
Dirty bathrooms, crude comments: Women share the challenges, and victories, they experienced when they returned to work.

At just 19 years old, Katie Ledecky is the most dominant swimmer in the world. Having already set 11 world records, she is a favorite to win at the Rio Olympics in the women’s 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyles. Behind her success is a strong community, loving family and an unmatched mental toughness.

Many of the 49 victims of the United States’s worst mass shooting share much in common: Young Latino men in their 20s and 30s, most of them gay, who gathered at an Orlando club to dance. But the victims’ stories — promising artists, a young couple in love, a devoted father of three among them — are richly varied.

For National Poetry Month, The Washington Post presents a collaboration between poets and visual artists for a fresh take on poetry.
With nearly 200 farmers markets in and around the nation’s capital, you’re sure to find one no matter where you are or what day you shop. Pick a day, and find a location near you.