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Howard Means

Howard Means is a former Washingtonian senior editor whose first article for the magazine appeared 40 years ago. The author of ten books, he now lives in rural Virginia.

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Jack Limpert, Longtime Editor of Washingtonian, Dies at Age 90

Editor for more than four decades, he shaped not only this magazine, but city magazines around the country.

Jack Limpert

September 19, 2024

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The Trump Fiction Project

Think 2017 was weirder than fiction? We asked 5 novelists to imagine Trump's next year.

Donald Trump, Fiction, Our Year of Trump

December 10, 2017

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This Town Was Built for Protests: A Visual Timeline

In recent weeks, protesters have taken to the streets and airports. But it’s not the first time in our city’s history that demonstrations became almost commonplace.

Donald Trump, Protests, Women's March

March 13, 2017

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The Story of the Really Weird Night Richard Nixon Hung Out With Hippies at the Lincoln Memorial

It was one of the unlikeliest spectacles in Washington history: the President of the United States paying a late-night visit to thousands of radical protesters camped out at the Lincoln Memorial. Here’s how it happened.

History, Kent State, Nixon

May 17, 2016

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Thinking of Moving to a Small Town? Read This First.

What two people learned by leaving the capital for a quiet Virginia home.

Home Buying, Open House

August 17, 2015