by Holly Honderich & Juliette Rocheleau | Aug 12, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – About 1,000 protesters gathered a few blocks from a white nationalist rally Sunday, far outnumbering the fewer than two dozen Unite the Right activists who walked to Lafayette Park near the White House one year after the deadly riots in Charlottesville,...
by Medill News Service | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured, Military
WASHINGTON — Purple Heart Day has been a national day of recognition for over 200 years. When servicemen and women are wounded or killed in combat, they are awarded a Purple Heart Medal, the nation’s first medal of honor. Since 1782, 1.8 million men and...
by Basma Amer & Ashley Graham | Aug 9, 2018 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON–Generation Z, coming in behind Millennials, is already more active on social causes than older generations, according to data from Fuse Marketing. They’re more likely to spend time and money on issues they believe in and some researchers say...
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by Athena Liu | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – When the Citi Open debuted in July 1969, players competed on a clay court at Rock Creek Park with white balls and wood rackets. Famed tennis player Arthur Ashe was playing, but the stands could only hold 20 people. Players had to find their own...
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by Athena Liu | Aug 3, 2018 | Featured, Sports
WASHINGTON – In her third year of professional tennis, Jennifer Brady still takes every match as an opportunity to improve her game, and right now is concentrating on her grass game. Brady knew the best practice is matches so she played several ITF tournaments this...
by Giulia Petroni | Aug 2, 2018 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The son of a fallen Marine, whose grief-stricken face became an iconic image of the war in Iraq in 2007, was presented with a scholarship Wednesday, along with more than 2,330 other young people whose parents served in the Marine Corps or Navy. In...
