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Student-Inspired Website Makes History Accessible School Without Walls student Kristin Ellis remembers being in class, looking through a hefty history book and seeing a paltry six pages in the entire tome detailing African-American history. She, like other student colleagues,…
Marks New Chapter in Ward 8 Health Care For as long as she's worked in the health care field, Sharon Baskerville has stood on the frontlines and toiled in the trenches seeking to bring parity to a health care…
School is not entirely out for the summer for members of the Maryland General Assembly. Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. and House Speaker Michael Busch reached agreement last week that lawmakers would be…
A summit on aging may sound like a drab event but that certainly wasn't the case last week at Innovations in Aging 2012, a conference and expo that took place at the Gaylord National Hotel and Conference Center at National…
The District of Columbia Branch NAACP has launched its "This Is My Vote" campaign, which is an area-wide initiative to register more than 5,000 new African-American, Latino and minority voters prior to the November presidential election. The campaign is a…
A new District government-driven initiative aimed at preparing students for careers after they graduate from high school and college could be the city's calling card for education reform and job placement that leads to a lifetime of success. But some…
Since the Ward 5 Council seat became vacant in January, a throng of challenges have jostled for ascendency to the coveted position. At least two of the frontrunners and a number of others in the race fall solidly into the…
D.C. Council Chairman Will Not Endorse D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) said he will not endorse a candidate in the Tue., May 15 Ward 5 D.C. Council member special election. "There are a great number of candidates [who]…
Buying a house at a bargain price may be as easy as the luck of a draw for one fortunate individual or family. The Prince George's County Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) plans to launch its first house…
The governing body of the Democratic Party in the District has selected its final slate of delegates who will go to the Democratic National Convention in early fall. The District's Democrats have been in the process of choosing the…
From his vantage point, District resident Lawrence E. Perry said he has no sympathy for disgraced former Councilmember Harry L. Thomas Jr., who was sentenced last week to three years and two months in prison for stealing at least $353,500 and…
Lamelll Mc Morris, CEO of Perennial Strategy Group, a Washington, D.C, based family of businesses, has launched the 2012 Perennial Youth Business Competition which will award 10 District residents enrolled in high school or a high school equivalency program with…
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