Stories
How Reading Is Fundamental Put 430 Million Books Into Kids' Hands
What began in 1966 with one woman handing books to children in Washington, D.C. became the largest children's literacy nonprofit in the United States.
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Stories publishes first-person essays and extended profiles: accounts of identity, family, work, migration and change, written by the people who lived them or reported with their full participation. Subjects review quotes before publication. Intended for readers who prefer one specific account over a summary of many.
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Stories
The Bakery That Hires Anyone Who Shows Up — No Resume, No Questions
In Yonkers, New York, Greyston Bakery has spent four decades filling jobs with a simple rule: put your name on the list, and the job is yours.