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Astead

@AsteadWH
Host, America, Actually! @voxmedia Weekly midterms newsletter @Substack Editorial director @voxdotcom Political analyst @cnn Former @nytimes @bostonglobe
New York, NY
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Joined August 2011
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    Apr 11
    !!!! First day of our new podcast, America Actually (w/ Astead Herndon). It's going to be about the upcoming elections and America's road to a post-Trump future. But as we got started I wanted to write something about why I landed on that theme and what I saw as the our mission
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    It's been great featuring local reporters, most of whom are corps members with @Report4America, each week in our midterms newsletter. They always bring a unique perspective on how these elections are playing out. This week, Ryan Oehrli of @NCNewsWorks highlights the bipartisan
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    It’s been three years since my profile of Kamala Harris in @NYTmag. This was before the candidate switch. The bad debate. Reported before Oct 7 and its aftermath. Still, and maybe because of that, it functions as a time capsule of the Biden-era Democratic Party, and the series
    In Search of Kamala Harris (Published 2023)
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    Oct 8
    On Black voters, Black candidates, and 2028. Free on @Substack: americaactually.substack.com/p/black-democr…
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    Oct 8
    New newsletter: I wrote about the under discussed crisis among Black Democrats, whose corporatist politics are increasingly at odds with the party’s base. A Palantir sponsorship at CBC week. Close financial ties to the crypto industry and pro-Israel lobby. All happening while
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    Black Democrats are facing a crossroads
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