Elizabeth Hira

1/ THRILLED to share my 1st @BrennanCenter report, out TODAY! It looks at HR1/S1 through an equity lens. What’s that mean?? America was formed by WE the People – yet for too long we deliberately excluded people based on sex, skin color & economic status. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

Happy Election Day, PA! Voted by mail? TODAY use & SHARE the ballot tracker to make sure your 🗳️ counted.  vote.pa.gov/MailBallotStat… - anything besides "RETURNED," your vote is at risk of being rejected. Call/text 833-PA-VOTES for help getting your vote counted BEFORE 8 PM, 11/5!

Join the group chat! Tonight, 7PM in BK, join me in hearing from @AudreLawdAMercy about her new book setting the record straight on Originalism. (Promise it’ll be “funny ha ha,” not “funny soul crushing is this real life e.g. Dobbs” 😉) There’s hope! RSVP: cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/mad…

@AudreLawdAMercy Ms Brilliant Lady, only you could get me back on Twitter a lil 😂🥰🔥 SO PROUD OF YOU and folks, come out tmrw!!

Join us 6/7 to hear the BRILLIANT @AudreLawdAMercy on her debut from @penguinrandom!! You’ll laugh, you’ll learn, you’ll probably hear something that will upset someone at a future confirmation hearing, & you’ll feel 🔥about a vision for the future. RSVP cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/mad…

In today's @nytimes: a lovely peek behind the curtain of crossword testing (w/ some musings from this true believer 🥰) 🥳 @NYTGames & Deb Amlen for all you do to ensure puzzling is for everyone! (❤️ always @wynaliu for starting me on this adventure😊) nytimes.com/2024/05/20/cro…

Government works. And government works, and is worth believing in, because of good people. Government workers are heroes. I'm sending gratitude and admiration to all these people and their families today. Thank you for this beautiful articulation, @cfishman.

One way to destroy despair is to HEAR what folks are accomplishing globally, in community, to beat back climate change & advance justice. (Like, @patagonia has made Earth its only shareholder!) always so 🥰🤩🥳 of @nadirahira for hosting #sdgactionzone sdgactionzone.org/program/

@loud_socialist Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth Jackson is one of the best and most illuminating books I’ve ever read.

what book has influenced your thinking on cities the most?

@SteveESpaulding @ryanbeckwith Then after we solve voting rights do you wanna get gummy bears from downstairs and also can you look at this rash for me... #Coworkersforlife ♥️

@ryanbeckwith resonates deeply with me @ElizabethHira!

come find me on the new social network called "sitting near me at work" where I will give you one-liners and responses to the news when you are concentrating on a spreadsheet

Join us tonight for the power of story! So excited to be hosting this at 7 PM ET alongside the amazing @RioTazewell of @peoplefor and our friends at @DFADCoalition!

The Library of Congress is sponsoring a challenge to help improve public knowledge of civics by asking video game developers to create fun, lightweight video games related to civics that incorporate Library of Congress resources. Learn more here: blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/06/he…

Out in NYC with my puzzle clipboard, everyone wanted to chat but many said, "I'd love to do the crossword but I can't!" So I started to teach & now it's a thing 😅 Join even if you're expert, we'll have a mixer to meet fellow word ♥️rs! "xword" $10 tix caveat.nyc/events/learn-t…

Hey, @Amy_Rey! I've got a crossword question and someone recommended I be in touch with you -- couldn't find your email anywhere -- any chance you'd DM me? Huge thanks for all you do!!

@WendellPierce This makes my rainy New York Saturday - it was such fun to run into you unexpectedly and chat about great theater at the bar near The Joyce between your basketball game and me charging my phone. Little New York miracles are a true and lovely thing ☺️ hope your cruise was great!

I retraced my steps on this rainy NY day. From the moments in my home, to the steps on the street, to many places visited the prior day, I walked into the corner of a haberdashery I spent a portion of the day in, & there neatly tucked away on a Black marble table, it quietly laid

I have lost my life’s work. Last night in NYC, I misplaced my journal from DEATH OF A SALESMAN on Broadway. This distillation of all I have ever experienced on my creative journey culminated in this production. A document of all the defining moments of critical self reflection

@cwes93 Huuuuge happy birthday, Cy!!! And so much love to your beautiful Mom who has been a role model to all of us for all these years!!!♥️ 🥳🍾

30 years around the sun today. Praise be to the mother who made it all possible ❤️

@AudreLawdAMercy @TheAtlantic GAAAH I was just getting on here to be like OMG happppppyyy birthday @BlkGrlBrilliant and hooray for sisters celebrating back in the Caribbean (👀 @nadirahira) but also now I am celebrating this!! Make the arguments, change the narratives. ♥️ and am so proud of you!

@AudreLawdAMercy Please just write it all down and know I’m signed up already to read the sequel: Too Just, Too Furious 😂😂 - Go, Madiba, gooo!!! 🥰🇺🇸💪🏽

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Super excited for this show tonight @caveatnyc on the Black history we need to know but aren’t always taught. (And by a funny @arsnova creator, to boot?!) (Livestream tix available if you’re not in NYC!)

@DrTedJ Yes, Ted!!! So proud of you and grateful we get more of your thoughtful voice ☺️ huge congratulations!

Over a decade ago, I decided to start closing out my military career and embark on a new journey as a writer & scholar on race and democracy. So, I'm thrilled to share this professional news today - it's a dream come true. washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/02/17/…