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Dispatches From the Anacostia
The “forgotten” Anacostia River, one of the filthiest rivers in the United States, flows through the nation’s capital, separating the D.C. popularized by tourists and the media from the higher-crime low-income neighborhood of Anacostia, on the river’s southeastern side. Each year, a handful of inner-city youth work to clean the river as part of the Earth Conservation Corps program. These dispatches will follow one such group of young people through their year as they work alongside the Anacostia River and cope with the realities they return to at the end of each workday.
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December 22, 2009Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 14: October 2008
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January 30, 2009Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 15: November 2008
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November 17, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 13: September 2008
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October 6, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 12: July/August 2008
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August 12, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 11: June 2008
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June 28, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 10: May 2008
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June 2, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 9: April 2008
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April 24, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 8: March 2008
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March 25, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 7: February 2008
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February 20, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 6: January 2008
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January 30, 2008Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 5: December 2007
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December 21, 2007Dispatches From the Anacostia: Dispatch 4: November 2007
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