<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Vol. 64, No. 1 January 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210101.htm">Illustration: The Five Hundredth Presidential Release: Communication is the Key (HTML)</a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/03_the_500th_presidential_release_communication_is_the_key.mp3">Illustration: The Five Hundredth Presidential Release: Communication is the Key</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/03_the_500th_presidential_release_communication_is_the_key.mp3">(MP3)</a><br></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210102.htm">A Walk Taken Today and a Walk Taken Eighty Years Ago (HTML)</a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/04_a_walk_taken_today_and_a_walk_taken_80_years_ago.mp3">A Walk Taken Today and a Walk Taken Eighty Years Ago</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/04_a_walk_taken_today_and_a_walk_taken_80_years_ago.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Mark Riccobono</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210103.htm">2021 Washington Seminar Update from Government Affairs: The Issues (HTML)</a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); 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font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210105.htm">The National Federation of the Blind Stands in Solidarity with Victims and Survivors (HTML)</a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/07_the_nfb_stands_in_solidarity_with_victims_and_survivors.mp3">The National Federation of the Blind Stands in Solidarity with Victims and Survivors</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/07_the_nfb_stands_in_solidarity_with_victims_and_survivors.mp3">(MP3)</a><br></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210106.htm">Open Letter of Apology from President Riccobono (HTML) </a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/08_open_letter_of_apology_from_president_riccobono.mp3">Open Letter of Apology from President Riccobono</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/08_open_letter_of_apology_from_president_riccobono.mp3">(MP3)</a><br></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm21/bm2101/bm210107.htm">From My Head to My Heart (HTML)</a><br><span class="visually-hidden" style="clip-path: inset(100%); clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/09_from_my_head_to_my_heart.mp3">From My Head to My Heart</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/09_from_my_head_to_my_heart.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Michael Colbrunn</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); height: 1px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;"><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/11_from_the_directors_desk.mp3">From the Director�s Desk</a></span><a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/audio/braille_monitor/2021/january/11_from_the_directors_desk.mp3">(MP3)</a><br>by Jennifer M. 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