female counterparts do their damn jobs.

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