- Local News

via Cleveland19: The Cleveland Cavs have come through big for their young Mentor fans from Memorial Middle School. More than 500 students from the local school were supposed to be headed to Washington, D.C. today, but the trip was abruptly canceled after reported contractual miscues between the travel company, Discovery Tours, and the Hyatt Hotel. On […]

National

via DefenderNetwork: One thousand ministers are expected to converge on the nation’s capital next month as part of Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (NAN) Ministers March for Justice. The march will go from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to the Department of Justice on Monday, Aug. 28. The ministers, from all […]

- Church News

For the first time in Ballou High School history, every single senior at the predominately Black school applied to college this year. Just think: Last year, only 57 percent of their students graduated. According to The Washington Post, Ballou, which is located in one of Washington, D.C.’s poorest neighborhoods, has long had a negative reputation and many […]

- CLE

Conservatives were hoping to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which will continue to receive funding despite protests.   Just seven hours before federal agencies ran…

National

It’s a sweltering Washington, D.C., summer day, but inside Deal Middle School’s auditorium, it is just starting to warm up. Samantha Rios is belting out, in her strong and beautiful voice, the lead of “Indescribable (You Are Amazing, God).” The choir seated informally before Rios, some 64-children strong, chimes in at the chorus, softly at […]

Calling Washington, D.C., resident Brian Harris (pictured) the luckiest man on earth would be an understatement! The heavens above had all eyes on Harris when, just days ago,…

Bernice King is celebrating the 50th anniversary of her father Martin Luther King Jr.‘s March on Washington, and she checked in on “The James Fortune…