Rachael Barrett

Why Washington Post fired me Read the official termination letter for yourself.

New from me:

There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.

Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.

Read and judge for yourself.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

The Women’s Refugee Commission Detention Pregnancy Tracker: A Critical Tool for Documenting the Treatment of Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention 🚨 Have you seen a pregnant woman in ICE custody? Submit a report today.

The Women’s Refugee Commission Detention Pregnancy Tracker: A Critical Tool for Documenting the Treatment of Pregnant Women in Immigration Detention

🚨 Have you seen a pregnant woman in ICE custody? Submit a report today. -- Please share widely!

austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-womens...

Four years after Medicaid was expanded in Missouri: what do we know?

1. Enrollment has met expectations
2. Uninsured dropped significantly
3. Financially not a burden to state budget
4. Reduced out of pocket costs to recipients
5. Improved financing for hospitals
6. Some implementation challenges

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

Mahmoud Khalil in Conversation with Karen Attiah | Busboys and Poets As part of our 20th anniversary celebration, Busboys and Poets is proud to host a special conversation between prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and Karen Attiah, a journalist and Founder ...

Washington D.C.!

Next week on Sept. 18th, I will be in conversation with recently-released Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social!

Tickets are free and open to all!

www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...

Meanwhile, the entire far right is trying to incite pogroms calling all trans people violent terrorists.

A powerful essay by @karenattiah.bsky.social about the widespread repression in our country--Black people, Muslims, Arabs, anti-Zioinist Jews, trans people and many others are being fired or terrorized into silence.

'Washington Post' Publishes Jamal Khashoggi's Last Column Noel King talks to Karen Attiah, of The Washington Post, about the column which was filed before Khashoggi disappeared. He wrote passionately about the need for a free press in the Arab world.

I hired Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2017, and worked with him closely until he was murdered by the Saudi regime in Istanbul -- simply for expressing himself.

I put my safety on the line for years to push publicly for justice and accountability in his murder.

www.npr.org/2018/10/18/6...

Sep. 15, 1963 | Four Black Girls Killed in Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1963, a white man detonated a bomb under the steps of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, with 400 congregants inside. Four Black children were killed in the blast.

"Democracy Dies in Darkness" is an oligarch's promise.

I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.

Someone, plz ask him.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

A colleague recommended paying attention to and reading Attiah. I did, I do. Passing along the recommendation. As she writes: "Institutions may cancel me, but my pen and my teaching will not be silenced. If anything, my voice will be sharper now." Relentless forward momentum.

What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S. While the number of gun deaths in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive year in 2023, it remained among the highest annual totals on record.

I do not mean to diminish the memory of any of the almost 3000 individuals who were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks with this post.

That said, we should be aware that the number of Americans killed by guns annually amounts to roughly FIFTEEN 9/11s

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

I’m wondering why this hasn’t become a class and all hands on deck issue

I’m not actually wondering

I’m just growing more disgusted by the minute

GitHub - bellingcat/auto-archiver: Automatically archive links to videos, images, and social media content from Google Sheets (and more). Automatically archive links to videos, images, and social media content from Google Sheets (and more). - bellingcat/auto-archiver

Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver is a tool aimed at preserving online digital content before it can be modified, deleted or taken down. Publicly launched in 2022, it has preserved over 150,000 web pages and social media posts to date. github.com/bellingcat/a...

Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school. I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.

I made an event timeline to try to make sense of all the federal overreach at @georgemasonu.bsky.social and whoo boy. When you lay it out like this, the executive over reach comes into focus. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

In this Routledge book chapter, I present tools for doing fieldwork in the Global South ethically, collaboratively, and respectfully.

You can download my chapter here: drive.google.com/file/d/1YB0q...

Here is the full volume: www.routledge.com/Research-Met...

Publication #5 for 2025 ✔️

7 Hotlines You Can Still Call After Trump Shuts Down 988's LGBTQ+ Youth Services by Samantha Riedel Trans Lifeline: US 877-565-8860 / CAN 877-330-6366 Trevor project: 866-488-7386 Lgbt national hotline: 888-843-4564 LGBT national YOUTH hotline: 800-246-7743 LGBT national SENIOR hotline: 888-234-7243 LGBT national COMING OUT SUPPORT hotline: 888-688-5428 NYC anti-violence project: 212-714-1141 Blackline: 800-604-5841 DEQH (support for south Asian queer folks): 908-367-3374 SAGE X HearMe (also mentioned in the article, however, this phone line has closed in 2024)

7 Hotlines You Can Still Call After Trump Shuts Down 988's LGBTQ+
Youth Services

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

“Historically, the most terrible things—war, genocide, and slavery—have resulted not from disobedience, but from obedience.” —Howard Zinn

PHILADELPHIA #NOKINGS

Essay: Should I Stay or Should I Go? On Revolution and Risk

I've been thinking through comparative levels of action on behalf of others (philanthropy VS. mutual aid VS. solidarity) for a new piece. I keep returning to how we conceive of risk and who's risk it is. This new essay by internationalust feminist Mona Elthaway gets close to my own thoughts.

Nailed it! Philanthropy - are you paying attention? We need you to be bold!

How might this go down (if passed) and what types of nonprofits would be at risk?

Done! Thanks for sharing this

Thank you, excellent read.

When Democracy Ends It won’t look like you think it will.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

What will it look like?

@donmoyn.bsky.social is right. Want to hear more from actual researchers who have are experts on this evidence? Check out @irpwisc.bsky.social virtual seminar coming up later this month: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/wor...
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