Subaltern
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Ben Terris recorded a candid interview with me on my patio last summer while on book leave from the Washington Post. Fast forward to this month, the book is now on presale as Ben returns to his excellent byline in the Post’s Style section—
THE BIG BREAK explores Washington’s New Normal through the eyes of a diverse cast of Beltway characters.
Ben’s fact-checker called last week to run through a list of details from his interview with me. “Subaltern” was first on her list of facts to check, whether I used “that word specifically” to describe my news beat for Latino Rebels.
Confirmado, I told her. Subaltern is a noun or verb that means “of lower status” in British military slang. Latino Rebels was the subaltern news source in Congress …



