Union Station: A Tourist Spot and Travel Destination
By Isaiah Glenn and Queen Hudgins WASHINGTON – Union Station, a gateway for travel and entertainment for tourists and locals, attracts thousands of passengers a day who also account for […]
Union Station: D.C.’s Hub of Humanity
By Johnelle Revell and Selina Dudley WASHINGTON – The sounds of suitcases rolling along the platform and the chatter of people talking make up some of the sounds that fill […]
Project Gallery: More scenes from Union Station
PHOTO SLIDESHOW | People to see, places to go
Destination Union Station
How well do you know the busiest traffic hub in Washington, D.C.? See what crew of high school writers discovered while on assignment at Union Station.
From Civil War to Civil Rights
Founded in 1999, the African-American Civil War Memorial and Museum was built to “correct the wrong of leaving the black soldiers out of the history books,” according to its founder Frank Smith.
Trayvon Martin Protestors Come to DC
Outraged over the death of a 17-year-old boy of African descent, who was wearing a hoodie in a Florida neighborhood, hundreds of protestors flocked to Washington, DC in mid-March. Straight Up: […]
Keeping the Dream Alive? Teens Passive about 2012 Voting
Voting is one of many exciting steps along the way to becoming an adult. Straight Up Urban Voice’s Amuche Nwafor, discovered that voting intimidates some teens at Northwestern High School, where […]
DC's Majestic Howard Theater Gets a Second Life
Once a mainstay along DC’s “Black Broadway,” the majestic Howard Theater, fell into disrepair after the 1968 Martin Luther King riots decimated the neighborhood. In April, after a few failed […]
Straight Up: Urban Voice! Spring 2012
Smithsonian Kite Festival: by Josh Sanders and Brielle Weber
The 2010 Smithsonian Kite Festival from the perspective of two student photographers.
