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Join WHUT For This Months Taping of Vocal Point
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Watch Vocal Point Episodes Here
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Death Toll From Devastating Tornado Revised Down
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85-Year-Old Graduates From College, Finds Job
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Makers of DC: Howard Trailblazers
Education
Join WHUT For This Months Taping of Vocal Point
WHUT/Howard University Television presents VOCAL POINT Ongoing Stigmas of Homosexuality in Communities of Color Join us for a live taping in the WHUT studios on Tuesday, June 11 at 7pm (Doors open at 6:30pm) 2222 4th Street NW, Washington DC 20059 Vocal Point is a new series from WHUT focuses on a wide variety of [...]
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Watch Vocal Point Episodes Here
Vocal Point is a new series from WHUT focuses on a wide variety of important issues and concerns relevant to the greater DC metro area. We’re bringing together subject matter experts, advocates, community leaders and personal stories from those directly affected to gain a deeper understanding of the issues as well as identify resources [...]
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Death Toll From Devastating Tornado Revised Down
Mark Memmott and EYDER PERALTA May 21, 2013 6:00 AM A day after a monster EF-5 tornado pummeled Moore, Okla., the focus turned to the victims. NPR’s Wade Goodwyn spent the day in the city talking to survivors. Christie Parrish decided to leave her home for her sister’s shelter. “You could hear [the tornado] like a mile [...]
Health & Wellness
85-Year-Old Graduates From College, Finds Job
Willadene Zedan is leaving Marian University on Saturday with a bachelor’s degree, academic honors and a job offer. The employment market being what it is for newly minted college graduates, Willadene Zedan would stand out at Saturday’s commencement at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis., if only for the fact that she’ll begin the [...]
Community
Makers of DC: Howard Trailblazers
Makers : Howard Trailblazers is a series of vignettes centered around motivating and inspiring future “Makers” within the local community. What started off as a panel of distinguished faculty at Howard University discussing issues spiraling from the Makers documentary, became a collection of vignettes that enabled these dynamic woman to delve into the stories behind [...]
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Timeline: 9/11 Memorial Museum Fields Controversy
Posted September 12, 2012 by Michael Cadenhead
More than a decade of remembrance later, a $1 billion museum at Ground Zero has still not opened — as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Andrew Cuomo remain at odds over whose agency will pay for the museum’s operating costs and for how long. Click Here for a timeline of the controversy, beginning [...]
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Gabrielle Union Discusses Her Experience in Vietnam
Posted September 7, 2012 by Michael Cadenhead
Watch Gabrielle Union on the Challenges That Girls Face in Vietnam on PBS. See more from Independent Lens. Program: Independent Lens Episode: Gabrielle Union on the Challenges That Girls Face in Vietnam Gabrielle Union discusses her involvement in Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide and her experience in Vietnam. Half [...]
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Tropical Storm Isaac Batters Gulf Coast
Posted August 31, 2012 by Michael Cadenhead
Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down overnight as Tropical Storm Isaac hit the shores of Louisiana and Mississippi, causing surges of up to 15 feet of water. Ray Suarez talks to Rick Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center, about how the slow-moving tropical storm may affect some areas worse than Hurricane Katrina. Watch [...]
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The Best Way to Pay for College
Posted August 20, 2012 by Michael Cadenhead
PBS NewsHour business and economics correspondent Paul Solman is now answering questions from Next Avenue visitors about personal finances, business and the economy. His advice will appear on Next Avenue as well as Solman’s PBSNewsHour blog, Making Sen$e With Paul Solman, and the Rundown, NewsHour’s blog of news and insight. PBS NewsHour is an hour-long television news program and accompanying [...]
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Julia Child Remixed – Keep on Cooking
Posted August 18, 2012 by Michael Cadenhead
Click here to celebrate Julia Child’s 100th Birthday with exclusive episodes, recipes, tributes and more! Watch Julia Child Remixed – Keep on Cooking on PBS. See more from PBS Digital Studios.
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