Shiloh Baptist Church in Northwest Washington is planning a special veterans recognition on Sunday. A roll call will be conducted during morning worship services to recognize members of the military and their families, including those serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, recently separated veterans and those who lost their lives in combat. Military artifacts provided by Shiloh members will be displayed prominently.
Imagine a meaningful way to get rid of old articles of clothing while helping raise awareness to save women around the world. That double good deed is what "The Kane Show" at Hot 99.5-FM is doing Friday with its Bras Across D.C. event at the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., the disc jockeys will be taking women's donated bras and lining the pool in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.
Civil rights lawyers, including Penda D. Hair and Judith A. Browne-Dianis, reached out to help fledgling grass-roots community organizations by forming a nonprofit collective 10 years ago known as the Advancement Project.
The Cushing Academy library is moving full speed down the information highway and leaving its book collection behind. In order to provide a cutting-edge 21st-century education, the Massachusetts prep school has removed 10,000 books, to be replaced by a digital database.
Every 10 minutes, a teenager in Texas is getting pregnant, and with the nation's third-highest teen birth rate, Texas stakeholders have announced a "teen pregnancy crisis."
There is good news, and there is really good news, and the students, parents, teachers and administrators of D.C. public charter schools received both on Oct. 13.
The National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program play key roles in supporting the nutrition and health of schoolchildren by providing nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches. While school meals must meet standards established in 1995, advances have been made in dietary guidance in the years since. At the request of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Institute of Medicine convened a committee to provide recommendations to revise standards and requirements so that school meals are healthier.
The idea of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on Interstates 95 and 395 is not sitting well with Parkfairfax residents, and applying pressure on the Alexandria City Council to oppose their controversial construction is beginning to pay off.
Sen. Jim Webb, Virginia Democrat, is seeking more federal money for Civil War battlefield preservation as area groups gear up to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the war.
Marvin Powell is a big man with a big goal. He stands 6 feet 5 inches tall and wants to raise a $4 million endowment for the Centreville Community Foundation in Virginia.
America, a land of immigrants, is enraptured with festivals and parades. Boston has its annual Southie Parade. The District has its beautifully costumed Caribbean parade. New Orleans has its intoxicating Mardi Gras. And the brothers Bacon want their Mummers.
At Geri Spears' table at the Beltsville Community Center in Maryland, you can throw small sheep into buckets and earn a prize. Danielle Balsam and Jen Shapiro hand out pocket-sized food-portion guides at their booth. And Meredith Zanelotti gives out a free sample of dark chocolate, while Khaleila Iwuoha performs a free blood-pressure screening at their table.
More than 1,500 international, government and corporate leaders gathered this week to honor six-time Grammy Award winner John Legend, but not for his accomplishments onstage. The singer-songwriter took the microphone at the Africare gala at the Washington Hilton for a different reason Tuesday night. Now he is using his soulful voice to inspire and motivate.
Some D.C. residents are taking their cue on gay marriage from their counterparts in California and Maine and demanding that voters decide via a 2010 ballot measure whether marriage should be redefined. They also are preparing for a court battle and one against Congress, if necessary.
It is called an icon of housewifery and a barbecuer's best friend. It has held practically everything from babies to hot pots to apples for baking. It is worn around the globe by people as disparate as Holocaust survivors and Joe Six-Pack.
Dear Sir or Madam: Quite a few years ago, I was born into an Air Force family and launched into what was to be an extraordinary life as a military "brat."
In accordance with the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommendations, the first joint base in the Department of Defense was created Oct. 1 in a redesignation ceremony.
A young woman, home alone, began bleeding after childbirth. Her husband wasn't there to give her permission to leave the house, as is customary in Pakistan, so she waited for his return.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, 13 members of the U.S. armed forces from Montgomery County have been killed in the resulting war on terror. Five died in Operation Enduring Freedom and eight in Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to the county's Commission on Veterans Affairs.
A number of Roman Catholics have been elected or appointed to key posts since the 2008 elections. John F. Kennedy did not have it so easy. Is discrimination against Catholics fading in America?
