By Quentin Wodon Volunteering is alive and well in the United States and in the District of Columbia. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 62.6 million people volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2014 and September 2015 nationally. That is a fourth of the population of […]
A reminder that tomorrow, April 21 2016, Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen will be holding a Town Hall meeting at the Department of Human Services, H Street service center (2nd floor), 645 H Street NE. The main focus of this town hall meeting will be the proposed DC budget. Have questions, comments, outrage or tales of […]
Some of you are the have-it-together parents who have the entire year mapped out and do things by the calendar. From me, you get admiration swirled in with envy and a high-five. For the rest of you, here are some Hill and off-Hill options for your kids’ summer. Courage! Union Kitchen’s Entrepreneur Leadership Academy (grades 9-12) […]
You’ve waited for almost a whole month for this result, so we decided to take our time to announce that THE WINNER OF THE 2016 BAR MADNESS READERS’ POLL IS ????UNION PUB!!!!!!!!???? Hey Union Pub! Send us a message over the interwebs so we can talk all about how everyone loves you and so we can […]
In my book Wicked Capitol Hill, I wrote of a number of attacks between members of the Senate, but none on the floor of the House. Not that there weren’t anything, as a quick look at Wikipedia will show. What both this article as well as mine miss is one of the first attacks in the […]