Dara T. Mathis
@trulytafakari.bsky.social
Mama. Writer. Lover. Bylines where you like to read. Black to the future.
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Congratulations to Kavitha Cardoza for winning the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which recognizes freelance journalists!
Kavitha is a former EWA staffer and journalist member. Learn about some of her past award-winning work.
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#eduSKY #education
Kavitha is a former EWA staffer and journalist member. Learn about some of her past award-winning work.
ewa.org/awards/featu...
#eduSKY #education
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations to Kavitha Cardoza for winning the American Mosaic Journalism Prize, which recognizes freelance journalists!
Kavitha is a former EWA staffer and journalist member. Learn about some of her past award-winning work.
ewa.org/awards/featu...
#eduSKY #education
Kavitha is a former EWA staffer and journalist member. Learn about some of her past award-winning work.
ewa.org/awards/featu...
#eduSKY #education
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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.
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hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
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Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.
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After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
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“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
Baltimoreans flocked to opening day of “American Sublime,” the exhibition Amy Sherald removed from the National Portrait Gallery this summer.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After Smithsonian controversy, Amy Sherald opens to fanfare in Baltimore
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
“There’s no downcast eyes. There’s no one looking away...There is not a single figure that we encounter in her work that carries a gaze of ‘I don’t belong.’”
wapo.st/4i0ukaB
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“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Presidential Crimes - Boston Review
Torture must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.
www.bostonreview.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“The incalculable damage left by Bush and Cheney’s day-in-and-day-out contempt for national and international law includes the power to sweep forward in time and trivialize into a matter of personal preference any future president’s adherence to the law.“
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
Elaine Scarry in 2008:
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Yes indeed!!🤦🏻♀️
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Yes indeed!!🤦🏻♀️
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“We are going to have to live here with each other,” Ezra Klein says. But the political movement that controls the Republican Party and the American government does not accept his notion of a “We” – their counter is: But what if we don’t, actually? Or at least not as equals.
September 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“We are going to have to live here with each other,” Ezra Klein says. But the political movement that controls the Republican Party and the American government does not accept his notion of a “We” – their counter is: But what if we don’t, actually? Or at least not as equals.
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“We are going to have to live here with each other” sounds good in a vacuum. But it reveals itself to be a remarkably naïve and/or disingenuous proposition as soon as we move from abstract notions of “our disagreements” to asking: What are we disagreeing over, exactly?
September 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“We are going to have to live here with each other” sounds good in a vacuum. But it reveals itself to be a remarkably naïve and/or disingenuous proposition as soon as we move from abstract notions of “our disagreements” to asking: What are we disagreeing over, exactly?
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Well, I try and try to forget you, girl
But it's just so hard to do
Every time you do that thing you do
But it's just so hard to do
Every time you do that thing you do
There's a small genre of song that's like "song created for a movie that is supposed to be a hit song within the fictional world of the movie."
Have any been actual good-enough-to-be-hits besides "Golden" and "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow?"
Have any been actual good-enough-to-be-hits besides "Golden" and "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow?"
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Well, I try and try to forget you, girl
But it's just so hard to do
Every time you do that thing you do
But it's just so hard to do
Every time you do that thing you do
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Joe Davidson, longtime Washpost columnist, quit due to editing restrictions. He couldn't call a pay raise for fed'l employees "well deserved" or say that a hallmark of Trump’s "turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief & speech”
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![Blocking my column because it was too opinionated was a shock. I’ve authored many pieces over my 17 years writing the Federal Diary (renamed the Federal Insider in 2016), that were at least if not more opinionated as the now dead one. In that piece, I argued that “one hallmark of President Donald Trump’s first three, turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief and speech.”
The piece contained specific examples, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s alarming memo supporting deportation of Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. Rubio said Khalil could be expelled for “expected beliefs…that are otherwise lawful.” What immigrants might believe in the future now can make them federal law enforcement targets.
Another far-reaching example I cited is Trump’s aggressive attack on speech promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). His executive order commanded federal agencies to “excise references to DEI and DEIA [“A” for accessibility] principles, under whatever name they may appear.” Also, Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, of Turkey, was abducted off the street by masked officers because she co-wrote an op-ed critical of Israel. It was a terrifying sight, caught on video, which previously would have seemed more applicable to George Orwell’s dystopian and cautionary tale against totalitarianism and thought police in is novel “1984.” This is America in 2025.
Killing that column was a death blow to my life as a Washington Post columnist. But I wrote two more articles to see if I could cope with the restrictions. That’s when I learned just how severe the policy is. In my next piece, I was not allowed to describe a potential pay raise for federal employees as “well-deserved” because of Post policy.
As a columnist, I can’t live with that level of constraint. A column without commentary made me a columnist without a column. I also was troubled by significant inconsistencies in the implementation of the p…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreigga3daorc7wtonshgnmnm7dtfyjrvu2einlc4myhiynml6luvlz4@jpeg)
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Joe Davidson, longtime Washpost columnist, quit due to editing restrictions. He couldn't call a pay raise for fed'l employees "well deserved" or say that a hallmark of Trump’s "turbulent months in office is his widespread, ominous attack on thought, belief & speech”
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We are witnessing the birth of new generational trauma. I remember my Oma's face when she recalled the horrors of WWII in her tiny town. People, her friends disappearing. She fought Hitler from the inside. I will continue that legacy here. Love to all 💜
ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted
Women and children in parks
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
We are witnessing the birth of new generational trauma. I remember my Oma's face when she recalled the horrors of WWII in her tiny town. People, her friends disappearing. She fought Hitler from the inside. I will continue that legacy here. Love to all 💜
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Day laborers, like college students, are worth all of our protection. Los Angeles is showing us what that looks like in practice.
June 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Day laborers, like college students, are worth all of our protection. Los Angeles is showing us what that looks like in practice.
It’s the kind of morning where I’m waiting for the tea kettle to whistle but forgot to turn on the stove 🫠
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
It’s the kind of morning where I’m waiting for the tea kettle to whistle but forgot to turn on the stove 🫠
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The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.
US pauses new student visas: What it means and who it will affect
The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.
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May 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Trump administration has paused new visa interviews for international students set to attend US universities.
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And Palestinians are getting less than this
“Officially, German rations allowed each ghetto inmate 180 daily calories, or less than one-tenth of the daily calories needed to remain healthy.” www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-docto...
Jewish doctors’ secret study of Warsaw ghetto starvation rediscovered 80 years later
Tufts professor sheds light on smuggled medical research conducted by imprisoned Jewish physicians on what they label 'hunger disease'; 100 patients enrolled in the study
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May 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
And Palestinians are getting less than this
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feel like health sciences faculty at UNC Chapel Hill have to mobilize with the faculty senate to help save tenure for their colleagues 👀
This is the first media coverage that I have seen of the UNC board's quiet decision to largely pause granting tenure outside of the health sciences. This is worth watching over the coming weeks.
At Chapel Hill, Only Health-Sciences Professors Have Been Getting Tenure
The UNC Chapel Hill board hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January. The inaction has prompted confusion and alarm among faculty.
www.chronicle.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
feel like health sciences faculty at UNC Chapel Hill have to mobilize with the faculty senate to help save tenure for their colleagues 👀
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Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
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