Abigail Higgins
@abigailhiggins.bsky.social
Journalist in DC, previously Kenya. Co-founder of @51stnews.bsky.social. Covering inequality, gender, labor for the Washington Post, The Nation, Lux, etc. Organizing with The National Writers Union.
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What D.C. health stories should we report on?
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We’re launching a health equity beat
We want to hear from you: What D.C. health stories should we tell?
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November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What D.C. health stories should we report on?
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
We're launching a dedicated beat — with support from @abigailhiggins.bsky.social's fellowship at the Georgetown-Howard Center for Medical Humanities and Health Justice.
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We'll be on in 20 min! Hope you can join us.
Dr. Asfia Qaadir and I will be on KPFK 90.7 FM at 1 pm PT/4 pm ET this afternoon, talking about last week's reporting in @truthout.org on censorship and targeting of health care workers who speak out on Palestine. Join us! 🇵🇸
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November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We'll be on in 20 min! Hope you can join us.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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Sudan’s civil war has displaced more than 9.5 million people and left millions at risk of starvation.
Despite the country’s vast natural resources, ongoing fighting and shifting control of resources make feeding its population impossible.
🔗: aje.io/cmn21f | #Infograph
Despite the country’s vast natural resources, ongoing fighting and shifting control of resources make feeding its population impossible.
🔗: aje.io/cmn21f | #Infograph
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sudan’s civil war has displaced more than 9.5 million people and left millions at risk of starvation.
Despite the country’s vast natural resources, ongoing fighting and shifting control of resources make feeding its population impossible.
🔗: aje.io/cmn21f | #Infograph
Despite the country’s vast natural resources, ongoing fighting and shifting control of resources make feeding its population impossible.
🔗: aje.io/cmn21f | #Infograph
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. was unlawful.
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
Federal judge rules Trump’s deployment of National Guard in D.C. is ‘unlawful’
The 2,300 Guardsmen aren’t headed home just yet, though.
51st.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C. was unlawful.
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
It illegally infringes upon the city’s ability to direct law enforcement and undermines Congress’s local authority, the ruling says.
What comes next? @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports:
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
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This is nuts. 10 million people being displaced due to climate change.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This is nuts. 10 million people being displaced due to climate change.
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Find someone who looks at you like -
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Find someone who looks at you like -
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We went to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum today and I saw a great response to the claim that we can’t have DC statehood because it would make the flag look funny.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
We went to visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum today and I saw a great response to the claim that we can’t have DC statehood because it would make the flag look funny.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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The kids get it. www.wowt.com/2025/11/18/o...
Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
www.wowt.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The kids get it. www.wowt.com/2025/11/18/o...
Life expectancy in DC can vary by as much as a decade depending on the ward you live in. I’m honored to be a fellow at @mhhjcenter.bsky.social this year, which is supporting us in launching a health equity beat, where we’ll dig in to the city’s health issues.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Life expectancy in DC can vary by as much as a decade depending on the ward you live in. I’m honored to be a fellow at @mhhjcenter.bsky.social this year, which is supporting us in launching a health equity beat, where we’ll dig in to the city’s health issues.
www.mhhj.org/networks-fel...
www.mhhj.org/networks-fel...
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The Court today ruled what we have known all along: the federal occupation of the District is unlawful, unwelcome, and unjust.
This is a victory for democracy, and a victory for DC and our 700K residents who have stood united for our right to self-govern.
Thank you, AG Schwalb.
This is a victory for democracy, and a victory for DC and our 700K residents who have stood united for our right to self-govern.
Thank you, AG Schwalb.
NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Court today ruled what we have known all along: the federal occupation of the District is unlawful, unwelcome, and unjust.
This is a victory for democracy, and a victory for DC and our 700K residents who have stood united for our right to self-govern.
Thank you, AG Schwalb.
This is a victory for democracy, and a victory for DC and our 700K residents who have stood united for our right to self-govern.
Thank you, AG Schwalb.
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NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
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Confirmed: The people of D.C. deserve to be free from presidential overreach and troops on their streets.
Today, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb ordered a halt to the president’s unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to D.C.
This ruling provides an important check on presidential power and makes it clear that when we defend D.C., we defend democracy.
https://cnn.it/483j8VW
This ruling provides an important check on presidential power and makes it clear that when we defend D.C., we defend democracy.
https://cnn.it/483j8VW
Judge halts Trump’s deployment of national guard in Washington, DC | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and the Defense Department illegally deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Confirmed: The people of D.C. deserve to be free from presidential overreach and troops on their streets.
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
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If you say "Trump is a threat to democracy" and vote like this, you simply don't believe what you say.
The idea that swing state Dems would "need" to vote for this is also laughable. No one in your district is kept up at night by the idea that a crooked cop in DC won't get hired back.
The idea that swing state Dems would "need" to vote for this is also laughable. No one in your district is kept up at night by the idea that a crooked cop in DC won't get hired back.
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you say "Trump is a threat to democracy" and vote like this, you simply don't believe what you say.
The idea that swing state Dems would "need" to vote for this is also laughable. No one in your district is kept up at night by the idea that a crooked cop in DC won't get hired back.
The idea that swing state Dems would "need" to vote for this is also laughable. No one in your district is kept up at night by the idea that a crooked cop in DC won't get hired back.
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These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
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Ugh. So fucking awful.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
Stop laying off copy editors and then complaining about errors and lack of reader trust challenge
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Ugh. So fucking awful.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
My first job in journalism was as a copy editor, and I truly believe it taught me as much about journalism — on the copy desk in Warren, Ohio — as anything else I’ve learned since.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Lots of good stuff here on worker-owned news--more writers must commit to collective interests, shared ownership isn't a media crisis magic bullet--it's really hard to make work (but we still need to try!), and journalism needs. way. more. money (& ppl who understand it)
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Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media | Defector
As I finally got to work on writing Defector’s fifth Annual Report, I found myself noodling on some broader thoughts about the worker-owned media landscape. Tom said some sections would work as a stan...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Lots of good stuff here on worker-owned news--more writers must commit to collective interests, shared ownership isn't a media crisis magic bullet--it's really hard to make work (but we still need to try!), and journalism needs. way. more. money (& ppl who understand it)
defector.com/reflections-...
defector.com/reflections-...
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And almost nobody has "cancer money” of the type you need when it’s really serious
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
i've half-joked about how you aren't actually rich until you have "cancer money", or enough that you can pay for treatment *and* be out of work for however long *and* maintain your or your family's basic quality of life (ie, not having to liquidate core assets like your primary residence).
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
And almost nobody has "cancer money” of the type you need when it’s really serious
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
which is why I’m increasingly skeptical thinking about how the idea that wealth is protective (which it is…until it’s not) causes us to overlook how ind. wealth, not Bezos wealth but like median white wealth,
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New: A @propublica.org & @theguardian.com analysis shows that extra greenhouse gases released in the next decade as a result of Trump’s policies are expected to lead to as many as 1.3M more temperature-related deaths worldwide in the 80 years after 2035.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New: A @propublica.org & @theguardian.com analysis shows that extra greenhouse gases released in the next decade as a result of Trump’s policies are expected to lead to as many as 1.3M more temperature-related deaths worldwide in the 80 years after 2035.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Underrated take on how we got here
I have a lot of thoughts on the demands made on editors that got us to the place of knowing who any of these people are in the first place, but we don't need to get into that here. It's just very interesting to see the ... raw material.
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Underrated take on how we got here