With fearless female CEOs like Gigi Stetler -- who was stabbed and left for dead early in her career -- it's not surprising that the most successful businesses tend to have women in charge. Published August 6, 2015
"The rest of the world is laughing at us. They're dumping their losers on us," conservative pundit Ann Coulter said at the National Conservative Student Conference this weekend about the influx of immigrants to the United States. "Our country isn't a battered women's shelter." Published August 4, 2015
While millennials are often criticized as lazy and entitled, Newt Gingrich calls them the "most important generation since the Founding Fathers" and said these youths have a "moral obligation" to preserve freedom. Published August 3, 2015
It was a day to raise a toast to those who dare to blow the whistle. Published July 30, 2015
Last weekend, women got down and dirty at the Mudderella Capital Region event to raise funds and awareness for domestic violence. Published July 30, 2015
Criminals keep finding different ways to break the laws, and the District of Columbia's Crime and Punishment Museum continues to find ways to educate the public about it. Accordingly, the museum in Northwest Washington is offering two exhibits that draw attention to a range of issues including the nation's hate crimes and the continued battle against wildlife poachers abroad. Published July 29, 2015
Food Network's baking competition "Cake Wars" will feature a local D.C. business owner, Leslie Poyourow, in an episode on Monday, July 27. Published July 19, 2015
Barbra Streisand continues to fight the No. 1 killer of women in the United States: heart disease. As co-founder of the Women's Heart Alliance, the entertainer is addressing gender disparity in medical research and calling for action on women's heart health. Published July 12, 2015
Unexpected Stage Company is taking an unconventional angle on William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Rather than the titular characters falling in love in their early teens, the two are nearing their 70s. Published July 12, 2015
Still a young man, playwright Steven Levenson is a writer and co-producer of Showtime's steamy "Masters of Sex." The drama has picked up Emmy and Golden Globe nominations — all by the time Mr. Levenson was 31. Published July 7, 2015
Prominent black commentators, including a presidential candidate, are weighing in on the post-Charleston debate over the Confederate flag, and doing so in a way that brings together race and class, the First and Second amendments, and even a presidential eulogy. Published July 2, 2015
Nutrition gurus Willow Jarosh and Stephanie Clarke are sharing their advice for maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the summer, when vacations and barbecues make it tempting to ditch those half-year-old New Year's resolutions. Published July 2, 2015
"May God accept your fasting," Turkish-American host Fuat Aksoy said as each member of his family bit into a date palm -- together breaking their Ramadan fast. Conversation flowed between Muslim and non-Muslim guests alike. Selma, Mr. Aksoy's wife and mother of three, presented lentil soup and bread to each guest at the iftar, or the "break fast" meal Muslims eat after sunset during Ramadan. Published June 25, 2015
Catholicism and feminism don't exactly go hand in hand. However, the most unlikely warriors in the women's movement are nuns challenging the Vatican and the patriarchal structure to which they are devoted. Published June 23, 2015
If there's one thing that conservative stalwart Pat Boone and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson can agree on, it's race relations. Published June 18, 2015
Nearly 50 years after playwright Tom Stoppard's original production of his tragicomedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," Aaron Posner believes he has found a way to attract audiences of all ages to the production he has directed at the District's Folger Shakespeare Theatre. Published June 14, 2015
Vivian Bailey, 97, rode elephants in Thailand and camels in Morocco long before she ever had the opportunity to go on a school class field trip. Ms. Bailey traveled to over 50 countries as an adult, but she never had a chance to visit historical sites with classmates while attending Tulsa, Oklahoma's segregated schools. Published June 4, 2015
Teenagers across the country are taking control of their school lunches, and high schoolers from seven states will travel to the nation's capital Monday to create healthier cafeterias in the 2015 Cooking Up Change competition. Published June 3, 2015
Rolling Thunder has much more to offer than motorcycles on Memorial Day: The nonprofit group provides year-round aid to veterans and their families to help pay for meals, mortgages and other bills to prevent homelessness. Published May 21, 2015
