Walt Williams on the Catoctin Challenge and his Len Bias book
I called Walt Williams to discuss his upcoming ride in the 2013 Catoctin Challenge, a 100-mile charity ride that Williams will participate in for the ...
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Obama pushes Congress on student loans
President Obama urged Congress on Friday to pass a student-loan bill within the next month to prevent what he said would be a doubling of rates on ...
Republicans and Democrats can't even agree on baby names
Poli-Sci Perspective is a weekly Wonkblog feature in which Georgetown University's Dan Hopkins and George Washington University's Danny Hayes and ...
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O’Malley touts ‘better results’ in Maryland in speech to national think tank
Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), who is weighing a White House bid in 2016, on Thursday held up Maryland as a model of a progressive state that has adopted ...
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Minority unemployment gap is still widening
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the employment gap between young minorities and young whites continues to grow, reports Edward ...
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A way to celebrate savings
We had Mother’s Day in early May, and Father’s Day is coming up in June. In September, we’ll celebrate Grandparents Day. And now we’ve got 529 ...
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Race is a factor in a well-rounded campus
The June 12 news article “Most in U.S. oppose race-based admissions” presented poll results that claim an overwhelming majority of Americans oppose ...
Miss Manners: Graduation party should not be grab for gifts
DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a growing stack of invitations to the high school graduation parties of our friends’ children.
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How innovation has changed the job of an auto repair technician
On a warm morning in May, a group of students is huddled around a white Chrysler Cirrus parked outside the garage at the Excel Institute, a Northeast ...
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'This is a massive effort to attract cheap labor.' Why Sen. Bernie Sanders is skeptical of guest workers.
Sen. Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (I-Vt.) is the junior U.S. senator from Vermont. We spoke on the phone Friday afternoon about his views on the ...
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