Lateshia Beachum

3 days ago | washingtonpost.com | Lateshia Beachum

She wanted to freeze her eggs. She passed a law to make it accessible. (washingtonpost.com) She wanted to freeze her eggs. She passed a law to make it accessible. By Lateshia Beachum 2025051116300000 Staring at the degrees and certificates that decorate her suburban Maryland office, Prince George's County Council member Wanika B. Fisher pondered the sacrifices she made to become a public servant.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Lateshia Beachum |Vivian Ho |Erin Cox

Six Flags America to close. Another rickety turn for an ailing Maryland county. (washingtonpost.com) Six Flags America to close. Another rickety turn for an ailing Maryland county. By Lateshia Beachum; Vivian Ho; Erin Cox 2025050210591900 The abrupt news that Six Flags America will permanently close after 25 years blindsided Prince George's council member Wala Blegay.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Lateshia Beachum |Erin Cox

Home to the Commanders sees a benefit in the team’s departure to D.C. (washingtonpost.com) Home to the Commanders sees a benefit in the team’s departure to D.C. By Lateshia Beachum; Erin Cox 2025043010000000 The loss of the Washington Commanders to D.C. comes during an uncertain time for the Maryland community that has been the football team's home for 28 years.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Katie Mettler |Maria Paul |María Luisa Paúl |Jasmine Hilton |Lateshia Beachum

How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison (washingtonpost.com) How a defunct gang registry helped deliver Kilmar Abrego García to a Salvadoran prison By Katie Mettler; María Luisa Paúl; Jasmine Hilton; Lateshia Beachum 2025041910005600 The path to Kilmar Abrego García's deportation to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador began six years ago, when a suburban Maryland police detective typed a critical allegation into a Gang Interview Field Sheet....

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Michael Brice-Saddler |Lateshia Beachum

David and Cheryl Taylor built their lives on federal salaries. He was a 20-year-old warehouse worker in 1973, aching for a better opportunity when a friend told him about the U.S. Postal Service exam. Soon, he had a mail route and was making $4.35 per hour. “Big money,” he recalled thinking at the time. She was 23 in 1982, making $5.80 per hour at a hospital in North Carolina. But even with a master’s in nursing, she struggled to advance her career as the only Black nurse on her floor.