Jenisha Watts
@jenishawo.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Atlantic.
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Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. badu’s Mama’s Gun with a public listening session + discussion.
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
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Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
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August 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. badu’s Mama’s Gun with a public listening session + discussion.
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21).
www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...
Come through, y’all!
For Black August, I am elated to share a two-day collaboration—h/t Aryn Bussey and Nina Ligon—with The Eaton DC:
Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
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Wednesday, August 20 @ 7p, I and @jenishawo.bsky.social, Senior Editor at The Atlantic, will converse about #StayBlackandDie (@dukepress.bsky.social).
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August 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Come through, y’all!
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
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The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual, @katherinejwu.com reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants: theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
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February 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual, @katherinejwu.com reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants: theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj
“We are now in the second decade of a years-long temper tantrum sparked by the election of Barack Obama—not to mention the failed attempts to elect a woman to succeed him...”
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“We are now in the second decade of a years-long temper tantrum sparked by the election of Barack Obama—not to mention the failed attempts to elect a woman to succeed him...”
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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@adamserwer.bsky.social
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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
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January 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
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Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious insurrectionist moved into a townhouse near @hannarosin.bsky.social’s home in deep-blue Washington, D.C. Getting to know them proved to be a revealing—and surprising—experience.
The Insurrectionists Next Door
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They are also my neighbors.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious insurrectionist moved into a townhouse near @hannarosin.bsky.social’s home in deep-blue Washington, D.C. Getting to know them proved to be a revealing—and surprising—experience.
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Love this: "A quiet monologue runs through my head at all times. It is this: dinner dinner dinner dinner. The thing about dinner is that you have to deal with it every single night." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
You’ll Never Get Off the Dinner Treadmill
There’s no such thing as an easy weeknight meal.
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January 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Love this: "A quiet monologue runs through my head at all times. It is this: dinner dinner dinner dinner. The thing about dinner is that you have to deal with it every single night." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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"The courtroom is not designed to be the arbiter of scientific truth."
But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/shak... #txlege
But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/shak... #txlege
He Frantically Called 911 to Revive His Infant Son. Now He Could Face 12 Years in Prison.
Exonerations and new science continue to raise questions about shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis that lives on under a different name: “abusive head trauma.” Critics say the name deflects scrutiny whi...
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December 30, 2024 at 5:19 PM
"The courtroom is not designed to be the arbiter of scientific truth."
But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/shak... #txlege
But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/shak... #txlege
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"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time."
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Why Reading Books in High School Matters
You’ll understand when you’re older.
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December 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM
"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time."
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.
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Every year on this day I think of this man, his family, and every person I met in Newtown in December 2012 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Is Anywhere Safe?
None
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December 15, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Every year on this day I think of this man, his family, and every person I met in Newtown in December 2012 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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“I’m a big fan of the blues not because they are sad, they’re not, but because they give us a rhythm to keep moving.”
From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to @jenishawo.bsky.social, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on."
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From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to @jenishawo.bsky.social, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on."
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What Nikki Giovanni Wouldn’t Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
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December 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM
“I’m a big fan of the blues not because they are sad, they’re not, but because they give us a rhythm to keep moving.”
From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to @jenishawo.bsky.social, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on."
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to @jenishawo.bsky.social, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on."
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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As an editor, @jenishawo.bsky.social worked with Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday. The poet's most important lesson: Never stop moving forward.
What Nikki Giovanni Wouldn’t Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
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December 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
As an editor, @jenishawo.bsky.social worked with Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday. The poet's most important lesson: Never stop moving forward.
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More than a century ago, the United States backed a coup that destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government. What does America owe the Islands now? @adriennelaf.bsky.social reports on the Hawaiians pushing for self-determination: theatln.tc/mMdVYy2u
December 14, 2024 at 9:33 PM
More than a century ago, the United States backed a coup that destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government. What does America owe the Islands now? @adriennelaf.bsky.social reports on the Hawaiians pushing for self-determination: theatln.tc/mMdVYy2u
I loved writing this piece with the perfect editor @boriskachka.bsky.social
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What Nikki Giovanni Wouldn’t Write About
I had the privilege of editing the poet, who died on Monday. Her biggest lesson: Keep moving forward.
www.theatlantic.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:23 PM
I loved writing this piece with the perfect editor @boriskachka.bsky.social
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omg. thank you for everything, Nikki
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:24 AM
omg. thank you for everything, Nikki
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"Why would a girl with such a wonderful father ever need a second one? Because someone must have dropped Tom on his head as a baby."
Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope.
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Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope.
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Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment
What Seamus Heaney gave me
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December 9, 2024 at 3:59 PM
"Why would a girl with such a wonderful father ever need a second one? Because someone must have dropped Tom on his head as a baby."
Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Always read ADAM SERWER!
Sometimes I write something really hoping I'm wrong and this was one of those times, but ... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century
The justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.
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December 6, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Always read ADAM SERWER!
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I’m in the middle of about 6 other books, including at least 2 essay collections and a stack of recent magazines I’m behind on, but I couldn’t resist this when I saw it at Kramer’s Books yesterday… edited by Wesley Morris!?
December 6, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I’m in the middle of about 6 other books, including at least 2 essay collections and a stack of recent magazines I’m behind on, but I couldn’t resist this when I saw it at Kramer’s Books yesterday… edited by Wesley Morris!?
I am forever grateful whenever anyone takes the time to read my work. Thanks again, Jason.
@jenishawo.bsky.social I just read your Atlantic essay in The Best American Essays of 2024—I’m completely unqualified to say anything at all about it but I wanted to tell you I’m eagerly awaiting whatever you write next…
December 6, 2024 at 2:43 AM
I am forever grateful whenever anyone takes the time to read my work. Thanks again, Jason.
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With the help of an eclectic group of writers and editors, The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love:
The Atlantic Gift Guide
The Atlantic has chosen 65 gifts for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love.
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November 30, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it, the sociologist Matthew Desmond told Annie Lowrey last year. theatln.tc/oc1NTW54
November 27, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it, the sociologist Matthew Desmond told Annie Lowrey last year. theatln.tc/oc1NTW54
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important clarification in the kicker icymi 🙂
November 13, 2024 at 8:25 PM
important clarification in the kicker icymi 🙂