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Longtime D.C. institution Politics & Prose became the first unionized bookstore in D.C., after the union and owners announced they reached an agreement to voluntarily recognize the union.
Politics and Prose has long been an oasis from the hazards and vicissitudes of the loud and instant world in which we live. It is a place that celebrates the life of the mind, ...
Politics and Prose is just one of these cultural institutions here in Washington D.C. It's really important and it's thriving. It's very good because it gets interested people who care about ...
Getting booked at Politics and Prose, though, can seem as difficult as writing the book itself. And, like everything else in Washington, it’s not just what you write, it’s who you know.
Since 1984 Politics and Prose has proudly been an independent bookstore and a staple in the nation’s capital. On Jan. 3 the establishment made history by becoming the first unionized books store ...
The Politics and Prose employees seeking unionization said on Twitter earlier this week, "Our decision to unionize comes from a place of both care and concern.
Carson advises that reading is valuable to better comprehend politics and influence political debate. (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons) I am typically not one to give advice, but seeing as this ...
The popular D.C. bookstore Politics and Prose was among the many businesses deemed nonessential when the coronavirus pandemic hit. But don’t use the word “nonessential” when talking to the ...
A prominent professor’s attack on a best-selling memoir sparks debate among Iranian scholars in the U.S. Like many Americans of Iranian descent, Hamid Dabashi read an article in the April 17 ...
Employees at D.C.’s Politics and Prose bookstore are now officially unionized under a collective bargaining agreement with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400, which represents ...
Still, it is not only Hong’s command of prose that unifies “Minor Feelings,” it is how Hong captures, in a form that is haltingly unapologetic and redemptively accurate, what it often means to be ...
Stormy Daniels‘s Politics and Prose book talk didn’t start until 6 PM, but that didn’t keep people from arriving early to beat out the anticipated crowd.Some, like retiree Pat Hulbert, arrived as ...