My name is Liliana Santana and I am attending Liberty University as the first soldier intern participating in our Washington Fellowship. The internship coordinator at my university has walked me every step of the way through my process. I was…
THINGS TO DO IN FEBRUARY PART 1! - Upcoming WISH Events - Career Night: From Internship to Employment – Wednesday, Feb 8 6:00pm-8:00pm Come hear the tips and tricks from our panelists! Learn how to snag a full time job!…
WISH Farewell Happy Hour! We don’t want you to leave! It’s that time of year where our time together is almost up. Join fellow WISH interns for a Farewell Happy Hour at The 201 Bar to celebrate the semester spent…
Washington, D.C. is changing--from top to bottom. So much so, that it is now even challenging Los Angeles and Chicago for the prestigious title of Second City, as it is becoming more recognized as an epicenter of political and cultural…
If you live in Washington D.C. and have been affected by the government shutdown (and who in the District hasn't) now would actually be a great time to take advantage of your newfound time off. Since day one of Sam's…
The latest government shutdown and debt ceiling drama really highlighted the current dysfunction in American politics. One party is defined by its ideology while the other is united against it. Swap the party names every few decades or so and…
If you are spending Thanksgiving in the District this year, then you're lucky. There are a lot of wonderful things to do in the nation's capital as we kick off the holiday season. So, sit back and take a gander…
It's been a grueling congressional session. With only about a week left before the 113th Congress (mercifully) comes to a close, let's pause and take a look at what this congress has left to do before closing out the year.…
There are two things about the holidays that make the District a wonderful place to be. First, congress is out of town (that's probably the best thing). And second, few places in America celebrate Christmas the way the nation's capital…
Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University summed up the State of the Union address like this: "A State of the Union speech, whether something goes in the speech or not, is not just…
