Aug 19th, 2008 · Growing up, the only authors Walter Dean Myers read in school were white and British. But when he discovered Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, he realized that he, too, could be a writer. Now, Myers works to encourage the next generation.
May 7th, 2008 · The veteran television journalist reflects on her glamorous — but unhappy — childhood, and her storied career interviewing notable celebrities, presidents and even murderers.
Apr 8th, 2008 · The Washington Post garnered the most Pulitzer Prizes this year with six. They included the prize for public service for reporting on the deplorable conditions for wounded servicemen and servicewomen at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Mar 14th, 2008 · Walter Hyatt's widow, Heidi, has finished one of her husband's last albums. The singer-songwriter who inspired Lyle Lovett and Nancy Griffith left more than 40 tracks behind when he died in a plane crash in 1996. Some Unfinished Business showcases the variety of styles that Hyatt played and wrote.
Jul 25th, 2007 · The Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors releases a report on the problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Walter Reed was the center of a political firestorm after The Washington Post revealed poor living conditions for troops in the outpatient wing.
Apr 11th, 2007 · Facilities and infrastructure weren't maintained to acceptable standards at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Pentagon leadership should have known about it, according to an independent review board. Here, a look at some of the group's key findings and recommendations.
Apr 6th, 2007 · John Walters is the public face of the drug war, the nation's drug czar. But many activists blame Walters for a lack of leadership, and experts are concerned that the war on terrorism has pushed the war on drugs off the nation's radar.
Mar 30th, 2007 · President Bush went to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., Friday, his first trip there since revelations six weeks ago about deplorable living conditions for wounded soldiers in the facility's outpatient housing. "We're not going to be satisfied until everybody gets the kind of care that their folks and families expect," the president said.