John D. Harden

15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free. wapo.st/4m81PJf

‪By Reis Thebault, Alice Li and Melina Mara

How D.C.'s failure to curb truancy fueled a surge in youth crime District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.

Empty desks: How the District’s failure to curb truancy in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.

Do kids feel safe in D.C.? We asked them. Youth crime in the District surged in 2023. The Post spoke to nearly two dozen middle school students about violence and safety.

Do kids feel safe in D.C.? We asked them.

D.C. teens in need of rehabilitation wait months in a detention center The Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services struggles to provide adequate services to many teens, leaving them to languish in a violent detention center.

D.C. teens needed rehabilitation to keep the city safe. They languished in a violent detention center instead.

D.C. juvenile court’s reliance on ankle monitors had deadly outcomes D.C. juvenile courts lost track of teens wearing GPS ankle monitors at critical moments, as they have committed or fallen victim to crime.

D.C. court officials repeatedly lost track of teens wearing ankle monitors. The timing was deadly.

From 2020 - 2023, youth crime in DC spiked, and we investigated why. We found a series of failures to address the very problem leaders promised to solve, finding the systems put in place to help DC's youth often fell short with dire consequences.

Gift links to our series are threaded.

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

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Panelist: people who scrape in R are psychopaths.

Me and @ence.bsky.social:

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The house color that tells you when a neighborhood is gentrifying A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where markers of gentrification have spiked.

A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where the White population has increased and the Black population has decreased, by @jdharden.bsky.social and @marissajae.bsky.social:

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The house color that tells you when a neighborhood is gentrifying A Washington Post color analysis of D.C. found shades of gray permeate neighborhoods where markers of gentrification have spiked.

“Gray houses have become a symbol of this muteness, this quiet, humble, nothing-is-happening-here,” De La Torre said. “When you paint a house gray, you’re covering up its history, its memory."
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We tracked every MTA bus Baltimore students ride to school. Here’s how. This first-of-its-kind analysis shows it’s nearly impossible for city students to get to school on time every day on public transit.

Kids brave commutes that can stretch over an hour on a transit system that struggles to deliver reliable service.

We modeled over 4,000 unique trips to school, tracked the live location of hundreds of buses for months and spoke to dozens of students.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/k-...

A Virginia law to protect pedestrians has almost never been used Virginia lawmakers hoped a 2020 law would help protect pedestrians. It’s been used to convict eight people in four years.

A Virginia law to protect pedestrians has almost never been used: That could change this year with a new attempt at stiffer penalties for hitting people in crosswalks. @washingtonpost.com

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Two people look out at the damage caused by fires in Los Angeles. Text on photo reads, "How to help victims of the Los Angeles fires"

Text reads, "How to help displaced victims - GoFundMe: Verified fundraising pages for victims. - Salvation Army: Monetary donations to provide food, personal necessities and shelter to survivors and first responders. - Kid to Kid Pasadena: Diapers and formula donations. - Los Angeles Regional Food Bank: Food donations."

Text reads, "How to help displaced/hurt animals - Pasadena Humane: Monetary donations to help provide emergency resources to animals. - Best Friends Animal Society: Supply donations by purchasing items on their wishlist. - Animal Wellness Foundation: Monetary donations to shelter and feed animals."

Text reads, "How to help firefighters - Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation: Provides firefighters with equipment. - California Fire Foundation: Provides support to firefighter families, firefighters and their communities."

Out-of-control wildfires are raging across greater Los Angeles, killing at least five people, devouring neighborhoods and forcing the evacuation of about 180,000 people as the blazes enter their third day. Here's how you can help.

Follow live updates here: wapo.st/4acZ9F5

More to come later this week, but read how we reported all of the stories in this series here:
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The ‘perfect’ predator The people of Maypearl, Texas trusted Police Chief Kevin Coffey. Then they learned he was a sexual predator with a troubled past.

The ‘perfect’ predator: How a police chief groomed a Texas town

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DOJ moves to prevent child sex abuse by school police after Post investigation New Justice Department guidelines call for training and policies to protect students from predatory school cops following a Post investigation.

In response to our investigation that revealed predatory school police officers used their positions to meet, groom and exploit students — the Justice Department issued new guidelines today.

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A police chief was accused of paying $100 to rape a teen — and trying to cover it up. In a tiny West Virginia town, Gauley Bridge Police Chief Larry Clay Jr. “was the law.” Then he was accused of paying to rape a teen and trying to cover it up.

The latest from our investigation, Abused by the Badge. The headline says it all.

A police chief was accused of paying $100 to rape a teen — and trying to cover it up. wapo.st/40I3n4K

Marty: We have to find a way to work on building up local journalism. It is the single biggest crisis in journalism today. And most Americans don't even come into contact with a journalist anymore.

And that's part of the trust problem is because they judge journalism by what they see on cable news.

Dean: How do you think the press performed this election?

Marty: I think we need to work harder at really understanding the country. We do have to get out into the country and take the measure of the sentiment in this country. We just owe it to the American public.

Marty - Elon and X is single handedly the greatest source of misinformation, conspiracies and lies.

Now - Marty Baron and Dean Baquet sit down together at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism — breaking down coverage of the elections and discuss what’s to come.

Baquet to Baron: Let's talk about Jeff Bezos ...

Analysis | Dreaming of snow this winter? Look up the forecast in your area. Most of the U.S. is expected to see less snow this year, continuing a long-term trend of snowfall decline as global temperatures rise. Look up your county.

Dreaming of snow this winter? Look up the forecast in your area. wapo.st/3CjsMaD 🎁 link

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👋 hi bluesky

i finally made it

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