Michael Brice-Saddler

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Brice-Saddler

When Mike Altman first started watching NHL games around 2003, tickets to the see his favorite team from a seat just a few rows from the ice were only $30 a pop. “That’s because they were no good,” he said of the Washington Capitals at the time. “But then after that, the price just went up.”That’s largely because the team’s fortunes would change drastically the following year, when the Capitals won the league’s 2004 draft lottery, securing the first pick.

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Michael Brice-Saddler

David and Cheryl Taylor built their lives on federal salaries. He was a 20-year-old warehouse worker in 1973, aching for a better opportunity when a friend told him about the U.S. Postal Service exam. Soon, he had a mail route and was making $4.35 per hour. “Big money,” he recalled thinking at the time. She was 23 in 1982, making $5.80 per hour at a hospital in North Carolina. But even with a master’s in nursing, she struggled to advance her career as the only Black nurse on her floor.

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Michael Brice-Saddler |Lateshia Beachum

David and Cheryl Taylor built their lives on federal salaries. He was a 20-year-old warehouse worker in 1973, aching for a better opportunity when a friend told him about the U.S. Postal Service exam. Soon, he had a mail route and was making $4.35 per hour. “Big money,” he recalled thinking at the time. She was 23 in 1982, making $5.80 per hour at a hospital in North Carolina. But even with a master’s in nursing, she struggled to advance her career as the only Black nurse on her floor.

1 month ago | detroitnews.com | Michael Brice-Saddler |Lateshia Beachum

NATIONMichael Brice-Saddler, Lateshia BeachumWashington PostView Comments He was a 20-year-old warehouse worker in 1973, aching for a better opportunity when a friend told him about the U.S. Postal Service exam. Soon, he had a mail route and was making $4.35 per hour. “Big money,” he recalled thinking at the time. She was 23 in 1982, making $5.80 per hour at a hospital in North Carolina. But even with a master’s in nursing, she struggled to advance her career as the only Black nurse on her floor.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Michael Brice-Saddler |Lateshia Beachum

Fed work helped build Black wealth in this suburb. Now families worry. (washingtonpost.com) Fed work helped build Black wealth in this suburb. Now families worry. By Michael Brice-Saddler; Lateshia Beachum 2025040710000000 David and Cheryl Taylor built their lives on federal salaries. He was a 20-year-old warehouse worker in 1973, aching for a better opportunity when a friend told him about the U.S. Postal Service exam.