by Elise D. Brown | Jun 7, 2012 | Topics
WASHINGTON — I’m flying at 12,000 feet above the Virginia countryside with the plane doors wide open. There is nothing separating me from the ground except a military-grade strap across my waist. Flash forward a week later and I’m at Andrews Air Force Base in...
by Elise D. Brown | May 23, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON — Students visited Congress Tuesday asking for additional funding for schools, which they say could help cafeterias afford to prepare healthier food. On Monday the students competed as finalists in the Cooking Up Change competition, a healthy cooking...
by Elise D. Brown | May 10, 2012 | Education, Politics
Parents and kids learned about the importance of bike safety on the first National Bike to School Day.
by Elise D. Brown | May 1, 2012 | National Security, Topics
Former Astronaut John Glenn reflected on his first time launching into space as shuttle Discovery makes the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center its new home. “How do you think you’d feel if you knew you were on top of 2 million parts...
by Elise D. Brown | Apr 12, 2012 | Education, Politics
WASHINGTON — The parents of Trayvon Martin, accompanied by the Rev. Al Sharpton, Thursday said they would continue to press for justice, but were heartened by the arrest of George Zimmerman on second-degree murder charges in the killing of the Sanford, Fla.,...
