“All the world appears selfish and treacherous,” wrote the American Red Cross founder in her diary in 1864. Her depression was eased often by springing into action.
Mathew Brady photographed Clara Barton circa 1865. Though she was staggeringly successful, the self-made philanthropist was dogged by depression. Her diaries (later discovered behind a wall in her former Glen Echo home, now a national historic site) reveal that she self-medicated through service: She used the most intense, bloody work imaginable to keep the “thin black snakes” of sadness from closing in.
Johnathon Carrington graduated Friday as the valedictorian of his neighborhood school, Dunbar High, and is headed to Georgetown University. But Carrington, 17, is nervous, and so are...
With the Confederations Cup opening this week and the World Cup one year away, all eyes are on Brazil, where soccer is arguably played with more passion and art than anywhere else....
A decades-old backyard barbecue in Northeast Washington draws hundreds in honor of dads everywhere. “It’s off-the-chain fun,” says Butch McNair, who has worked one...
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