In today’s rundown: Disturbing discrepancies found in minority foreclosures.  |  A more comprehensive plan is needed to lower the rate of HIV/AIDS in the suburbs.  |  The benefits women will receive from the new health care reform legislation.

— A new report out today shows that minority homeowners in the Washington region are more likely to be in foreclosure even if they have credit scores and loan sizes similar to their white counterparts.  Click here to read more about the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s report.

— While much of the discussion and research on HIV/AIDS in our area is focused on Washington, D.C., a new study shows that the disease is also a major health problem in the suburbs, which need a better prevention plan and more testing efforts.  Click here for details.

— We’ve been hearing about health care reform for a long time now, but what’s in it for us women?  Click here for a comprehensive breakdown.

In today’s rundown: Gender relations and the prayer hall.  Boobquake 2010.  And local students join job hunters.

— A group of local Muslim activists gathered over the weekend for a town hall meeting on gender relations.  At the Islamic Center in Washington they debated whether women and men should worship in the same prayer hall.  Click here to listen to their opinions.

— A local blogger is encouraging women to dress in their most “immodest outfits” and gather in Dupont Circle at Noon today to protest a Shiite cleric’s claim that women who do not dress modestly cause — among other things — earthquakes.  The gathering is being called “Boobquake.”

— As the school year winds down, Washington, D.C. students are hunting for summer jobs; but it’s estimated that at least half of D.C. kids are unemployed.  Click here to find out how the city is helping some kids out.

In today’s rundown: Figuring out the D.C. budget and its impact on residents, agencies and organizations.  |  Up to one-fourth of all U.S. non-profits could lose their tax exempt status next month.  |  A Grantee Partner is profiled for the way it’s using social media to reach supporters.

— The DC Fiscal Policy Institute has released its budget toolkit for the 2011 fiscal year. The toolkit helps users figure out what’s in the D.C. Council’s budget and shows year-to-year funding changes for city agencies as well as a schedule of budget hearings. Click here to check it out.

— Next month, about a quarter of U.S. nonprofits will lose their tax exemptions because of a provision buried in a 2006 federal bill aimed at pension reform.  The law required all nonprofits to file tax forms beginning in 2007.  Prior to that, only nonprofits with revenues of $25,000 or higher had to file.  The new law also directed the IRS to revoke tax exemptions for organizations that failed to file for three years.  Click here to read why this is being called “an unholy mess.”

— “All Things Considered” profiled Grantee Partner Northern Virginia Family Services in a story about the challenges nonprofits face when they integrate social media into the ways in which they reach supporters.  Click here for the story.

In today’s rundown: More D.C. residents could be eligible for food stamps.  |  How families can eat healthy meals on a food stamp budget.  |  How a love of history may be empowering women in Japan.

— Earlier this week, members of the D.C. City Council kicked off a food stamp expansion program which will change eligibility requirements for residents who use food stamps.  According to the Washington Informer, “the Council expanded the Categorical Eligibility test that measures a resident’s ability to receive food stamps by household size and income to include residents with higher gross annual incomes who have high housing and childcare costs.”  Click here for more details.

— Nationwide, a record number of Americans are receiving food stamp benefits.  With so many people on a tightened food budget, the Associated Press asked chefs how a family of four can prepare good meals on $68.88 a week.  Click here to see how they managed.

— A new urban subculture is being credited for empowering women in Japan.  NPR reports that reki-jo — or “history girls” — immerse themselves in historical sites, history books and various time periods.  The face of the movement is a fashion model who writes and speaks about history and history buffs.  Historians say the reki-jo represent the rise of women in Japan’s “nerdy comic book subculture” known as otaku.  Click here for more.