Mrs. Lucille Brooks played the piano for her church until two years ago. “Black people are full of music,” said 102-year-old Lucille Brooks. She should know. While she currently spends her days in the home she shares with her daughter on a quiet street in Catonsville, she’s spent a lifetime teaching the children of Baltimore […]
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Ford Partners With Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Second Season of “Finding Your Roots”
“Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr One show. Ten episodes. Thirty guests. As fall arrives and your favorite shows return to the small screen, there’s only one television show to watch to learn more about the heritage and ancestries of 30 of today’s leading entertainers, athletes, chefs and media personalities, including Hip Hop Superstar […]
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MarvelUniverse Live! Supports Local Youth
MarvelUniverse LIVE! held a special presentation at the Boys and Girls Club in Northeast D.C. MarvelUniverse LIVE! held a special presentation at the Boys and Girls Club in Northeast D.C. to show the youth support, a local performer in the show said Sept. 3. “We wanted to help support the kids with something positive,” said […]
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Upward Bound Program Still Relevant Today
Author Wil Haygood interviews three college presidents about their experience with Upward Bound at an opening plenary session on Sep. 7. When a poor D.C. native from Trinidad participated in a federal program during the tumultuous ’60s, no one knew he would attend college and become a college president. The same is true for a […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
D.C. Candidates Empathize with Working Class
Muriel Bowser said she will institute programs that will help create good paying jobs for residents. When Muriel Bowser, D.C. Councilmember and Democratic mayoral candidate, put on a maid’s uniform Sept. 2 and worked half of a day in the Marriott Marquis hotel, she said she learned a lot about the struggles of domestic workers and what she […]
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How Military Skill Sets Create Better Customer Interactions for Business
In a few weeks, retailers, restaurants and others across the country will set out to begin to interview, hire and train workers for very busy fall and holiday season. There is nothing new about these hiring trends. What is new is that we can translate and apply military methods to train, integrate and improve workers […]
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Report Shows Racial Discrimination Surrounding Washington’s NFL Team
The National Black Players Coalition (NBPC) announced the upcoming release of a special report on the discriminatory practices of the NCAA and NFL, according to a press release. The report is a culmination of years of research with a focus on the Washington Redskins. This announcement came on the heels of questionable comments by commentator […]
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Study: Toxic Stress Poses Real Threat to Overburdened Americans
Stress is an unavoidable, and sometimes necessary, part of American life. But too much stress can be toxic—even disabling. And there’s a lot of toxic stress out there. In fact, more than half of Americans have had a major stressful event or experience in the past year, with the most stressful experiences related to their health, […]
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Doctors Hitting the Road to Inspire More Minority Med. Profession Students
(Updated 9/9/2014) A group of doctors has embarked on a road trip to reach out to the next generation of aspiring medical students in underserved communities. As a co-founder of the Tour for Diversity in Medicine, Dr. Alden Landry and his colleagues have put their outreach and mentoring efforts into overdrive. “If we’re going to […]
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Texting as Depression Therapy
Text messaging has been blamed for all manner of calamity, from car crashes to sex scandals. But what if its powers could be used for good—say, to treat depression? Researcher Dr. Adrian Aguilera thinks it can. Aguilera works in cognitive behavioral therapy, which aims to alter dysfunctional emotions and behaviors by teaching patients to identify […]
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Federal Warrant Issued for Suspect in Three-Year-Old Knijah Bibb’s Murder
A federal warrant has been issued for the man suspected of fatally shooting a three-year-old girl in a Landover, Md. home in early August. Devon Antwan Wallace (left) and three-year-old Knijah Bibb Devon Antwan Wallace, 25, is charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in the Aug. 10 shooting. According to police, Wallace and another […]
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S.E. Residents Outraged About Va. Avenue Tunnel Project
Residents of Southeast Washington living near the Virginia Avenue Tunnel being expanded by CSX Corporation Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., recently protested the project. They demanded the D.C. Council take action to protect their neighborhood. D.C. Council member Mary Cheh is chairman of the Committee on Transportation and the Environment. The D.C. Council convened a […]
