A nationwide pro-atheist campaign launched to coincide with Black History Month has some African-Americans reaffirming their spiritual convictions. SEE ALSO: Washington State Legalize Gay Marriage Gay Marriage’s Next Big Hurdle “It’s a sign of the end times,” said Reverend Kyev Tatum of Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Texas. “People will turn from the truth and […]

As I’ve run around the country giving Black History Month speeches, I’ve been thinking a great deal about where we are and where we are going as a community; I’ve also been asked about President Barack Obama’s role in Black history. Since the 44th president’s existence has been entirely complex and phenomenal — all at […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. states reached a landmark $25 billion deal Thursday with the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst. SEE ALSO: Washington State To Legalize Gay Marriage The deal requires five of the largest banks to reduce loans for about 1 million households at risk of foreclosure. […]

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International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim Brotherhood leader will be installed as speaker of Egypt’s new parliament after Islamists swept the popular vote in the country’s elections last week, raising fears among Christians and secularists that new laws heavily influenced by Sharia may soon be instituted. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice […]

Donald Cortez Cornelius was born Sept. 27, 1936, in Chicago. After high school, he served as a Marine in Korea. Cornelius was working as an insurance salesman when he spent $400 on a broadcasting course and landed a part-time job in 1966 as announcer, newsman and DJ on WVON radio.  Donald Cortez Cornelius was born […]

(Annapolis, MD)  —  Eight Maryland religious leaders are supporting same-sex marriage in a new web video.  The advocacy group Marylanders for Marriage Equality released the video yesterday.  The group is hoping to show that some members of the clergy approve of legalizing gay marriages.  A hearing on Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill will be held tomorrow. […]

According to “Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia by Bil Carpenter”, perhaps the most popular male gospel group of the 1990’s, the Winans defined the art of contemporary gospel music for the 1980’s decade. With songs such as “Bring Back the Days of Yea and Nay”, “It’s Time”, “Ain’t No Need To Worry”, and “Tomorrow” […]

District Launches New Ad Campaign Promoting School Attendance Effort Part of Cross-Agency Initiative to Improve Outcomes Through Truancy Prevention WHAT/WHO: Mayor Vincent C. Gray. Deputy Mayor for Education, De’Shawn Wright, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Beatriz “BB” Oteroand, the Honorable Zoe Bush, Associate Judge, D.C. Superior Court will unveil a new citywide ad campaign that reinforces the link between consistent school attendance and academic success. Research shows that missing […]