Ethan Ehrenhaft

Dec 20, 2024 | boundarystones.weta.org | Ethan Ehrenhaft

30 years ago, FBI agents descended upon a cozy corner of Arlington to arrest one of the most destructive spy-turned-moles in United States history. For nearly a decade, career CIA officer Aldrich “Rick” Ames fed some of his agency’s most sensitive intelligence to the Soviet Union—a betrayal that compromised dozens of agents and led to the execution of at least ten.

Oct 10, 2024 | boundarystones.weta.org | Ethan Ehrenhaft

A century ago Washingtonians partied like they never had before after the unthinkable happened—the Washington Senators became World Series champions on October 10, 1924. After two decades of hopelessness and heartbreak, that year a Senators “Team of Destiny”  won their first American League pennant and ticket to the Fall Classic under the leadership of 27-year-old player-manager Bucky Harris and veteran fastballer Walter Johnson.

Sep 6, 2024 | boundarystones.weta.org | Ethan Ehrenhaft

In the mid 1830s, Washington stood on edge as pro and anti-slavery forces battled for influence. Conditions were ripe for D.C.’s first race riot, which erupted in August 1835 when a lynch mob targeted Beverly Snow, a successful free black restaurateur. Long ignored by local officials and historians, the Snow Riot sprang from white bitterness over the city’s prosperous free black community and previewed sectional tensions that would soon plunge the nation into the Civil War.

Oct 13, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Mary Sanchez |Richard Chin |Ethan Ehrenhaft |Beth Kuberka

Some Taylor Swift fans “will not only master the rules [of football], but begin to pick apart the game while offering suggestions for how they’d give it a new spin,” writes Mary Sanchez. Could they ultimately improve the game? Neither the NFL, nor Travis Kelce for that matter, fully grasp what’s just been unleashed. But a future female face as an owner of an NFL franchise, or as a head coach, or a general manager, is likely super busy right now. And she’s not just making friendship bracelets.

Sep 18, 2023 | boomermagazine.com | Richard Chin |Ethan Ehrenhaft |Beth Kuberka |Tyler Brady

Some seniors take up pickleball – these pole vaulting seniors are in their 70s. MINNEAPOLIS — Mike Soule and Wayne Andersen prove that you’re never too old to take a flying leap. Soule, a 71-year-old North Branch, Minnesota, resident, and Andersen, 71, of Shoreview, Minnesota, are at the age when a lot of people might think about getting into golf or pickleball to stay active. Instead, they’ve taken up pole vaulting. Or more accurately, they’ve gotten back into the sport.