Diana Ramirez-Simon
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A harmless drudge who busies herself with the significance of words.
West coast news editor at the Guardian US.
She/her, if that wasn't already said.
West coast news editor at the Guardian US.
She/her, if that wasn't already said.
Altadena Girls – a new organization started by 14-year-old Avery Colvert – has struck a chord with its focus on teen girls’ recovery. “I was thinking about, if I lost everything in my own bedroom, how would I feel?” Colvert said.
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Clothes, toiletries – and a free stylist: the LA teen creating a space for peers amid the fires
Avery Colvert created Altadena Girls, an organization now with celebrities sending products, eateries reaching out to cater and a surplus of volunteers
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January 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Altadena Girls – a new organization started by 14-year-old Avery Colvert – has struck a chord with its focus on teen girls’ recovery. “I was thinking about, if I lost everything in my own bedroom, how would I feel?” Colvert said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“Rickey was the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. There’s no debate,” said Billy Beane, former A’s general manager. “He transformed the game and made every team he played for better.”
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Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest leadoff hitter and ‘Man of Steal’, dies aged 65
Rickey Henderson, baseball’s greatest leadoff hitter and the all-time stolen base king, died Friday in Oakland at the age of 65 after battling pneumonia
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December 22, 2024 at 12:20 AM
“Rickey was the greatest leadoff hitter of all time. There’s no debate,” said Billy Beane, former A’s general manager. “He transformed the game and made every team he played for better.”
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NEW: We interviewed women behind bars who exposed the widespread sexual abuse of US prison officers, but who have struggled to get relief. They are pleading with Biden for clemency.
“After everything I’ve been through, I deserve to be protected. Give me a chance … Let me see my granddaughters”
“After everything I’ve been through, I deserve to be protected. Give me a chance … Let me see my granddaughters”
Survivors of prison sexual abuse scandal ask Biden for clemency: ‘Give us a chance’
Incarcerated women seek relief after exposing harassment, retaliation and assault by staff
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December 18, 2024 at 5:12 PM
NEW: We interviewed women behind bars who exposed the widespread sexual abuse of US prison officers, but who have struggled to get relief. They are pleading with Biden for clemency.
“After everything I’ve been through, I deserve to be protected. Give me a chance … Let me see my granddaughters”
“After everything I’ve been through, I deserve to be protected. Give me a chance … Let me see my granddaughters”
Reposted by Diana Ramirez-Simon
"Slowly, over the course of the story, the men of the forum become radicalized by their grief and begin plotting – and executing – murders of health insurance executives and politicians who vote against universal healthcare." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Cory Doctorow’s prescient novella about health insurance and murder: ‘They’re going to be afraid’
The parallels between the science fiction writer’s five-year-old story and present-day events are startling
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December 20, 2024 at 8:30 PM
"Slowly, over the course of the story, the men of the forum become radicalized by their grief and begin plotting – and executing – murders of health insurance executives and politicians who vote against universal healthcare." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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