The Perilous Existence of a Hamptons Day Laborer nytimes.com/2024/04/07/nyr…

As a reporter, I'm always curious about who is behind big events. Millions roll into DC for cherry blossom festival--so whose job is it to maintain those trees? In my latest The Washington Post story, meet the Mall's tree guy. In your paper today

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From a chance encounter at the Waldorf to a deal to transform a half-vacant downtown mall: How Mayor Muriel Bowser reeled Ted Leonsis back to the D.C. negotiating table as things crumbled in Virginia, w/ Michael Brice-Saddler, Jonathan O'Connell
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Suddenly, Moore’s community was grieving. Commutes were upended. Thousands of jobs were at stake. A divided Congress needed to be persuaded to help. The world was watching, and families wanted their loved ones’ bodies back.

Must-read by Erin Cox

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Nice to join Big NPR to talk about my favorite sportsball topic (and, incidentally, the *only* sportsball topic I can speak with any authority on) npr.org/2024/03/28/124…

Daikaya Group says no one has contacted them about their streeteries. But removing outdoor seating would impact sales and so the restaurant would be 'eager to speak' with Monumental and local officials about solution. Overall, happy about Monumental news.

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In one year, Maritza Guzman has seen 12 workers die in Baltimore — most of them immigrants and one of them her husband.

The latest deaths, she said, underscore how immigrants are some of the most vulnerable, least-protected workers in the US. W/ Scott Dance shorturl.at/jrzRY

Six presumed dead in bridge collapse were immigrants, soccer fans, family men washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Key Bridge collapse brings stark reminder of migrant workers’ vulnerabilities:

“Here, immigrants have the hardest times and do the hardest jobs, and then we’re the first to break.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Hector Guardado had seen the news.

But he is not ready to give up hope that his uncle, Maynor Suazo Sandoval — one of six workers missing after the Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore — might be found alive.

W/ Emily Davies:

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Six presumed dead in bridge collapse were immigrants, soccer fans, family men - The Washington Post devastating story by ⁦Teo Armus⁩ & ⁦Emily Davies⁩ washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

What we know about the six people presumed dead in the Key Bridge collapse, with Jasmine Hilton Teo Armus Tim Craig:

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