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Darryl George, 17, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, on Sept. 10. (Darresha George via AP) Listen 5 min ...
Penny Cilyn of the United Court of the Lone Star Empire reads during Sunday service at the Cathedral of Hope on Aug. 17. (Karen Attiah/The Washington...
Photographs of gun-violence victims are seen at a demonstration in Fairfax, Va., on Aug. 4. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) ...
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The fig tree outside the home of Karen Attiah's parents. From left, before it was butchered, after it was butchered, and the way it looks today....
A memorial outside the Mag.pi clothing store in Cedar Glen, Calif., where owner Laura Ann Carleton was killed on Aug. 21. (Robyn Beck/AFP) ...
From left, Michael Oher, Collins Tuohy and Leigh Anne Tuohy, whose lives are portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie "The Blind Side," speak with...
The U.S. Capitol on Nov. 7, 2022. (J. David Ake/AP) Listen 4 min Comment on this story Comment Gift...
People work on a message to display during the centennial of Tulsa's race massacre in May 2021. (Joshua Lott for The Washington Post) ...
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Ford Fletcher, right, is joined by her grandson Ike Howard while speaking during an interview with the Associated...
Vernon AME Church pastor Robert Turner speaks through a megaphone as he leads a protest for reparations on Nov. 18, 2020 in Tulsa, (Joshua Lott/The...
This undated image provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the company's Titan submersible. (AP) Listen 3 min ...
A person holds a sign in support of affirmative action during a rally on Oct. 31 in Washington. (Eric Lee for The Washington Post) ...
A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 flies over the French research vessel L'Atalante on Wednesday during the search for a missing submersible in the North...
Cornel West speaks on Feb. 10, 2020, at a campaign rally for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Durham, N.H. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Listen 5 min...
The Rev. Pat Robertson addresses the Christian Coalition “Road to Victory '98" conference in Washington on Sept. 18, 1998. (Roberto Borea/AP Photo) ...
Halle Bailey as Ariel in a scene from Disney's "The Little Mermaid." (Disney/AP) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...
A man wearing a patriotic-themed cowboy hat is seen at a gun-rights rally at the Texas Capitol in Austin in April 2018. (Eric Gay/AP) ...
A candlelight vigil in Uvalde, Tex., on Wednesday. (Eric Gay/AP Photo) Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment ...
Examples of Benin bronzes are seen at the British Museum in London in January. (Toby Melville/Reuters) Listen 5 min Comment on...
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Robert Jackson consoles Cheryl Jackson at a makeshift memorial outside the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Tex., on May 8. (Jeffrey McWhorter for The...
Mourners place flowers on a makeshift memorial in Allen, Tex., on May 7. (Jeffrey McWhorter for The Washington Post) Listen 5 min ...
Law enforcement officers arrive near the scene of an active shooter on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Alex Slitz/AP) Listen 6 min Comment...
Vice President Harris in the Vice President Ceremonial Office of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 11. (Demetrius Freeman/The...
Vice President Harris visits Panuka farms outside Lusaka, Zambia, on Saturday. (Angela Nandeka/AP) Listen 5 min Comment on this...
Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark and LSU Tigers forward Angel Reese after the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament in Dallas on...
Vice President Harris delivers a speech at Kotoka International Airport on March 26 in Accra, Ghana. (Ernest Ankomah/Getty Images) ...
A Columbia University campus bookstore in New York this month. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News) Listen 4 min Gift Article ...
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Viola Fletcher, 108, and Hughes Van Ellis, 102, are sworn in as citizens of Ghana at the Embassy of Ghana in D.C. on Tuesday. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The...
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library on Nov. 18, 2016. (Mark Humphrey/AP) Gift Article ...
Rihanna during the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Ariz. (Jeff Lewis/AP) Gift Article Share ...
Rihanna performs during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Listen Comment on this story ...
A Dallas police vehicle sits at an entrance to the Dallas Zoo on Jan. 13. (Shakfat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News/AP) Gift Article ...
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People hold signs during a news conference on Tuesday in Memphis discussing the death of Tyre Nichols. (Jeff Roberson/AP) Listen ...
Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, meets with King Salman at Al Salam Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on June 24, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. (AP Photo/John Locher) Listen Comment on this story Comment Gift...
People view the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue, "The Embrace," at Boston Common on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (C.J....
As a kid growing up in the 1990s, I was fascinated by pop cultural images of women and girls who possessed superhuman strength. There was Pippi...
A few weeks ago, I had dinner with some friends. One of them pulled out his phone and asked me if I thought I had written more than 200 pieces or so...
Happy new year! So, friends: I had all intention of starting 2023 on a softer, easeful note. Alas, for the first full week of the year, I’ve been...