Giving Up On A Perfect Recovery Actually Helped Me Heal From My Eating Disorder
I used to think of recovery as a peak I would reach. But now I think of it as an active, cyclical process.
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Addy Baird
Addy Baird is a political reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.
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Congress Passed One Of The Biggest Workplace Reforms Of The #MeToo Era
In a rare bipartisan move, the Senate sent a bill ending forced arbitration for sexual misconduct claims to President Joe Biden.
DC Is Suing The Proud Boys And Oath Keepers For Conspiring To Storm The Capitol
The lawsuit from the DC attorney general’s office joins cases filed by members of Congress and police officers injured during the Jan. 6 attack.
Some Republicans Keep Praising Kyle Rittenhouse
A cohort of Republicans rushed to praise Rittenhouse after he was found not guilty of murder.
House Democrats Finally Passed Their $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan
A tumultuous day in the House ended with a late vote on the bipartisan bill that will send billions in funding to boost America’s aging infrastructure.
Gov. Phil Murphy Narrowly Won Reelection In New Jersey In Another Troubling Sign For Democrats
Murphy is the first Democratic governor to win reelection in the state in decades. But the surprisingly close result could foreshadow a tough 2022 for Democrats.
Democrats Swear It’s Not Weird To Be Playing Baseball With Marjorie Taylor Greene
And (almost) everyone insists they can play the Congressional Baseball Game like normal even after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
She’s One Of Congress’s Leading Progressives — Just Not In Her Own Office, Staffers Say
Former staffers who worked for Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a House Democrat who built her reputation on being a champion of workers, say her treatment of her staff was often inconsistent with her public image.
New York City's Mayoral Election Could Take A While To Sort Out
The shift to ranked-choice voting, thousands of absentee ballots, and the not-so-shiny history of the Board of Elections could mean weeks before a winner is official.
Congressional Staff Are Organizing To Make The People Who Work On Capitol Hill Less White
“It's a very simple idea,” one Congressional Progressive Staff Association organizer said. “People should be represented by people like them.”
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Madison Cawthorn Is A Rising Republican Star. Women At His College Warned Each Other About Him.
BuzzFeed News interviewed more than three dozen people as part of an investigation into allegations that Madison Cawthorn harassed women in college.
She’s One Of Congress’s Leading Progressives — Just Not In Her Own Office, Staffers Say
Former staffers who worked for Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a House Democrat who built her reputation on being a champion of workers, say her treatment of her staff was often inconsistent with her public image.
Giving Up On A Perfect Recovery Actually Helped Me Heal From My Eating Disorder
I used to think of recovery as a peak I would reach. But now I think of it as an active, cyclical process.
The Coronavirus Outbreak Is “Like A Nightmare” For People With Eating Disorders
“Eating disorders do thrive in silence. This is kind of like the perfect storm for that silence to get as loud as humanly possible.”
Solidcore Sells Itself As An Empowering Fitness Boutique. Employees Say Its CEO Created A Culture Of Toxicity And Sexual Harassment.
“I was just a shell of myself,” one former employee said. “We worked so hard and we were never working hard enough.”
What It Feels Like To Mourn Your Ideal Body
I spent years living in a dangerous and restrictive world that I had constructed for myself. Then I learned how to tear down those walls.
Solidcore Employees Alleged Their CEO Created A Toxic Culture. Now They're Calling For Her To Step Down.
A group of Solidcore coaches launched a petition calling for Anne Mahlum to resign or be removed by the company's board after a BuzzFeed News article detailing allegations of verbal abuse and sexual harassment.
A Lawmaker Denied Ripping An Absolutely Enormous Fart On Live Television
"It was not me!!!!" Rep. Eric Swalwell said in a text message. "It's funny tho." #Fartgate trended on Twitter.
How The Supreme Court Could Overturn Roe v. Wade
More than a dozen cases are just one step away from the Supreme Court. They could allow the court to overrule Roe — or to restrict abortion for hundreds of thousands of people.
Their Daughter Was Killed In Aurora. Now They Say The Anti–Gun Violence Movement Has Left Them Behind.
“Here’s the deal: We really don’t have a true grassroots gun violence prevention movement in this country,” said Lonnie Phillips, whose daughter, Jessi, was killed in the 2012 movie theater mass shooting.