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Jason Reynolds Is the Bard of Black YA Fiction. Now He’s Written a Totally Different Kind of Book.
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Jason Reynolds Is the Bard of Black YA Fiction. Now He’s Written a Totally Different Kind of Book.

The DC author sold millions of novels featuring characters long missing from children’s lit. Writing a history of racism for kids is something else.
Antiracism, Author, Books, Children's Literature
March 27, 2020
When Ollie Cantos (second from the left) met Leo, Steven, and Nick, he planned to be just a mentor. Photo by Lexey Swall.
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Meet an Amazing Blind Man Raising Blind Triplets

Ollie Cantos was a workaholic lawyer—the highest-ranking blind person in the federal government. Then along came Steven, Leo, and Nick: blind triplets who needed a dad. What happened next changed their lives.
Blindness, Health, Parenting, Profile
September 7, 2016
DC flag voting
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60 Years Ago, a Local Musician Wrote a Song to Encourage DC Residents to Vote

2016 Primary, Civil Rights, Government, Law
June 14, 2016
Profile: Gen. Larry Spencer, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
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Profile: Gen. Larry Spencer, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

Dead Drop, Department of Defense, Military, Profile
February 28, 2013
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