Workers and their employer reached a deal that guarantees wage increases for nearly everyone in the union. The deal was negotiated in under a year, less time than most contracts typically take.

Ginger Park, co-owner of Chocolate Chocolate, drew inspiration from her mother’s escape from North Korea in 1947 to write “The Hundred Choices Department Store.”

The owners of Politics and Prose decided to voluntarily recognize the union after several weeks of negotiations.

It’s a shift in position for the bookstore owners, who had initially resolutely declined to voluntarily recognize the employee union.

If successful, Politics and Prose would become what appears to be the only bookstore in the District with a unionized workforce.

The prominent local author bought the entire inventory of his own books from local shops across D.C. so readers could get them for free.

Eight local businesses have been approved so far for the program, which marks a new step in the city’s gradual reopening efforts.

People can start buying wristbands for the event on Saturday by purchasing her memoir at the Connecticut Avenue NW location.

The group, which included Charlottesville survivors, criticized McAuliffe for donating some of the proceeds of the book to a state police fund.

“The scary part,” the author said, “was initially when we thought: are they armed?”