[ad_1] 1950, fashion designer Claire McCardell was honored by women journalists in Washington at a gala attended by President Harry S. TrumanThe Native Americans of Frederick, Maryland were giving them and other women what men always took for granted: pockets. But McCardell didn’t just provide a place to store notebooks and pens. With her deceptively ...

[ad_1] New York City hosted Fashion Week last week and Climate Week in the Big Apple on Monday. There’s an uncomfortable truth at these annual showcase crossroads. No one understands how to reliably align climate targets with fashion’s current business model. Over the past few years, retailers have announced a number of sustainability measures. Nearly ...

[ad_1] With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on and monkeypox now being considered a public health emergency in the United States, we are officially in the middle of two viral disease crises. Public health experts know what it takes to control disease outbreaks. It is broad identification/testing, treatment and prevention. However, systemic problems with the ...

[ad_1] Photo by hd3dsh/stock.adobe.com. A draft plan to implement Maryland’s multi-billion dollar education reform plan, which lawmakers approved last year, is set to be released next month. Comprehensive reforms will expand early childhood education, create a diverse workforce with qualified teachers, improve college and career readiness, provide additional resources for selected students, and maintain accountability. ...

[ad_1] There are currently 118 elements in the periodic table. When a new element is discovered, several factors go into naming it.element is named after how they were obtained, their properties, the compounds from which they were isolated, and where they were found. However, they can also be named after the people who found them. ...

[ad_1] London is gearing up for a fabric fireworks display later this month when an exhibition of designs by textile artist Kaffe Facet and his collective will take place at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey. “Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern” opens September 23, showcasing over 70 textile designs (mostly quilts), spotlighting centuries-old ...

[ad_1] Submitted from Unity Care NW Homelessness has been on the rise nationwide since 2016. In places like Whatcom County, the lack of available housing has made homelessness an even more prevalent and visible problem. Most Washingtonians can relate to the feeling that housing opportunities are becoming increasingly out of reach. The economic conditions of ...

[ad_1] When Megan Giddings told her agent she wanted to write a novel about witches, he told her: In her new novel acknowledgment, “The Woman Could Fly(Amistad), Giddings says he didn’t quite agree with his opinion that witches feel like a tired subgenre. For her, there’s always room for another take. Luckily for those who ...