Washington Informer
Literally for decades the tiny state of Israel (population 8 million, about the size of Maryland) has branded itself as a tiny oasis of freedom in the middle of hostile, despotic Arab nations which hate her. The truth of…
You can call it the "bandwagon effect," or "political opportunism," or, the "wake-up-call effect," or, less cynically, an old American tradition. Whatever you call it, in the last month it seems everybody and their momma in the political arena…
HAMP program St to Epire by Year's End A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key federal program that has helped more than 1.1 million troubled homeowners and reduced mortgage payments…
Why is the National Rifle Association so afraid of the truth? There are many misconceptions about guns and gun violence swirling around in Americans' minds—and in many cases, this misinformation is no accident. For years the NRA has blocked…
CNN contributor Roland Martin, who departs the network on April 6, has been named the National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) 2013 Journalist of the Year. In today's American media there are a number of Black faces on the…
A decade after carefully ruling in two University of Michigan cases – striking down the undergraduate admissions procedures and upholding those implemented by the law school – the U.S. Supreme Court seems on course to strike down even…
Anna Brown, a St. Louis-based homeless woman, needed treatment for a sprained ankle. She went to three emergency rooms seeking treatment. In the third hospital, St. Mary's Health Center, Brown was emphatic about needing care. Instead of being treated,…
Dr. Ben Carson is a brilliant neurosurgeon. He is director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University. He was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush in 2008. I first learned of Dr. Carson a decade…
August 2013 represents the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington. Publicly associated with Dr. King's famous "I have a Dream" speech, this march brought more than 250,000 people to Washington, D.C. to demand freedom and jobs. Initiated…
On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped to the podium of the Riverside Church in New York to vigorously proclaim his opposition to the War in Vietnam. It was one of the most powerful orations among…
April 4 will mark the 45th year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Dr. King, 39, at the time, has now been gone from us longer than he was with us. A…
On April 4, 1968, while Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a gunman fired a fatal shot with a rifle that ended King's life and what some believed would also…
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