Sports have a way of teaching us lessons that you can’t learn in a classroom or a boardroom. But in a country that prides itself on giving individuals a second chance after paying for mistakes we have learned a valuable lesson from the saga of Michael Vick. The mainstream militia will not give a second […]
With the 2009 event to start this Friday, watch this profile of the Negro League Legends Hall Of Fame Week 2008 celebration in the Nation’s Capital.
(Grand Canyon National Park, AZ) — President Obama and his family took time over the weekend to take in the sights of a couple national parks out west. On Saturday, the First Family visited Yellowstone National Park including the “Old Faithful” geyser and the President took time away from pushing for health care reform Friday […]
Chuck Brown was joined on stage at the 19th Annual Stone Soul Picnic by none other than DC Council member and former DC Mayor Marion Barry. See photos of these two Washington, DC icons below.
VIA THE GRIO: MOBILE, Ala. — Their hands waving in the air, singing and testifying, members of Cave Ministries of Saraland, a predominantly white church of motorcycle riders, joined members of Fresh Fire on the Mount, a mostly black church from Eight Mile, for a three-hour extravaganza of music and prayer. The Sunday service, at […]
(Greenbelt, MD) — A Montgomery County teenager accused of stockpiling weapons and bomb making materials is due in a Greenbelt federal courtroom on Tuesday. Nineteen-year-old Collin McKenzie-Gude is charged with possession of an unregistered explosive device and production of false identification documents. According to the indictment, in July of 2008, police executed a search warrant […]
(New York, NY) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick regrets his part in an illegal dogfighting ring. Appearing on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Vick said jail wasn’t part of his plan and lays some blame on the way he was raised. Vick, who served 18 months at the federal penitentiary in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, […]
(Washington, DC) — At least three dumpster fires have been set in Capitol Hill over the last four weeks, and it has residents a little on edge. Most of the fires have occurred in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and 3rd Street, SE. Investigators believe all the fires have been intentionally set. No one has […]
VIA THE WASHINGTON POST: For the first time since the Food and Drug Administration approved the controversial vaccine in June 2006, schools in the District and Virginia are asking that girls entering sixth grade receive the vaccine designed to protect them against HPV, which causes genital […]
(Washington, DC) — A George Washington University graduate student is recovering after he was attacked by a group of men Friday night. At least 12 people jumped the 28-year-old man as he waited for a bus at the corner of Pennsylvania and 24th Street in Northwest Washington. Police say the men were laughing as they […]
