Rashida

[rah-shee-duh, rah-shi-dah]

noun

1. a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “righteous.”

Example Sentences

Now, Pearson is running for Congress with the support of Justice Democrats, a group that helps elect progressive House members like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D–Mich. He also has the backing of Leaders We Deserve, a group founded by former Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg, which seeks to elect a new generation of leadership in the party.

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Justice Democrats, the PAC that helped elect Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and other members of the “Squad,” has picked a new target.

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Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and have frequently targeted moderate Democratic incumbents from the left.

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Voters seem to define the Democratic Party by the words and actions of everyone from Nancy Pelosi and Ezra Klein to Rashida Tlaib and Ibram X. Kendi to the socialist activist whose bad tweet went viral and the high school classmate who posts her lefty opinions on Facebook a lot.

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Rashida Jones has always been a vocal fan of Netflix’s dystopian anthology series “Black Mirror,” but she never expected it to secure her an Emmy nomination.

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