Aaricka Washington
@aarickawash.bsky.social
Aaricka is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Los Angeles who loves to torture herself by running marathons.
In her past life, she was a 7th grade Texas history and writing teacher. She and her students barely survived 2016.
In her past life, she was a 7th grade Texas history and writing teacher. She and her students barely survived 2016.
Ten years after losing a close friend to suicide, Desmond Carter turned pain into purpose.
Through his group Mental Health is Real Wealth, he’s giving men a space to be honest and unguarded.
My latest story explores how Carter’s work helps men heal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Through his group Mental Health is Real Wealth, he’s giving men a space to be honest and unguarded.
My latest story explores how Carter’s work helps men heal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Mental Health Is Real Wealth: how Black men prioritize healing in a Los Angeles community
The bi-monthly group gives Black men a safe space to share, reflect and support each other
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ten years after losing a close friend to suicide, Desmond Carter turned pain into purpose.
Through his group Mental Health is Real Wealth, he’s giving men a space to be honest and unguarded.
My latest story explores how Carter’s work helps men heal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Through his group Mental Health is Real Wealth, he’s giving men a space to be honest and unguarded.
My latest story explores how Carter’s work helps men heal.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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“Besides its propensity for built-in biases, teachers and education experts worry that when it comes to student learning, original thinking, and knowledge retention, AI can be more of a hindrance than a help.” @aarickawash.bsky.social via @wordinblacknews.bsky.social wordinblack.com/2025/08/ai-s...
AI in Schools: Will ChatGPT Help or Hurt Black Students?
Educators are trying to strike a balance between embracing new, potentially biased AI tools and preserving the integrity of learning.
wordinblack.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Besides its propensity for built-in biases, teachers and education experts worry that when it comes to student learning, original thinking, and knowledge retention, AI can be more of a hindrance than a help.” @aarickawash.bsky.social via @wordinblacknews.bsky.social wordinblack.com/2025/08/ai-s...
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Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
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This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
Opinion | 11 tips for becoming a columnist
Here’s my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
wapo.st/3TU2fGw
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Educators like L.A.-raised Miles Goodloe believe that college is still worth the investment. He’s ensuring that young people know about finances so that they can attend college with accruing as little debt as possible. Watch our latest Take 5 video on www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4Z...
July 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Educators like L.A.-raised Miles Goodloe believe that college is still worth the investment. He’s ensuring that young people know about finances so that they can attend college with accruing as little debt as possible. Watch our latest Take 5 video on www.youtube.com/watch?v=co4Z...
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People need to know how Wesley was bullying the reporter for doing his job at WAPO trying to do a story about CPI & how he killed the story because he is friendly with the editor. This reporter left the paper and I don't blame him.
May 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
People need to know how Wesley was bullying the reporter for doing his job at WAPO trying to do a story about CPI & how he killed the story because he is friendly with the editor. This reporter left the paper and I don't blame him.
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and on that note… someone please ask @washingtonpost.com why they cut Olivia out of their version of this story hours before they published? they had all the same reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Star journalist Wesley Lowery faced Title IX complaints before leaving American University
Lowery resigned after allegations that he made inappropriate sexual comments in meetings with students and unwanted sexual advances toward journalists, records show.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
and on that note… someone please ask @washingtonpost.com why they cut Olivia out of their version of this story hours before they published? they had all the same reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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This is true. The Washington Post had everything CJR had from me, also on the record by name.
and on that note… someone please ask @washingtonpost.com why they cut Olivia out of their version of this story hours before they published? they had all the same reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Star journalist Wesley Lowery faced Title IX complaints before leaving American University
Lowery resigned after allegations that he made inappropriate sexual comments in meetings with students and unwanted sexual advances toward journalists, records show.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is true. The Washington Post had everything CJR had from me, also on the record by name.
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AfroLA's Aaricka Washington @aarickawash.bsky.social spoke with in-depth with these four families who are committed to rebuilding their homes in Altadena. But how do you rebuild when there are financial, physical and emotional challenges before you lay the first brick? afrolanews.org/2025/04/thre...
