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Almost 10 years ago, Cheryl Gaines, a pastor, started the Project Eden community garden as a response to the South Capitol Street massacre, one of Washington’s worst mass shootings in decades. Her idea then, as now, was that no community chooses violence when it has another option. Since then Ms. Gaines, her son, and hundreds of local employees and volunteers have offered such an option. Project Eden sources its produce in the form of seeds through donations, grants, and community partnerships. While the selection depends on what’s available, volunteers follow a loose crop rotation of ro...

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On Capitol Hill, there is an intensifying debate about whether the filibuster – a procedure that allows a minority group of senators to delay or block legislation – is a tool of principle or partisan obstructionism. Supporters say the filibuster acts as a guardrail on American democracy by preserving a voice for the minority party and ensuring that major legislation has support from both sides of the aisle. But critics say the filibuster is being exploited to obstruct urgently needed government action, blocking the will of voters. Why We Wrote This With the Senate – and the nation – c...

Quick Read By Jacqueline Adams Correspondent My co-author and I recently surveyed four races and four generations of American female “desk workers,” as well as 150 white male managers. When we asked about mentoring, we found female managers were more likely than the men to help others, regardless of race or gender. A majority of white male managers said they give feedback to and receive feedback from other white men. That doesn’t bode well for creating more inclusive workplaces. Yet the census predicts that by 2027, the majority of 18- to 29-year-olds in the U.S. workforce will...