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Season of giving
Food delivery workers were both picking up orders at a DC business. One had an injury and unpaid bills. The other had a large online following
Food delivery workers were both picking up orders at a DC business. One had an injury and unpaid bills. The other had a large online following
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Why I’ll be handing out full-sized candy
In one of my earliest Hallowe'en memories, I am about 8 years old and following my Tía Cherola up an unfamiliar driveway. She was dressed as a witch, a costume ...
  • Oct 31, 2022 7:50 AM
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Why this time needs to be different
The thing about fourth-graders is . . . They may pull away their hand at school drop-off, but then at home ask if they can crawl into your bed to cuddle. They m...
  • Jun 13, 2022 7:48 AM
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Thirteen months of terror
From his desk at the FBI's Washington Field Office, Pete Lapp could see smoke blackening the sky above the Pentagon. After the twin towers fell, a sight he and ...
  • Sep 13, 2021 8:01 AM
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Changing what an astronaut should look like
"What do astronauts look like?" That question sits at the top of the Instagram page that Lisa Alcindor, an aspiring astronaut, created. Next to it, a photograph...
  • Aug 30, 2021 7:59 AM
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A new appreciation for crowdfunding
Looking back, I should have known how much I stood to lose based on the first form I filled out at the veterinary clinic. At the bottom sat a question that in s...
  • Aug 09, 2021 7:59 AM
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The girl who brought down a statue
The day the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was lifted from its pedestal in Charlottesville and driven away, Zyahna Bryant stood near by, wearing pe...
  • Jul 19, 2021 8:00 AM
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A fitting holiday story for 2020
The disappointed should know: Bill Vaughan tried. He tried despite a pandemic. He tried despite a bout of pneumonia. He tried despite knowing we were still in 2...
  • Dec 14, 2020 8:00 AM
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Progress? Tell that to slain Davon, 11
In the short, out-of-focus video, Davon McNeal stands in front of a whiteboard fastened to a blue wall and speaks about courage. “Frederick Douglass said,” the ...
  • Jul 13, 2020 8:00 AM
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