Three months later after the Eaton Fire, Black Altadeneans wrestle with “in-between” period
Families who survived the Eaton Fire struggle with financial hardships, mental health issues, and the difficult decision of whether to rebuild or move, all while navigating the racial wealth gap and…
afrolanews.org
April 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
AfroLA's Aaricka Washington @aarickawash.bsky.social spoke with in-depth with these four families who are committed to rebuilding their homes in Altadena. But how do you rebuild when there are financial, physical and emotional challenges before you lay the first brick? afrolanews.org/2025/04/thre...
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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
www.euronews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
For the past few months, I've been following four Black Altadena families who have been deeply impacted by the recent Eaton Fire. afrolanews.org/2025/04/thre...
Three months later after the Eaton Fire, Black Altadeneans wrestle with “in-between” period
Families who survived the Eaton Fire struggle with financial hardships, mental health issues, and the difficult decision of whether to rebuild or move, all while navigating the racial wealth gap and i...
afrolanews.org
April 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For the past few months, I've been following four Black Altadena families who have been deeply impacted by the recent Eaton Fire. afrolanews.org/2025/04/thre...
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This past Saturday Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social made a special visit to the Altadena library’s @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social
reopening ceremony.
AfroLA’s Marina Peña spoke to some of the families there.
#altadena #blacklivesmatter #communityengagement
reopening ceremony.
AfroLA’s Marina Peña spoke to some of the families there.
#altadena #blacklivesmatter #communityengagement
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This past Saturday Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton @levarburton.bsky.social made a special visit to the Altadena library’s @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social
reopening ceremony.
AfroLA’s Marina Peña spoke to some of the families there.
#altadena #blacklivesmatter #communityengagement
reopening ceremony.
AfroLA’s Marina Peña spoke to some of the families there.
#altadena #blacklivesmatter #communityengagement
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Frank discussions of risk and danger are commonplace in newsrooms, which is why they also belong in classrooms.
March 14, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Frank discussions of risk and danger are commonplace in newsrooms, which is why they also belong in classrooms.
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A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
March 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.
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The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.
February 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The ASL version of “Not Like Us” is magnificent.
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My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.
The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Breaking News: President Trump declared Palestinians had “no alternative” but to leave Gaza, before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
Trump Says Palestinians Have ‘No Alternative’ but to Leave Gaza: Live Updates
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Breaking News: President Trump declared Palestinians had “no alternative” but to leave Gaza, before meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
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Just got this tip from an airline pilot
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just got this tip from an airline pilot
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only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Guts Key Aviation Safety Committee, Fires Heads Of TSA, Coast Guard
The committee will technically continue to exist, but it won't have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
I am still accepting donations as the L.A. wildfire crisis is ongoing and the impact on communities is astronomical.
Zelle (Preferred): DM me
CashApp: $AarickaWashington
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Zelle (Preferred): DM me
CashApp: $AarickaWashington
Apple Pay: [email protected]
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: @Aaricka-Washington
As you may have heard, L.A. County is facing a once in a lifetime wildfire crisis.
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
January 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I am still accepting donations as the L.A. wildfire crisis is ongoing and the impact on communities is astronomical.
Zelle (Preferred): DM me
CashApp: $AarickaWashington
Apple Pay: [email protected]
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: @Aaricka-Washington
Zelle (Preferred): DM me
CashApp: $AarickaWashington
Apple Pay: [email protected]
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: @Aaricka-Washington
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Reminder to any who need it, you can just tape a furnace filter to a box fan and make yourself a very good and cheap air filter.
If you want to get real fancy you can tape a few together to make a cube.
If you want to get real fancy you can tape a few together to make a cube.
January 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Reminder to any who need it, you can just tape a furnace filter to a box fan and make yourself a very good and cheap air filter.
If you want to get real fancy you can tape a few together to make a cube.
If you want to get real fancy you can tape a few together to make a cube.
As you may have heard, L.A. County is facing a once in a lifetime wildfire crisis.
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
January 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
As you may have heard, L.A. County is facing a once in a lifetime wildfire crisis.
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
I will be collecting monetary donations to give organizations who are giving directly to evacuation centers. If you would like to help and donate: CashApp: $Aaricka Washington
Zelle: DM me
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URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory
Bit.ly
January 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social
h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social