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Returns Kindness After Longtime Friend Donates Kidney Chet Bennett has long been a popular fixture throughout the District – a businessman, philanthropist and mentor to hundreds of youth and budding entrepreneurs. But his life turned topsy-turvy about a year ago when...

Cuban Native's 22-Year Career Included Stint with Washington SenatorsPedro Sierra, 81, left his native Cuba in 1954 — then just 16 — with the opportunity to follow what he describes as the only thing he’d ever dreamed of — to play professional baseball.It would mark...

Rainbow PUSH, Transformative Justice Coalition to Lead Three-Day EventWhile many Americans continue to mourn the recent death of Rep. John Lewis and reflect upon his contributions in civil rights and justice, a three-day virtual summit will seek to answer his plea to...

A federal judge recently ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop following a plan that would have had it winding down operations in order to complete the 2020 census count at the end of September.The federal judge in San Jose late Saturday issued a temporary...

Latest Polls Show Former Challenger, Kamala Harris, as Top Choice for DemsIn early October 2018, a Washington Post report asked if the Democrats had the wherewithal to rally behind a leader who could both unify the part and provide a clear message and platform for...

Reactions Surge on Social Media as Democratic National Convention ContinuesIn a masterfully written and delivered keynote speech Monday night that marked the opening of the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC), former first lady Michelle Obama touted the...

When Baltimore native and Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, 45, stepped to the podium at D.C.’s historical National Press Club in Northwest, she looked poised, prepared and polished.But make no mistake. She’s a lot more than just a “pretty face.”In her own words,...

It’s been two years, April 14th to be exact, since the world witnessed the abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls from their dormitory rooms at the hands of Boko Haram – a West African terrorist group that has lodged atrocities against its own people including the...

Charles B. Rangel, the celebrated dean of New York’s congressional delegation currently serving as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, has always been one who stepped to the front of the line on behalf of his fellow Americans.Now, the 86-year-old attorney,...

Residents of Flint, Michigan have very little to celebrate, three years after the water crisis in the city made national headlines.On April 25, as citizens of the blue-collar city, located about one hour from Detroit, marked the third anniversary of the announcement...