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Metro Brief: Trained experts will provide in-person help 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
By: District of Columbia The DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority Executive Board approved grants to 35 DC-based organizations to provide assistance to those looking to enroll in health insurance cov...
Metro Brief: Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Prince George's County The Hyattsville Community Development Corporation will present the Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival along Baltimore Ave. (R...
How much of a subsidy will you get in Obamacare? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
By: Julie Appleby If you buy your own health insurance, you’ve no doubt heard that subsidies will be available next year to help pay the premiums. But will you get a subsidy and how much? A recent re...
King marched for jobs, freedom; so is the next one 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
By: Rev. Jesse Jackson As we approach the 50th anniversary of the famous March on Washington on August 28, Americans will recall Dr. King’s famous “dream”; many can recite entire passages of his hist...
Overdraft fees cost consumers $16.7 billion 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
In recent years, many banks and credit unions have encouraged new checking account customers to accept two items: a debit card that replaces cash transactions and a “protection” known as overdraft cov...
Lawyer for Trayvon’s parents says he fears for our children 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Benjamin Crump, the passionate Tallahassee, FL lawyer who represents the parents of Trayvon Martin, says he will continue to press vigorously for changes in so-called “stand your ground” laws ...
Reformers want Congress to end ban on pulpit politicking 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
A commission of religious leaders has called for clarity in churches’ ability to endorse candidates and issues from the pulpit without fear of losing their tax-exempt status. ...
Congressional fighting spells trouble for church insurance 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
An effort to tweak President Obama’s health care reform bill to fill a gap for church health insurance plans could fail because of Republicans’ insistence on repealing the law. ...
D.C. church recalls real ‘butler’ as quiet man of faith 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Eugene Allen served eight presidents as a White House butler, and his legendary career is the inspiration for “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” a film starring Forest Whittaker and Oprah Winfrey....
Short victory: Affirmative action dodged a bullet in court, but its future is in grave danger 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Affirmative action as we know it is dying. A growing number of states have moved to prohibit public universities from considering race in admissions ...
