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Entrepreneur Raymond Rouse Makes Love of Chess a Business Boon
D.C. Native's Customized Boards Tout Black Lives Matter Theme, MoreEDITOR’S NOTE (Sept. 24): Raymond Rouse has revised the rubrics behind his upcoming donation of a hand-crafted chessboard to the We Act Radio Summer Chess Club (for youth) from a raffle to a giveaway....
read moreFood Deserts Continue Within D.C.’s Southeast-Based Environs
Addendum to a Two-Part SeriesIn our two-part series about “food deserts” which continue to disproportionately affect District communities in Wards 7 and 8, published Feb. 20 and Feb. 27, we focused on the deleterious effect that years of “food apartheid” have had on...
read moreCOVID-19 Complicates Life for Elderly Residents in Long-Term Care
AARP's Legal Counsel Provides Programs, Clarity for D.C.'s Anxious SeniorsWhile one of the inevitabilities of life, if we’re fortunate, remains growing old, there’s no reason why our “golden years” should be any less fulfilling or enjoyable than our younger days.And...
read moreEDITORIAL: LeBron James Helps Reignite Dreams for Akron At-Risk Youth
Every day that students at LeBron James’ I Promise School walk through the doors, they’re invited to a celebration from the sounds of Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” blaring over the school’s loudspeakers to hugs, high-fives and compliments showered upon...
read moreEntrepreneurs of Color Fund Provides Essential Capital for Minorities
First of a two-part seriesIf you ask fledgling minority business owners what stands among their most significant challenge to success, they’ll inevitably refer to the lack of access to capital needed to either sustain or increase their daily operations.But...
read moreKia Weatherspoon: Wacif Resources Vital to Entrepreneur’s Success
Within a timespan just short of the past decade, the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif), established in 1987 in Northeast, has sought out new partners and pathways to complement and expand their stable of multi-dimensional programs and...
read moreBob Woodward Resolute: ‘Trump Has Unleashed War on Truth’
Bob Woodward, the celebrated journalist, author and associate editor of The Washington Post, shared keen insight gleaned from decades in the field on the Trump presidency, commenting on potential dangers he believes the U.S. now faces due to the...
read moreBLACK HISTORY EYEWITNESS NEVER FORGOT EMMETT TILL TRAGEDY
Simeon Wright, born in Doddsville, Miss., in 1942, said he could never erase the memory of his cousin, Emmett Till, then only 14 years old, being snatched from their shared bedroom in Money, Miss., by two white men on a hot August night in 1955.Wright, who died on...
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