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First Person

Photo-illustration with source photograph by Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images.

Teaching Immigrant Kids English Isn’t About Opening Doors for Them—It’s About Showing Them How to Do It

First Person, Immigration, Teaching | 3 WEEKS ago

The author’s father, Phil Merrill, starts the presses in the 1980s. Photograph courtesy of Catherine Merrill Williams.

Capital Gazette Tragedy Close to Home for Washingtonian Owner

First Person, Annapolis, Shooting, Capital Gazette | 2 MONTHS ago

Photograph by Peter Karasev/offset.

I Found My Birth Mother While I Was Pregnant—and Never Could Have Expected What Happened Next

First Person, Adoption, Pregnancy | 2 MONTHS ago

I’m a Black Millennial Who Just Moved to DC. Am I a Gentrifier?

First Person, Millennials, gentrification, Northeast DC | 4 MONTHS ago

I Lost My Phone and All My Photos (No, They Weren’t Backed Up). What I Learned Surprised Me.

Photos, First Person | 5 MONTHS ago

Photographs of paintings courtesy of National Gallery of Art.

I’ve Been Visiting Two Paintings at the National Gallery of Art for Decades

And some weird things have been happening when I do.

National Gallery of Art, First Person, Vermeer, Painting | 7 MONTHS ago

When I Was Growing Up in Poland, We Didn’t Have “Dynasty” or Donna Summer, But We Did Have Health Insurance

And we never had to worry about preexisting conditions.

First Person, Immigration, Health Insurance | 8 MONTHS ago

I Pull Out My Eyelashes. And Eyebrows. Oh, and I Bite My Nails. But Now I Have a Name for It—and Help.

First Person, Mental Health | 10 MONTHS ago

Hillary Clinton and I Went to the Same High School. I Hated It.

A year after her loss, the almost President and our shared alma mater don’t look as black and white as they once did.

Hillary Clinton, First Person, Chicago | 11 MONTHS ago