The 10 plagues, D.C. style.

Tonight, Jews around the world (including me) will begin celebrating Passover. During Passover, we retell the story of the exodus from Egypt – the

D.C.'s HIV/AIDS report forgets women, but I haven't.

Inspired – and alarmed – by my colleague Lisa Kays’s blog post earlier this week about off-the-charts HIV/AIDS rates in the District of Columbia,

New Stepping Stones RFP focuses on increasing and preserving women's economic security in difficult times.

These are hard times for many, but especially for women-headed families. Much has been written about the overall U.S. unemployment rate, which rose to

Coverage of Rihanna fails to take advantage of an otherwise teachable moment.

As a 40-something (and a late one at that), I never thought I’d be blogging, let alone blogging about the young pop star Rihanna.

Focusing on not being able to afford a $15 martini? What about workers earning $15,000/year?

I have a few story ideas to pitch to the Washington Post, which has devoted scarce front-page inches in the last week to articles

What the stimulus package does for our region's women.

President Obama signed the economic stimulus package into law yesterday afternoon. Many people in the nation’s capital and state capitals around the country will

Call for presenters: 2009 Stepping Stones Research Briefing!

The fourth annual Washington Area Women’s Foundation Stepping Stones Research Briefing will be held the morning of Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at The Urban

Think infrastructure jobs will only work for men? Think again.

As the economic stimulus package inches closer to Congressional approval and President Obama’s signature, many have focused on who is in and who is

Transportation is key to getting low-income families to work and out of poverty.

In the best of times, lack of transportation is a serious barrier to employment for low-income, single working mothers. And now is not the

From Afghanistan to Bank of America, thanks to a Goodwill training program.

Goodwill of Greater Washington offers numerous programs in addition to the Women in Construction program that The Women’s Foundation supports. Last Friday, I had

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