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Join Bernie McCain Tuesday June 22nd at 5pm for an in-depth interview with James Lloyd, Assistant to the Director for Major Programs, U.S. Army on the 6th Annual National Veterans Small Business Conference. Mr. Lloyd was appointed as the Assistant to the Director for Major Programs in the U.S. Army, Office of Small Business Programs […]

DeShawn L. McMillan and John Ogden join Bernie today at 4:30pm to talk about the upcoming Run/Walk for Life 5k at Rock Creek Park, Sunday June 13th at 8am. DeShawn lost her mother, Sheila Ann Reddick while waiting for a transplant. DeShawn founded “Sheila’s Saving a Life Campaign”, a non-profit organization to raise awareness for […]

Internationally hailed as one of the greatest songstresses of our time, GRAMMY Award winning Roberta Flack remains unparalleled in her ability to tell a story through her music. Her songs bring insight into our lives, loves, culture and politics, while effortlessly traversing a broad musical landscape from pop to soul to folk to jazz. She […]

Wendy Wright takes on the question of why immigrants seize the American Dream while native born citizens are blind to it. Why do immigrants comprise 41 percent of the student population of Ivy League schools? What is it that immigrants teach their children that Americans don’t? These questions and more are the focus of discussion […]

Join Bernie McCain today at 4:30pm eastern when he talks to David Meyers about the Beethoven Found Gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, June 14th at 8pm. Mr. Meyers hosts numerous classical concerts and charity fundraisers in famous locations nationally. Among these include: Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, […]

World renounced gospel singer Wintley Phipps, founder and CEO of the U.S. Dream Academy joins Bernie McCain at 4pm eastern to talk about the 9th annual Power Of A Dream Gala tomorrow at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Phipps created the program to serve a population that he saw as overlooked and […]

(from AOL BlackVoices) School breakfast, lunch, summer programs and subsidized meals for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) are vital to the health and well-being of the nation’s children and adolescents, despite claims of links to obesity, according to an updated report. Approximately one in six infants, children and adolescents live in homes that experience limited […]

VIA CNN: President Obama took a key step in cementing his judicial legacy Monday, nominating Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, the 50-year-old Kagan will become the 112th Supreme Court justice. She would be the third woman on the nine-member bench and the fourth […]

VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: Lena Horne, the singer and actress who died Sunday at 92, cut a singular path through modern culture. She was the first black actress to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio (MGM in 1942) and the first black actress to be popularly accepted in roles that were as […]

SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) – Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has been arraigned on rape and prostitution charges in an assault on a 16-year-old runaway who police said was brought to his New York hotel room against her will. A Rockland County judge set bail at $75,000. The former New York Giants linebacker was […]