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Thankful for this year. Hosted students from @APSCarver, @ObamaElemMagnet & @ASUHornetNation here @CNN Thx to @KendallTrammell, @VictorBlackwell, @DianneG @denisehendricks, @mjdonastorg, Delaney Strunk & those who made it happen. instagram.com/p/BuMIKNxghPp/
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Coronavirus isn’t just exposing the racial disparities within cities. It is making them worse, via @newsbysamuels: washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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#DCsBravest mourn the passing of one of our retired members who fell victim to COVID-19. Francis “Gary” Holmberg, 77, retired in 1988 as Captain of Engine Co. 15 in Anacostia. He was living in Carroll Co. Md. at the time of his death. Our thoughts & prayers are with his family. – at Washington, DC
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What can a scholarship do to address historic injustice?
For Morgan Carter and her family, reparations changed the frame of a tortured past. wapo.st/2XbA2Pc
Once again, here are the #Covid_19 victims in the DMV. We are striving to honor everyone & tell their stories.
The number of known coronavirus cases in the District, Maryland and Virginia surpassed 8,000 on Monday.
Here are their stories. wapo.st/2xViYlW
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Black residents disproportionately represented in D.C. coronavirus data wapo.st/34mGGE4
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Starting April 6, DC will conduct #coronavirus tests on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays (10am – 2pm) at United Medical Center
An appointment is required & must be scheduled thru the Testing Triage Call Center: 855-363-0333
There is no on-site registration
#StayHomeDC saves lives
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Early data shows African Americans have contracted and died of the coronavirus at an alarming rate. (via @akjohnson1922 and @TaliaBuford for @propublica) apple.co/3dYlfNN
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Gary Holmberg loved being outside, pranks and his fellow firefighters. He had a temper and loved to laugh. When Hurricane Katrina hit, he volunteered to go help. He died last Sunday, as a coronavirus outbreak ravaged Pleasant View Nursing Home. washingtonpost.com/local/gar…
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D.C. projects a coronavirus surge in July instead of mid-April because the city government relies on a model that assumes many people will not comply with social distancing. The crowds at the fish market are a prime example of that washingtonpost.com/local/cor…
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In Louisiana's shrinking Delta, there is lead time (maybe), lots of social isolation, and faith. nola.com/news/coronavirus/ar…
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Metro Atlantans:
-What are your greatest #covid19 information needs?
-What kind of stories do you have too much of right now?
-What are journalists missing in terms of stories?
I'm updating this list. Here's what people have previously wanted to know: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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The vendors at the Municipal Fish Market have been temporarily closed by the District of Columbia.
The rest of The Wharf neighborhood remains open for essential access to peoples’ homes, offices, hotels, and businesses—including carryout and delivery.
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In a special section of today's @washingtonpost, a story on life amid the pandemic in the nation's capital, reported by 21 journalists over 24 hours. I hope you'll read it.
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Chad Capule, 49, Cheverly, Maryland, tested positive for #Covid_19 in Wisconsin and spent more than 2 weeks in a hospital before he died on March 29. His wife, who was quarantined in a Wisconsin hotel, emailed letters for the nurses to read to him in the ICU. Here is his story.
IT manager who loved trivia and once appeared on ‘Jeopardy!’ dies of covid-19 wapo.st/3aJWQtw
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All across the United States, the coronavirus is killing more men than women, data show washingtonpost.com/health/20…
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Considering setting aside time this evening for this beautifully written account of 24 hours of life in Washington, D.C. disrupted by coronavirus.
Scenes of garbage truck drivers preparing for duty, a mom juggling work and childcare and more washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
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The story of the Howard University Hospital nurse who died from covid-19.
Noel Sinkiat, 64, planned to retire in December after 41 years at Howard. His wife also tested positive and could not gather with anyone to mourn his death washingtonpost.com/local/vet…
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A correctional officer with the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services who contracted the coronavirus has died washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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With the deepest and most profound sadness, I grieve the passing of a true jazz master, icon of our culture, historic in the story of New Orleans, and profound in his influence in the evolution of music along with many lives. Father. Mentor. Teacher. Genius. RIP Ellis Marsalis 💔
RIP. It was such a privilege to have seen him play in New Orleans.
Ellis Marsalis Jr., a prominent New Orleans jazz pianist and patriarch who mentored four musician sons, has died at 85 of complications of Covid-19 nyti.ms/2WXyPLv
