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Excerpted from the Resurgence website Porn is a problem. It’s a personal problem for many and a cultural problem for all. You may think you have not been affected by porn, but you have because it’s embedded in the surrounding culture. The staggering size of the pornography industry, its influence upon the media and the […]

Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about the Pilgrims & America’s Thanksgiving Nov 21 : 03 days till Thanksgiving Did you know that US Presidents issue an annual Thanksgiving Proclamation? While President George Washington was the first US President to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation, subsequent Presidents did not necessarily follow that custom. In 1863 […]

Did You Know? Facts, Figures & Folklore about the Pilgrims & America’s Thanksgiving Nov 23 : 01 day till Thanksgiving Did you know that for many Native American people, Thanksgiving is cause for mourning rather than celebration? Although the First Thanksgiving included the Pilgrims’ Native American neighbors, that spirit of cooperation did not last long […]

  Award Winning Actress Meryl Streep and spokeswoman for The National Women’s History Museum  saluted Cathy HughesFounder and  Chairperson of Radio One Inc., with its highest honor at The First de Pizan Awards Gala Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 at The Ronald Reagon Building in Washington, DC. Ms. Hughes received The “Ida B. Wells-Barnett Living Legacy Award” for her […]

(Landover,MD)—A few hundred parishioners from the Jericho City of Praise church in Landover gathered last night to show support for their pastor. After church founder Betty Peebles died last year, her will stated that control of the 10-thousand member church be turned over to a six-member board.  The congregation now says that board is trying […]

Radio One DC’s Award Winning News and Community Affairs Director (Sheila Stewart) will serve as the Mistress of Ceremony for Children’s Hospital Community Benefit Concert tomorrow at Israel Baptist Church located at 1251 Saratoga Avenue N.E. Washington, DC. More than 1500 are expected to attend the “free” concert featuring National Recording Artist (Bryon Cage); Patrick […]

(Washington, DC)  —  The dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is underway in Washington, DC. Opening the event, the Reverend Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., highlighted the long road to making the memorial a reality. President Obama will speak at today’s dedication.   In addition to Obama, civil rights […]

(Washington, DC)  —  DC Council Chairman Kwame Brown wants to end the practice where DC Police arrest people for driving with expired license plates.  Brown says he wants to either change the law, or come up with a new policy for police officers so people aren’t arrested for something most other states only issue a […]

(Rockville, MD)  – More than 100 Montgomery County teens attended a Town Hall meeting with the County Council last night to discuss a possible curfew for young people-. Most teens spoke out against the bill, which was proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett after several recent fights and robberies involving teens. The measure would require anyone […]

(Washington, DC)  –President Obama says life is no better for Americans since he was elected. However, in an interview with ABC News, the President cited steady progress in stabilizing the shaky economy.  He called the recession “extraordinary.”  The President also made a big pitch for the jobs bill he submitted to Congress, arguing that lawmakers […]