Via DCist The Concert for Valor, which will kick off at 7 p.m., is expected to bring about 800,000 people to the National Mall, which means several things: the roads will be a traffic nightmare; the Metro will be a commuting nightmare; and you’ll be unable to bring a lot of things on the Metro and to […]

  See our honorees for the 3rd Annual First Lady Tea Awards.     Stay tuned for event details.   

Police officer Darren Wilson‘s dubious shooting of 18-year-old Ferguson, Mo., resident Michael Brown (pictured) set off a firestorm of protests in Ferguson and around the country, with the public calling out for justice in the teen’s untimely death. And while Wilson is yet to be prosecuted for the college-bound youth’s murder, just a few days after his autopsy has […]

. Realize the Dream March and Rally Event will be livestreamed at 8am Saturday, Aug. 24 Organizer: National Action Network Place: The Lincoln Memorial Time: 8 a.m. Event Details: Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the families of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till, Rep. John Lewis, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny […]

There is the kind of peace that does not give heartache, emotional distress or unnecessary fear. The peace the world gives put a person or nation under tribute or servitude. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, […]