The Tom Joyner Morning Show

The Red Summer of 1919 refers to a series of race riots that took place in dozens of cities across the United States. On this day that year, Washington, D.C. endured an ugly race riot that left dozens dead and several more injured. As World War I was becoming a memory, many former military men, […]

Faced with D.C.'s sky-rocketing rent and surges in the price of living, Tyree's mother lost her job. The family was forced to make the difficult decision to move into the shelter, which houses around 243 people.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed victories in Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday in Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, scooping up key delegates in the primary race against front-runner Hillary Clinton.

Sometimes, we all need someone to lean on. A group of employees from a Washington coffee shop provided just that in a touching photo that’s gone viral. KPTV reports that Pierce Dunn and Evan Freeman from the Dutch Bros. coffee shop in Vancouver, WA were photographed praying with a grieving customer who lost her husband the evening before. […]

Lighting and harsh makeup have been named the culprits in an unusual story of a family not recognizing their own late grandmother in a funeral home.

The discovery of racially coded notes taken by prosecutors during jury selection is forcing the Supreme Court to take a second look at this murder trial, The Washington Post reports.

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DC reporter Charnice Milton killed in shooting http://t.co/vzrDPPq3Rn #RIP pic.twitter.com/fcSXqWdbSB — FOX 5 DC (@fox5newsdc) May 28, 2015 A vibrant, black woman journalist with a mild form…

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April Watts talks with Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (3rd District of Ohio) at the Congressional Black Caucus 44th Annual Legislative Conference.  Watch the video to find…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health care law is enmeshed in another big legal battle after two federal appeals courts issued contradictory rulings on…