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Maryland’s historical legacies of opportunity and openness to diverse immigrants continue to characterize Montgomery County, as a third of its residents are foreign born and over forty percent speak a language besides English. Concurrently, Native peoples and the descendants of…..
Amanda Morris Washington Post February 7th 2023 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is it like to live with the chronic fatigue of long covid? It feels like dragging your body through wet cement, says Judy Schaefer, 58, a once avid hiker who lives…..
Karen Attiah, Washington Post January 21, 2023 “Most of my rebellions are against mediocrity,” the writer Anais Nin said. In that spirit, then, let me rebel: When it comes to the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., America…..
Fritz Hahn Washington Post Feb 3 2023 Black history is Washington’s history, every month of the year. The city is home to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, but numerous museums showcase Black excellence. The Mall bore…..
Erin Cox Washington Post Feb 5th 2023 During the campaign, Moore proposed offering recent high school graduates a one-year opportunity to be paid for doing public service, either for the government or for another nonprofit. (The governor emphasized service during his…..
Katie Shepherd Washington Post February 5th 2023 Inside the gym at Paint Branch High School on a rainy Wednesday in January, hundreds of kids gathered during their lunch period in a distinctly pre-pandemic scene: Unmasked, they broke off into groups…..
By Nicole Asbury Washington Post Feb 6th 2023 Around the same time a vandal wrote “Jews Not Welcome” on Walt Whitman High School’s entrance sign in December, two students from the Bethesda high school’s debate team allegedly joked about using challah to…..
“It is also a state where there is no obstacle we cannot address, no challenge we cannot tackle, if we are intentional, move in partnership, and commit to promoting service as a state ideal. I only realized recently, Service, the…..
Breathing and body exercises helped relieve anxiety as effectively as medications over an eight-week study of 208 people By Amanda Morris Washington Post January 31st 2023 E5 Practicing mindfulness to relieve anxiety can be just as effective as medication, new research shows. A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry…..
(1) E.B. DuBois was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard University and Carter G. Woodson was the second to get a PhD from Harvard. DuBois got his in 1895 andWoodson got his in 1912. Woodson is also known as the father of…..