Washington Informer
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…
"We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of a partnership that includes government, the private sector and the nation's non-profit community." November 7 National Urban League letter to President Obama, John Boehner and Nancy…
In the wake of the killing of 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. last month and just before Vice President Joe Biden presented a list of proposals to President Obama this week that includes banning assault weapons and limiting sales of…
Well Done! Your Year-in-Review edition was fantastic. I just loved seeing the photographs of the writers and photographers on your staff. Now, when I read different articles and look at the photos I will have a picture in my mind…
While President Barack Obama and the Congress remain engaged in a never ending battle over the nation's fiscal matters, Americans continue to struggle with their own share of fiscal fracases. The discussion over whether to lift the nation's debt ceiling…
"These neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these children are our children. We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this..." President Barack Obama A movie theater in Aurora, Col. A Sikh Temple…
When then-National Newspaper Publishers Association Chairman Danny Bakewell, Sr. asked me to emcee the Black Press Week luncheon at the National Press Club in 2011, I had no idea that I would be witnessing history. At the urging of Wilmington…
In consideration of the latest shenanigans from Congress as it pertains to the economic conditions facing most Americans these days, unemployment and underemployment being the most serious, the case for entrepreneurship is more important than ever. For Black people especially,…
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