Ron Thompson

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There are several African Americans that have made strides for us in media, check out this gallery that pays tribute to a few of those people:

Two days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2008, our President Barack Obama had the privilege to speak at Dr. Kings church in Atlanta, Georgia.  See his inspiring speech below:

You’ll find them in every major city. They are the taxi cab and drivers. They are what get tourist to and from; local residents to work and back; some folks to the doctor and others to the supermarket. Some of us get to know the drivers very well from frequent use. To most of us, […]

Kate Conradt of Save the Children has been working in Haiti for the past 25 years. Kate joins Bernie McCain today to talk about what is need most for the children of Haiti after the devastating earthquake. WOL and Radio One-Washington, D.C. is trying to raise $50,000 dollars to support Save the Children of Haiti […]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama, eager to sign a health care overhaul bill into law, on Saturday highlighted some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban “the worst practices of the insurance industry.” Obama acknowledged it would take several years — until 2014 in some instances — for some […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: President Obama lamented December job losses Friday while saying the overall employment trend “is still pointing in the right direction,” and he announced new tax credits aimed at spurring the growth of clean-energy jobs and promoting U.S. leadership in developing green technologies. A government report that showed the nation shed 85,000 […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: The District government held a celebration today marking the end of the $34 million reconstruction of Kenilworth Avenue (295) in the vicinity of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue. I’m sure many of the thousands of drivers who use that major commuter route already have held their own, private celebrations, though there’s another […]

VIA NEWSWEEK: For job seekers, 2010 could be the year to reinvent oneself. Industries such as health care, higher education, and green technology are expanding. Double-digit unemployment is expected to drop, as companies slowly begin to hire in the spring and latter half of 2010, and new digital and technological jobs could start to take […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Nigeria and the Netherlands announced plans Wednesday to equip their international airports with full-body scanners to prevent terrorists from sneaking hidden explosives aboard airliners, as Somalia reported that it foiled a bombing attempt last month similar to one allegedly directed against a Northwest Airlines jet approaching Detroit on Christmas Day. In […]