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Mika Jon and the House Republicans


 

 
“The NRA’s worst enemy couldn’t be doing the damage to this institution that Wayne LaPierre is doing everyday.” WATCH:

Joe, Mika, And The Entire ‘Morning Joe’ Lineup Finally Agree On Something. This NRA Ad Is Sick.
Whoa! Did you know this? WATCH:

FUNNY, BUT NOT: Jon Stewart Reveals How The ATF Is Not Actually Allowed To Do Its Job
Here we go again.

The Utter Hypocrisy Of John Boehner And The House Republicans
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The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism: by Conde Nast Traveler


 

The Daily Traveler
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
The Pros and Cons of Voluntourism
A growing number of travelers are volunteering on their vacations, but they sometimes end up doing more harm than good. Dorinda Elliott builds a house in Haiti and reports on the rewards—and risks—of lending a hand away from home.
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a Plan to Reduce Gun Violence

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President Obama Introduces a Plan to Reduce Gun Violence
 
President Obama puts forward a specific plan to protect our children and communities by reducing gun violence, introducing legislative and executive action that combined would close background check loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands; ban military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and taking other common-sense steps to reduce gun violence; make schools safer; and increase access to mental health services. January 16, 2013.
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Come see us when in Washington DC this weekend!


NMAAHC -- National Museum of African American History and Culture

WHAT TO DO IN WASHINGTON DURING
THE INAUGURATION WEEKENDBehind the Dream: the Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation by Clarence B. Jones and Stuart Connelly

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 2:00 pm

Join us for a conversation between award-winning author and Washington Post reporter Wil Haygood and Clarence B. Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King’s personal lawyer and speechwriter.

National Museum of American History, Warner Bros. Theater
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

Free and Open to the Public. Seating limited.
RSVP requested Register at www.nmaahc.si.edu/events

Help us Celebrate History in the Making at an Open House hosted by the NMAAHC

Sunday, January 20, 2013, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

 
  • Take a virtual tour of the Museum
  • View groundbreaking ceremony highlights
  • Meet museum staff and fellow Charter Members
  • Enjoy music and light refreshments
  • Show your membership card to receive a special photo (quantities limited)
  • Become a Charter Member

S. Dillon Ripley Center
1100 Jefferson Avenue NW
Washington DC
Note: Copper-dome entrance kiosk located between Smithsonian Castle
and the Freer Sackler Gallery.
Metro: Smithsonian

Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963

On view now through September 15, 2013 in the NMAAHC’s temporary gallery on level 2.

National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Metro: Smithsonian or Federal Triangle

Guided exhibition tours offered Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 12:00 noon, and 1:00 pm. Maximum group size for each tour is 15. Please meet in front of exhibition entrance.

For more information about Changing America, visit www.nmaahc.si.edu.