1. Carmen's Italian Ice
With two stores located in Olney and Rockville, Maryland, Carmen’s Italian Ice offers an expansive menu and flavor selection of homemade Italian ice, frozen custard, gelati,...
Our nation has seen a recent spike in antisemitic acts committed, specifically in the Mid-Atlantic region. Many Jewish families now feel a higher level of endangerment within their own neighborhoods, communities,...
At the beginning of this month, a draft from the supreme court was leaked. It revealed the supreme court voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that made giving and receiving an abortion...
Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral districts in order to benefit one political party or candidate over others. Although gerrymandering is often considered to be a Republican issue, Maryland’s 2012 Congressional districts, which heavily favor Democratic candidates, gives it the honor of being tied for the most gerrymandered state in the country. In fact, Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District (Figure 1), which has been compared to a “blood splatter from a crime scene” and a “broken-winged pterodactyl, lying prostrate across the center of the state,” is considered by the Washington Post to be the second most gerrymandered district in the United States.
Kandice Sumner is an educator at an inner-city public elementary school in Boston. Born and raised in urban Boston, Kandice graduated from a suburban school system through a voluntary desegregation...
“Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” This is not only a classic line in “Forrest Gump” but also a perfect description of the mystery blind boxes that are now so popular among young people.
State and local elections decide much of your day-to-day life, including everything from choosing school curriculums to fixing neighborhood potholes. However, these elections have historically lower engagement...
It is the general consensus among the American public that children belong at school. The benefits are seemingly endless: receiving an education, being safe and protected, and acquiring the skills necessary for success and prosperity in the future. Yet so often is it taken for granted that children are able to get to school at all; so ingrained is it in the routines of most American school children and their families that the bus will pick them up from their streetcorner in the morning, deposit them at school, and drop them home again in the afternoon. But what are the benefits for the bus drivers?
The summer of 2020 was an exceedingly turbulent time in the United States: an ongoing global pandemic, a hazy political climate, the killing of countless Black Americans at the hands of police, and, as a result, a refreshed sense of social awareness that sparked petitions, protests, and cries for change. One institution that responded to the calls for progress away from the racism present in the United States was the Washington Football Team.
There were no anecdotes of peace or relief, only horrific stories that made me question humanity...This installation was created in response to the deaths of both George Floyd and Breonna Taylor as a way to educate, reflect, and record different experiences.
How are Sandy Spring track athletes trying to stay fit in lockdown? All the Wildebeests runners echo a common objective – to confront the hindrance of Covid-19 with speed and devotion
