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In a rare, salted-paper photograph, Frederick Douglass wears a sophisticated high collar, an elegant three-piece suit and a short salt-and-pepper Afro, coifed with a part down the middle of his scalp. Douglass, who would become one of the most photographed people of…..
By Nicole AsburyJuly 5, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT For the past few months, hundreds of Muslim and Ethiopian Orthodoxparents have called on Maryland’s largest school system to restore an opt-out provision for books that feature LGBTQ+ characters. These new advocacy…..
By Britt Peterson WP June 16 2023 Magazine Ayobami Balogun, 23, thought she would work at Microsoft for the rest of her life. As an immigrant from Nigeria and the oldest of five children, she had chosen a career in software engineering because it would provide…..
By Donna St. George June 21, 2023 at 12:05 a.m. EDT WP National test scores plummeted for 13-year-olds, according to new data that shows the single largest drop in math in 50 years and no signs of academic recovery following the disruptions…..
Washington Post Karla L Miller June 25th 2023 In response to a recent query about unwritten workplace rules, here are some of the best tips I received from new workers and the people who train them. “Dress conservatively until you…..
Washington Post June 14th A4 Deneen Brown JACKSON, Miss. — The violent threats against civil rights leader Medgar Evers from white supremacists in Mississippi were escalating in 1963. The phone at the family’s home in Jackson rang off the hook…..
In her May 25 Thursday Opinion essay, Josie Glausiusz explained how poems offered her an anchor as she lost her 12-year-old son to brain cancer. “With just a word or a phrase, a poem can reach the hidden places that prayers…..
By Dan Morse, Peter Hermann and Salvador Rizzo Updated May 19, 2023 at 12:41 p.m. EDT|Published May 18, 2023 at 8:45 p.m. EDT An 18-year-old was fatally shot on a rush-hour Metro platform in Montgomery County on Thursday evening as residents and leaders in the area wrestle…..
By Tom Kane and Sean Reardon Dr. Kane is a professor of education and economics at Harvard. Dr. Reardon is a professor of education and sociology at Stanford. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parents have become a lot more optimistic about how well their children…..
By David Brooks Opinion Columnist NYT May 7th 2023 In the early 1960s typical Americans were eager to get on with adult life. As soon as they could, they married, launched careers and started popping out kids. In those days, half of…..