The original purpose of the U.S. Census was not to acquire an accurate racial breakdown of any city, state or nation; it was just to count people. Even that task is difficult.
Dear President Obama,You’re not the man I thought you were.Roughly a week ago, you issued a waiver that would allow the US to continue to provide military assistance to four countries—Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, and Chad—whose militaries recruit or deploy child soldiers.You claimed the waivers would serve as a warning to the states to get their acts together.
“We can’t pick the facts of the world, but we can choose how we react to them.”That was the message on Monday from Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Senior Rabbi Bruce Lustig.
“The Other City,” a documentary about HIV/AIDS in the nation’s capitol, premieres in Weschler Theater (on the 3rd floor of the Mary Graydon Center) on Thursday, October 14th, at 5:30 P.M.At least 3 percent of all Washington D.C.
