Michelle Obama Reaches Out to DC's Poor

Away from the cameras, the Michelle Obama is reaching out to DC's poor and neglected With Congress on recess and many of the city's swells attending the Aspen Ideas Festival, it's a good time to check in on the Washington that is mostly invisible to the lawmakers, lobbyists and assorted elites that define the nation's capital. It's the Washington that Michelle Obama is determined to make part of her White House neighborhood. Her husband has declined to put a "Taxation Without Representation" license plate on the presidential limousine, but Michelle has become DC's Florence Nightingale, reaching out to the city's poor and neglected in a way few previous First Lady have done. Her willingness to highlight her adopted city's problems and publicize promising solutions offers a road map for social justice advocates. Those who toil... [read full story]                    

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