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Observer of skies and falling waters. Noted for discovering people on the street and putting them in columns for The Washington Post

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As I step away, I remember the strivers and survivors of our city washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | As I step away, I remember the strivers and survivors of our city

Remembering the strivers and survivors of the District.

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Making the District into ‘Singapore on the Potomac’ wapo.st/3Ne2Foq
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High school reporters’ solution-oriented cure for bad news burnout wapo.st/3sLFpah
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Gen Z class at NOVA talks about healing a world wounded by boomers wapo.st/3GbAouD
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Can we solve homelessness? A program at Union Station is a huge step wapo.st/3srDU0D

Perspective | Can we solve homelessness? A program at Union Station is a huge step.

The Amtrak police chief and a program for homelessness are teaming up to help the unhoused at Union Station.

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A kidney swap, a love story and a ray of hope in a memoir wapo.st/3ZYceNk
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The character and courage of the people of Southeast D.C. wapo.st/3RNQnWN
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Seeding high-schoolers’ minds for a harvest of love for the earth wapo.st/3F5k8e9
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Narcan in hand, she makes the case for saving everyone wapo.st/3LyJHb1

Perspective | Narcan in hand, she makes the case for saving everyone

At community health fairs, a devoted substance abuse and mental health specialist works to help save the lives of those who are among the most despised

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Safety at Howard comes down to both town and gown wapo.st/3PEGSYE

Perspective | Safety at Howard comes down to both town and gown

University officials are focused on students. But both students and the city need to help.

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Why the racial achievement gap persists in D.C. and how to fix it washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Why the racial achievement gap persists in D.C. and how to fix it

Former D.C. schools chancellor Kaya Henderson on the myth and meaning of the racial achievement gap in the city’s public schools.

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Learning the highs and lows of D.C.’s medical marijuana lingo washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Learning the highs and lows of D.C.’s medical marijuana lingo

As recreational marijuana sales prosper in Maryland, medical dispensaries in D.C. jump through hoops.

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Lessons from a former D.C. jail warden on curbing gun violence washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Lessons from a former D.C. jail warden on curbing gun violence

A former deputy warden at D.C.'s Lorton Reformatory shares what he's learned about the connection between violence and parenting.

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While you were sleeping, acting D.C. police chief could not washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | D.C. police chief says it will take the whole community to fight crime

D.C. Police Chief Smith in race against time to stem city's rising murder rate.

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Angst of city youths is soothed by trip to Shenandoah Valley washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Angst of city youths is soothed by trip to Shenandoah Valley

Gun violence drug deaths and hardness of city life melts as D.C. youths spend time in the majestic Shenadoah Valley, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains

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Affirmative action lifted me from the South, but racial troubles follow washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Affirmative action lifted me from the South, but racial troubles follow

Affirmative action was killed by the Supreme Court, with Clarence Thomas striking a fatal blow.

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Post-pandemic, D.C. motivational speaker focuses on coming back washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Post-pandemic, D.C. motivational speaker focuses on coming back

Former D.C. schools official Willie Jolley is keeping them smiling.

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The biggest threat to a vibrant city? Guns and the people who use them. wapo.st/3qSWn5c
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Reparations fight will not be won anytime soon, but they are all in washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Reparations fight will not be won anytime soon, but they are all in

What drives and motivates reparations advocates in what is perhaps the most unpopular cause in America.

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Ending homelessness: All it takes is love and a mission washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

Perspective | Ending homelessness: All it takes is love and a mission

Mission of Love Charities, based in Capitol Heights, Md., is having success housing people who have been chronically homeless.

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