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By Julie Zauzmer Weil Feb. 14, 2022 Washington Post When The Washington Post published the first list of members of Congress who were slaveowners last month, the article included a call to action: Help us complete the database. Ruette Watson was among dozens of…..
Alex Haley’s 1960 article led directly to ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ and ‘Roots’ By Dave Kindy February 4, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. EST Washington Post In March1960, a rookie reporter published a magazine article that would spark a historic shift…..
By Aaron L. Alexander, Ledlie Laughlin, Hannah Goldstein, Doug Robinson-Johnson and Molly Blythe Teichert February 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Aaron L. Alexander is a rabbi at Adas Israel Congregation. Ledlie Laughlin is a pastor at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church. Hannah Goldstein is a…..
Acceptance and commitment therapy teaches people to acknowledge their negative feelings instead of trying to resist or wrestle with them By Katherine Kam February 19, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. EST Washington Post Emily Sandoz, a psychologist in Louisiana, has witnessed clients’…..
Meeting Needs in Maryland Last year more than 5,200 Americans of all ages and backgrounds united to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity through national service in Maryland. AmeriCorps invested more than $18 million in federal funding to support cost-effective community solutions,…..
January 28, 2022 6:00 AM ET NPRKids are carrying the trauma of the pandemic and, even if COVID is eventually defanged, it has already left indelible marks on students’ psyches and education. That’s the warning of Chicago school principal, Seth…..
By Brian Broome Contributing columnist February 13, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EST Washington Post It’s disheartening to watch the idols from my youth turn into old grumps. Reading Sean Penn’s recent comment that too many men have become “feminized” reminded me that some people…..
Sometimes someone else’s inspired words give us the courage to speak or to claim an insight that we felt was a bit outside the norm, until we find that someone else more famous said the same thing. Read this collection…..
In his 1845 memoir, A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, the famed abolitionist wrote that, “I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.” Later in life, Douglass—who was…..
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The story behind the Frederick Douglass birthday celebration (National Constitution Center) On February 14, 2022, America will observe the birthday of the iconic Frederick Douglass. While the year of his birth has been narrowed down to two possible candidates, the actual…..