Latest from Matt McClain
E-cigarettes and cannabis are hurting Virginia’s tobacco farmers
Cigarette tobacco sales are on the decline, and farmers are feeling the pinch.
  • Oct 4, 2019
  • Perspective
These men gather in backyards to settle scores — and reduce gun violence — by pummeling one another
Post photographer Matt McClain captures a backyard fight club.
  • Sep 30, 2019
See the view from the newly reopened Washington Monument
Plagued for years by earthquakes and broken elevators, the Washington Monument reopened Thursday – hopefully for good.
  • Sep 19, 2019
  • Perspective
A Post photographer steps back in time to rekindle his love of sports
Matt McClain visited this year's Gettysburg National 19th Century Base Ball Festival in Pennsylvania.
  • Jul 29, 2019
  • Perspective
Searching for traces of George Washington in places where his deeds remain cherished and celebrated
Washington Post staff photographer Matt McClain heads out in search of vestiges of one of the nation's founding fathers.
  • Jul 1, 2019
Border Patrol trainees prepare to enter one of the country’s fiercest political battles
Recruits often stumble into the academy by accident. But many end up seeing it as a steady job that provides decent benefits and a chance to perform a public service.
  • Nov 23, 2018
Oktoberfest: Photos from inside Germany’s beer-flowing tradition
Staff photographer Matt McClain captured a glimpse of the estimated 6 million people dressed in lederhosen and dirndls attending the 16-day event.
  • Sep 25, 2018
Capturing the magic and whimsy of the Maryland State Fair in photos
It takes patience to find the extraordinary in a familiar place.
  • Aug 31, 2018
The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown
Thirty-seven years after leaving office, Jimmy Carter, 93, still bypasses the wealth and perks that flow so freely to other former presidents.
  • Aug 17, 2018
Surviving Parkland
It?s been six months since a mass shooter fired an AR-15 into Kyle Laman?s foot. Doctors say he?ll walk again. But Kyle still wants to know: Will he ever be normal?
  • Aug 9, 2018
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