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Be engaged.

I went back to visit Independence Hall in my hometown of Philadelphia, making another pilgrimage to the birthplace of the United States of America. As we waited in the anteroom preparing to enter the hall, the docent pointed out a painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

“The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates,” takes an engaging approach to the memoir genre in its exploration of the lives of two youngsters who shared the same name, were born within a year of one another, and grew up in impoverished Baltimore neighborhoods...

On September 20, 2017, barely two weeks after Hurricane Irma, Puerto Rico was embattled by the fury of Hurricane María. Its winds began to be felt the evening of September 19, the beginning of what seemed an endless night.