Rachel Hatzipanagos

Washington, D.C.

Reporter, About US at The Washington Post

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Directora da National Portrait Gallery demite-se após Trump ter tentado despedi-la

1 week ago | publico.pt | Sophia Nguyen |Rachel Hatzipanagos |Geoff Edgers

Kim Sajet, directora da National Portrait Gallery do Instituto Smithsonian, demitiu-se na sexta-feira, duas semanas após Donald Trump ter dito nas redes sociais que a tinha despedido. A demissão surpreendeu dirigentes de vários museus norte-americanos, que no início da semana haviam ficado aliviados quando o órgão que supervisiona o Smithsonian afirmou que apenas o secretário da instituição pode contratar e despedir directores.
National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Sophia Nguyen |Rachel Hatzipanagos |Geoff Edgers

National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her (washingtonpost.com) National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her By Sophia Nguyen; Rachel Hatzipanagos; Geoff Edgers 2025061316582900 Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her.
Funding for Smithsonian’s Anacostia, Latino museums cut in proposed Trump budget

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Paul Schwartzman |Rachel Hatzipanagos |Sophia Nguyen

Funding for Smithsonian’s Anacostia, Latino museums cut in proposed Trump budget (washingtonpost.com) Funding for Smithsonian’s Anacostia, Latino museums cut in proposed Trump budget By Paul Schwartzman; Rachel Hatzipanagos; Sophia Nguyen 2025060710003300 The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate separate funding for the Smithsonian's long-planned National Museum of the American Latino on the National Mall, as well as the Anacostia Community Museum, a venerated D.C. staple that...
Funding for Smithsonian’s Anacostia, Latino museums cut in proposed Trump budget

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Paul Schwartzman |Rachel Hatzipanagos |Sophia Nguyen

21 hours agoOnly 1 in 25 million diamonds have a scarlet color like the Winston Red Diamond. While it may look like a blazing red ruby, the 2.33-carat Winston Red Diamond is just that—a diamond. One of the rarest diamonds in the world, the Winston Red Diamond is on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of …
Harvard relinquishes possession of slave photos after years-long dispute

1 month 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.
For US Jews, the DC museum killings deepen resolve and fear

1 month 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.
For U.S. Jews, D.C. museum killings deepen resolve — and fear

1 month 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....
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered

1 month 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.
Former Memphis police officers found not guilty in killing of Tyre Nichols

1 month 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.
Former Memphis Police Officers Found Not Guilty in Killing of Tyre Nichols

1 month ago | rsn.org | Emmanuel Felton |Rachel Hatzipanagos

Videos showed the former officers, who are Black, hitting Nichols repeatedly after he ran from a traffic stop. A state jury found three former Memphis police officers not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols that helped galvanize a movement to reform police conduct.