Maya King
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Maya King
@mayaaking
- The first person in New York to get a vaccine is a Black woman healthcare professional, receiving it from another Black woman healthcare professional. There's a lot of power in this image:
- What song have you already made your song of the summer and why is it Essence by WizKid?
- So many young black reporters have a good Cummings story about how he pulled us aside and gave us a word of advice or support when we were navigating the Hill or covering events. It speaks so much to who he was. He always wanted to see us win
- Thrilled to be joining the inimitable politics team at @nytimes, covering a beat that I’ve long been passionate about: Southern politics. Can’t wait to get to work! Please send all your best tips and Atlanta food recommendations.The politics team is proud to welcome @mayaaking to the team, where she’ll focus on the Southeast. nytco.com/press/a-new-so…
- The verdict is out. 2nd degree unintentional murder: GUILTY 3rd degree murder: GUILTY 2nd degree manslaughter: GUILTY #ChauvinTrial
- Omarosa and Ed are on their feet, giving every single journalist in this room what they came for - drama. #NABJ17
00:00 - NEW: A woman who said Herschel Walker paid for her abortion in 2009 told The New York Times that he urged her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later. Corroborating @thedailybeast's Monday reporting w/ @llerer @Jonesieman
- New: In Georgia, memories of 2018 drive turnout in 2020. Where votes were suppressed, Black Democrats are doubling down on making sure theirs are counted. My dispatch from Atlanta, where voters aim not to overwhelm the system but hold it accountable:
- Black D.C. residents died of the coronavirus at 5.9x the rate of whites, worse than any other large U.S. city publishing demographic data. The gap in life expectancy between Black and white Washingtonians is the largest of major U.S. cities--14.9 years. npr.org/2020/07/15/888…
- Peak Howard alumna is wearing a Howard sweatshirt indoors in AugustKamala is loving this roll call.
- NEW: The NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson have filed litigation against Trump, Giuliani, The Proud Boys + Oath Keepers in connection to the Jan. 6 riots. NAACP is the 1st civil rights group to file litigation against Trump in connection to the insurrection.
- Big news for the Sanders campaign and the state of Florida: Phillip Agnew, a former surrogate and co-founder of the Dream Defenders, has been promoted to Senior Advisor.
