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  • Nicotine_Infographic A Mental Thing: Diary of Young Smokers

    Kicking Cigarette Habit No Easy Task

    He’s a 24-year-old Baltimore native six years into a strong cigarette habit. Three times, attempts to stop smoking ended in failure. His fourth try, he vows, will be different.  “There’s no real reward for smoking cigarettes. I do it because it’s addictive.

  • Dance_Place Dance Place Renovations Set for Summer

    Brookland DC Dance Center Expansion Begins in August

      Dance Place has launched its Moving Forward Campaign to expand its current space at 3225 8th St. NE. Renovations start Aug 15. Dance Place formed a partnership with Brookland Artspace Lofts to complete a two-phase renovation plan, which will create a unique arts complex.

Lifestyle Articles

  • Vintage Clothes Make New Fashion Statement

    From high-waist jeans to Marilyn Monroe inspired dresses, vintage clothing proves that trends never disappear, but instead resurface over time. 

  • Brenda Carpenter-HIV positive grandmother

    HIV-Positive Grandmothers Return to Parenting

    Brenda Carpenter gazed out the living room window of her white two-family home in Southeast D.C., painfully describing how drugs and HIV/AIDS have inflicted challenges on her family. At 73, Carpenter is raising 13-year-old granddaughter Shanntanee and 10-year-old grandson Lamont. She is also HIV positive.

  • 'Why Me?' Asks 19-Year-Old Diagnosed With Cervical Cancer

    Sandra Ann Slayton slowly sat down in the doctor's cold, unsteady chair. A chill shot through her chest. She suspected the doctor had bad news. Slayton's knees were shaking, her palms were sweaty, and she was beginning to tear up. "Sandra," the doctor said. Instantly, the 19-year-old looked up. "You have cervical cancer. I am so sorry."

  • Drag B-I-N-G-O Gains New F-A-N-S

    Under a low techno beat, the sounds of Jordin Sparks bumps through the speakers, until Whitney Houston's "Queen of the Night" begins to play. From the corner of the room, steps out drag queen Ms. Shi-Queeta Lee, a host of the drag bingo extravaganza, which draws a diverse crowd of more than 100 people on Tuesday nights at Nellie's Sports Bar on U Street.