Robin Washington

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Then & Now: Abraham Gonzalez is learning — and thriving — from adversity

  By Robin Washington Sept. 8, 2017   You’ll forgive Abraham Gonzalez if he’s a little off in quoting Shakespeare. He majored in psych, not English, so when he says “Sweet are the fruits of adversity” (Shakespeare said “uses,” not fruits), he… Continue Reading →

Electric Vehicle Fee Hardly Electrifying

Wednesday, September 6, 2017 By Robin Washington Did you see your neighbor’s new electric car pulling out of the driveway? And did you hear it? It probably sounded something like this: Silence. There’s not much to listen to or see… Continue Reading →

Do You Know What Your Car Does?

August 25, 2017 ROBIN WASHINGTON   If you’re not familiar with your new car’s safety features, you’re not alone. Take the 2017 Toyota Corolla. It comes with lane departure alert, a pre-collision system, dynamic radar cruise control and automatic high beams… Continue Reading →

Then and Now: Violin virtuoso Quinton Morris hits a high note

Robin Washington Contributing writer Puget Sound Business Journal Aug. 31, 2017     The Seattle University music professor founded Key to Change, a nonprofit offering discounted classical music lessons for underprivileged students. His violin has taken him around the world,… Continue Reading →

Business Journal profile of U.S. Bank executive earns national journalism award

Aug 18, 2017 Dirk DeYoung, Editor Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal A Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal profile of a U.S. Bank executive earned contributing writer Robin Washington a top journalism award from the National Association of Black Journalists. Washington,… Continue Reading →

The Mass Pike Toll Booths Have Disappeared, But The Tolls Haven’t

August 10, 2017 ROBIN WASHINGTON When the Massachusetts Department of Transportation replaced its toll booths with electronic EZ Pass gantries last fall, they may have made driving easier. But they also took down most of the signs saying where and… Continue Reading →

This Is Happening: Before United Airlines, the history of civil rights abuses in transportation.

Many were stunned this week by the viral footage of a man’s violent removal from an overbooked United Airlines flight—but as author Robin Washington notes in a recent article for The Marshall Project, this use of excessive force in transportation… Continue Reading →

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