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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Aug 21

great meeting you.

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i augustus durham @imeanswhatisays.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Aug 16

Come through, y’all!

i augustus durham @imeanswhatisays.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 24

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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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Feb 27

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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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Feb 24

“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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lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social · Jan 13

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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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Jan 6

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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Hanna Rosin @hannarosin.bsky.social · Jan 6

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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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · Dec 30

"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

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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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Dec 22

"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.

Why Reading Books in High School Matters

You’ll understand when you’re older.

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · Dec 15

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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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · Dec 15

“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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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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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 15

Thank you, friend!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Dec 14

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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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Dec 14

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

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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 14

Thank you for reading!

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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 14

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.

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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 10

omg. thank you for everything, Nikki

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 10

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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Scott Stossel @stossel.bsky.social · Dec 9

"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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Walk on Air Against Your Better Judgment

What Seamus Heaney gave me

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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 6

Whoa, thank you. thank you.

Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 6

Always read ADAM SERWER!

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Dec 5

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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Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Dec 6

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!?

My copy of The Best American Essays 2024, edited by Wesley Morris

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Jenisha Watts @jenishawo.bsky.social · Dec 6

I am forever grateful whenever anyone takes the time to read my work. Thanks again, Jason.

Jason @jasonrhodes.bsky.social · Dec 6

@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…

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