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Lajward Zahra

@LajwardZ

Texan Journalist writing fellow @thenation formerly @houstonchron 🖋️ in @theprospect @teenvogue @thisisinsider

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everybody shut up its gen z's turn for millenial optimism
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Wrote a dispatch from Houston’s stormy Election Day for @thenation. Read it alongside some amazing postcards from young journalists across the country on how young people experienced a pretty extraordinary Tuesday night!
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StudentNation contributors from coast to coast describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave from their college campuses: thenation.com/article/politi…

Gen Z Postcards From a Stunning Election Night

We asked students coast to coast to describe what it felt like to witness the 2026 midterms blue wave.

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was flipping back through the texas gop’s 2026 convention programs and the concept of this page from june already being a historical artifact
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When Republicans scheduled their 2028 RNC convention in Houston, did they imagine it would be in a blue state?
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Gen Z voters were an indispensable part of the coalition that produced a blue tsunami yesterday. Read dispatches from college campuses around the country and abroad during an exciting election night: thenation.com/article/politi…
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@thenationNov 4
StudentNation contributors from coast to coast describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave from their college campuses: thenation.com/article/politi…

Gen Z Postcards From a Stunning Election Night

We asked students coast to coast to describe what it felt like to witness the 2026 midterms blue wave.

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Back in September, StudentNation fellow @LajwardZ talked to now Texas governor-elect @GinaHinojosaTX about what it would take to flip Texas blue. thenation.com/article/politi…
Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.

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When I sat down with Gina Hinojosa a few weeks ago, after hearing her speak in Houston in August, I asked what was different about Texas Democrats this time. Last night blew past all imaginations. Read our conversation about the national implications of her win in @thenation.
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@thenationNov 4
Back in September, StudentNation fellow @LajwardZ talked to now Texas governor-elect @GinaHinojosaTX about what it would take to flip Texas blue. thenation.com/article/politi…
Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.

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I’m not joking when I say I’m more stunned about this than Talarico. Potential Democratic majorities in both chambers of the statehouse, sending bills to Gov. Gina Hinojosa
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We're continuing to count the bodies at Texas Monthly: Democrats seem almost certain to take control of the Texas House, while Texas Senate control is in the air. Every statewide office and judicial race appears to have gone D. texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
Live Election Results: Will Texas Turn Blue?

Live Election Results: Will Texas Turn Blue?

This year’s election is one of the most competitive in recent Texas history. Follow along for live updates and analysis from our team of writers and editors.

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they're replacing 1-10 with highspeed rail
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Everything is blue his pills his hands his jeans
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big night for gina truthers
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don’t think i’ve ever been this politically conscious since 2016
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understanding how that obama air made all of them like that
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so so soooooo excited to be learning from the ProPublicans alongside this amazing group of journalists this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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New: ProPublica has selected five students for its 2026 class of Emerging Reporters. These student journalists will receive stipends and mentorship from ProPublica’s staff. propub.li/4BDFmMj
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New: ProPublica has selected five students for its 2026 class of Emerging Reporters. These student journalists will receive stipends and mentorship from ProPublica’s staff. propub.li/4BDFmMj
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Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over” -- @LajwardZ @thenation thenation.com/article/politi…
Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.

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StudentNation writing fellow @LajwardZ talked to Democratic candidate for Texas Governor @GinaHinojosaTX about redistricting, her opponent's corporate ties, and whether Texas could finally go blue this November: thenation.com/article/politi…
Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Gina Hinojosa: “We Flip Texas, and It’s Over”

Talking to Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa about what redistricting could mean and how a new generation of Democrats is speaking more directly to voters.

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New from StudentNation: Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think thenation.com/article/politi…
Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think

Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think

David Griscom’s new book “The Myth of Red Texas” undoes the idea of Texas as a place with conservatism inherent to its political bloodline.

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Texas conservatism is often treated like it’s written into the state’s political DNA. For my latest for @thenation, I talked to @DavidGriscom about why that story is wrong and his new book, The Myth of Red Texas. If you want to understand Texas, read it!!! thenation.com/article/politi…
Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think

Texas’s DNA Doesn’t Run As Red as the Right Wants You to Think

David Griscom’s new book “The Myth of Red Texas” undoes the idea of Texas as a place with conservatism inherent to its political bloodline.

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Evan@evan7257Aug 5
At the Paxton event and security took my pen. I guess it really is mightier
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