Washington Informer
I've always disliked the way Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday is often celebrated. The reasons why became even clearer to me these past few days, as the importance of considering King's life and work was juxtaposed against three other developments:…
"You can kill a man, but you can't kill an idea." - Slain Civil Rights leader, Medgar Evers When President Obama took the oath of office on Monday, he was surrounded by an extraordinary legacy of 50-year civil rights milestones…
Just when you think leaders of the National Rifle Association can't stoop any lower, they keep managing to plunge even deeper. This time, they have strayed way over the line of respectability by using Malia and Sasha's enrollment in Sidwell…
Who is surprised that Lance Armstrong was doping? Who thinks he was the only one? Who is surprised that he used the Oprah Winfrey show as his platform to "come clean"? We are a nation of cheaters and Armstrong is…
When Barack Hussein Obama came to Washington eight years ago as the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois, he was a self-described "skinny guy with a funny name." Just look at him now. He's going where only 15 of his 43…
In his last Sunday sermon at Washington National Cathedral, Dr. King retold the parable of the rich man Dives who ignored the poor and sick man Lazarus who came every day seeking crumbs from Dives' table. Dives went to hell,…
Sports Photos Tell the Story! I really enjoyed the photographs in this week's Sports section, January 10, 2013 edition. Washington Informer photographer John De Freitas' photographs of the Washington Redskins and the Washington Wizards are excellent. I like the way…
As we approach the 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, I am reminded, not only of the transformative contributions Dr. King made to our country, but alsothe efforts of the King familyfollowing his death to preserve the memory of…
From time to time, folks like to speculate about how things might have been different in life, "if only..." If only New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and receiver David Tyree had not combined to execute the greatest play in…
The recent joint announcement by two key federal regulators believed a negotiated agreement with 10 mortgage servicing firms would help more than 3.8 million consumers who were wrongfully foreclosed during 2009 and 2010. Brokered by the Federal Reserve and the…
One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a flawed document that freed enslaved people in Confederate areas that he did not control. At the same time, it was a progressive document because…
The heartrending massacre of 20, 6- and 7-year-old children and six educators in Newtown, Conn. has galvanized public attention once again after a mass shooting. But the killing of children by gun violence is not new. It has been an…
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