Monica Hesse
Reporter at The Washington Post
Columnist: Washington Post. Writes about gender and society. Author: THE BRIGHTWOOD CODE, a historical mystery, due in May 2024: https://t.co/qKdvRF4RFV
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Monica Hesse
This the story of Abrego García. On March 12, he had just picked up his 5-year-old, special-needs son when he was stopped by immigration agents and secreted away to the Terrorism Confinement Center prison in El Salvador. Many of the hundreds of people sent to such centres remain nameless and story-less.
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washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse
Where it stands right now is that Kilmar Abrego García appears to be out of options. The United States government says it is not legally obligated to save him; the Salvadoran president says his country couldn’t help even if it wanted to. At every turn, this seems to have been a miscarriage of every definition of justice, and it’s worth reminding ourselves just how in God’s name we got here and what it means.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse
Don’t look at your 401(k), they said. I looked. (washingtonpost.com) Don’t look at your 401(k), they said. I looked. By Monica Hesse 2025041410004200 I opened my first 401(k) at 24, when my first grown-up job agreed to transition me from hourly to salaried. "It might look like a pay cut," the human resources rep told me, acknowledging that my monthly check was about to shrink.
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Drew Goins |Molly Roberts |Monica Hesse
The latest battleground in the fight for America’s story (washingtonpost.com) The latest battleground in the fight for America’s story By Drew Goins; Molly Roberts; Monica Hesse 2025040713391300 Last month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order for the Smithsonian Institution to be cleansed of what he called its "corrosive ideology" that "deepens societal divides and fosters a sense of national shame." Many fear that the directive will shutter exhibitions — or entire museums — that...
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2 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Monica Hesse
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