Rachel Hatzipanagos

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Angie Orellana Hernandez |Rachel Hatzipanagos

Harvard relinquishes possession of slave photos after years-long dispute (washingtonpost.com) Harvard relinquishes possession of slave photos after years-long dispute By Angie Orellana Hernandez; Rachel Hatzipanagos 2025052821475200 Centuries-old images of an enslaved man and his daughter, believed to be the earliest-known photographs of enslaved people in the United States, were relinquished by Harvard University after a 15-year-long legal battle.

1 week ago | postguam.com | Michelle Boorstein |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux |Molly Hennessy-Fiske |Rachel Hatzipanagos

For Rabbi Ruth Balinsky Friedman, who teaches Jewish texts at a D.C.-area high school, the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers this week have deepened the isolation she’s felt as an American Jew in recent years. Hamas’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent attacks on Gaza - followed by divisions around the world over what caused the conflict and who was at fault - left the 40-year-old mother of three feeling confused, with no clear solution to the war in sight.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Michelle Boorstein |Emily Wax-Thibodeaux |Molly Hennessy-Fiske |Rachel Hatzipanagos

For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear (washingtonpost.com) For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear By Michelle Boorstein; Emily Wax-Thibodeaux; Molly Hennessy-Fiske; Rachel Hatzipanagos 2025052315384700 For Rabbi Ruth Balinsky Friedman, who teaches Jewish text at a D.C.-area high school, the killings of two Israeli Embassy workers this week have deepened the isolation she's felt as an American Jew in recent years. Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct....

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Emmanuel Felton |Rachel Hatzipanagos |Vivian Ho

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered (washingtonpost.com) Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered By Emmanuel Felton; Rachel Hatzipanagos; Vivian Ho 2025050919181900 Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans.

4 weeks ago | postguam.com | Emmanuel Felton |Rachel Hatzipanagos

A state jury found three former Memphis police officers not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols, a case that helped galvanize a movement to reform police conduct. The jurors deliberated for more than eight hours after listening to days of testimony that examined the minutes after police pulled over Nichols during a traffic stop, and when the 29-year-old FedEx worker was repeatedly hit and kicked by the officers.