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  • Breaking Barriers

    Breaking down barriers is old hat for Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton. After all, she's been breaking them since she was a little girl in Montreal. The...

  • Passover in Pink

    While the modern world has the bittersweet claim of Juneteenth -- the June 19 holiday that since late in the 19th century marked the end...

  • State of the World

    On March 11, the State Department released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007. A compilation of the LGBT- and HIV/AIDS-related portions is...

  • Fueling Oppression

    A few weeks ago, I was going to take up the call of American energy independence from a gay perspective. Some online research immediately pointed...

  • Out in the Open

    A lack of resources inspired Bruce Weiss, former executive director of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL), to join forces last summer with a...

  • Uncommon decency

    In August 2007, D.C. announced the firing of three corrections officers for wrongfully placing a transgender inmate, who had female genitalia, in a male jail...

  • History Making

    For lucky students, there is one teacher who touches their minds in a special way that opens the world of knowledge to them and changes...

  • Marathon Man

    The phrase ''he's running a marathon'' is very often followed by ''why?'' Understandably so. Training for and competing in a marathon involves endless hours of...

  • Jazzy Fare

    ''I tell you, 'Charlie Brown' is a big tipper!'' Yvonne Johnson knows just what the crowds like at M Street Bar & Grill. Johnson serves...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round-Up: Can things simultaneously heat up and cool down? Is it possible for something going backward to make forward progress? Chaos physics aside, yes,...

  • Kosher for Passover

    Jewish food -- especially that which is served during Passover -- all too often gets a bum rap. Take gefilte fish, for example. It's essentially...

  • Eco-Friendly

    Everybody's going green. Some cities - though not D.C. - went dark last weekend for ''Earth Hour'' to inspire people to turn their lights off...

  • The government is hiding behind the court…

    “The government is hiding behind the court to close the newspaper. It is sending a message to the media that it will not tolerate press...

  • Horoscope

    Heavenly Round Up: You knew what you were getting into, but weren't into dialoguing with your inner parent on the day. Does this mean that...

  • Calling on Rhee

    Students at D.C.'s public high schools who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual were four times more likely to attempt suicide over the past year,...

  • Memorial Day Disconnect

    The District is familiar with Black Pride. After all, hitting its 18th year in 2008, the DC Black Pride festival is the nation's oldest, a...

  • Discovering Our Past

    As a child in rural Illinois, Mark Meinke read the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence's account of his time spent with the Arab Revolt...

  • High Rollers

    ''Winner, winner, chicken dinner.'' It's more than hungering for a simple meal that drives a group of MIT students to Vegas every weekend, but it's...

  • The X Spot

    She'll be 40 in just two months, but Kylie Minogue still can't stop reliving her first time. ''The DJ's got me feeling like I did...

  • Hi Tech

    Should you attend any of this weekend's performances by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, you will upon entry be handed an iPod Shuffle. You don't...