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The future isn’t what it used to be

By Ramesh Ponnuru Contributing columnistWashington Post July 25th 2023 American politics is awash in nostalgia. It’s bipartisan, and it starts at the top. All of our recent presidents have trafficked in it. Donald Trump’s inaugural address in 2017 portrayed a nation that had fallen…..

MyScore can change the story

THEORY OF CHANGEMyScore is built on a narrative theory of change. The outcome we aim for in our work is a new story, a new frame of meaning, rather than just a new set of skills. Or put in another…..

This element is critical to human flourishing — yet missing from the news

By Amanda Ripley Contributing columnist Washington Post March 30 2023 At a cocktail party in a crowded Washington living room some years ago, I met a magazine editor who was working on a high-profile new book. It would transport the reader into…..

Hope is a virtue, not a feeling. And it’s practical, too.

By E.J. Dionne Jr. Columnist|Follow Washington Post July 11th 2023 Hope is summoned so often in speeches and sermons that invoking it invites the very cynicism and resignation it is meant to answer. The word can seem to be a crutch to…..

How Supreme Court decisions are activating a generation of young voters

By Tamia FowlkesJuly 9, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Aaron Satyanarayana was disheartened by the recent Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action. His girlfriend, Maxine Ewing, is worried about the fallout from the court’s decision to block President Biden’s plan to…..

The photos of Frederick Douglass that helped him fight to end slavery

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…..

How the fight against LGBTQ+ books in Montgomery County became a national issue

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…..

What Gen Z wants in the workplace Companies adapt to a new generation of employees

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…..

National test scores plunge, with still no sign of pandemic recovery

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…..

Work Advice: The unwritten workplace rules we wish someone had told us

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…..