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Vanessa Williams

@msvanessaw

Former Washington Post writer, editor. Journalists, like Prince, books and facts, still matter. Tampa Bay native.

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Millennial and Gen Z voters are on track to make up roughly 40% of U.S. voters next year, and their vote could decisively impact election outcomes. Nine younger voters shared what issues 2024 candidates should focus on.🗳️ by Anthony J. Rivera washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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In a wild day at the Capitol, both McCarthy and McConnell suffered setbacks in governing their caucuses, via Paul Kane washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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.The Washington Post reporters spent the past year examining the nation’s crisis of premature death, with the U.S. falling far behind peer nations. The result: a harrowing series shedding light on the roles chronic diseases, food & politics play our deaths washingtonpost.com/health/interac…

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Supporters of Republican Gov. Tate Reeves are cautiously confident, while backers of Democratic challenger Brandon Presley are cautiously optimistic as Mississippi voters prepare to head to the polls on Tuesday. via Molly Hennessy-Fiske washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11…

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"Maybe he thought he had the momentum but … This has turned into Trump country." These Miami-Dade voters want Ron DeSantis as governor, but not president via Sabrina Rodríguez wapo.st/3Mz3gQW

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“They’re so hellbent on keeping what they have as opposed to taking on the next generation.” Young conservatives at the University of Alabama, site of tonight's debate, say the Republican Party must make space for them. via Sabrina Rodríguez washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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.Michael Brice-Saddler does a great job capturing the nuanced conversations Black men are having about their choices in the 2024 presidential election: Frustrated by Biden, Black men ponder their options washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

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“This bill requires that we treat adult criminals as adults, like the rest of the country does,” said Byron Donalds, who was legally an adult when judges went soft on him. A congressman spared prison as a teen tells D.C. to be tough on youth washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/… By Petula Dvorak

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Dear Brother President, Many Black Americans look to Black-owned media for news and analysis, and many of our members are Black media owners and staffers. It is a glaring omission that the Black press was not included in this discussion.

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This is inaccurate. Candidate Obama spoke in-person at NABJ’s 2007 convention in Las Vegas. He also appeared at Unity 2008 in Chicago. Also candidate Hillary Clinton attended in-person in 2007 and 2016 in Washington D.C. #NABJ2024

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From the archives… ‘Unbought and unbossed’: Shirley Chisholm’s feminist mantra is still relevant 50 years later wapo.st/3X6UVK1