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Robert Samuels
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Robert Samuels is a national political enterprise reporter for The Washington Post who focuses on the intersection of politics, policy and people. He previously told stories about life in the District of Columbia for The Washington Post’s social issues team. Samuels joined The Washington Post in 2011 after spending nearly five years working at the Miami Herald. He is an alumnus of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Samuels’ first book, “His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice,” written with Toluse Olorunnipa, is featured at the 2022 National Book Festival.

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