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and sentiments tantamount to contempt. Similar feelings dominated comments made by national civil rights leaders during a recent news briefing after their careful analysis of Gorsuch’s testimony including the perspective of Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, who testified before
Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III hopes his legacy can be summarized this way: high-quality education helped spruce economic development with low crime. Baker, who says he's "99 percent" sure he'll make a firm decision on running for governor after the Maryland General Assembly concludes next month, will lead the county until 2018 because of term limits. In the meantime, he continues to boost how the county's proposed $3.8 billion spending plan funds for educational programs, public safety and the first full year of revenues from the MGM casino and resort at National Harbor. However, he knows the county could still do better. Domestic violence remains a stigma, which experienced the most domestic-related fatalities in the state for the past two fiscal years. Although the county's median household income at nearly $77,000 ranks just above the state figure, realtytrac.com still shows the county at sixth statewide in foreclosure rates at one in every 585 units. There's still some unknowns for the county such as whether a fed-
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5 Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer, also chairs the NNPA. /Photo by Shevry Lassiter By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer As much as John Russwurm and the Rev. Samuel Cornish boldly declared their mission of being the voice for the African-American community with the publication of Freedom's Journal in 1827, publishers of the Black Press have remained in the task of speaking for those without a platform, standing up for victims of injustice and championing the unsung. Dedicated, resilient and strong Black women, who make up a large portion of the 211 African-American-owned newspapers and media companies that comprise the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), stand at the forefront of that mission. As Women's History Month concludes, NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. said it's important to recognize those such
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54 (Inset) Maritza McClendon, USA Olympian and first African-
American woman to make the US Olympic swim team, teaches water safety to D.C. area youth at Burr Gymnasium located on the campus of Howard University in Northwest on Saturday, March 25. The Make a Splash event is part of the USA Swimming Foundation's initiative on national child-focused water safety. /Photos by Lateef Mangum
Civil Rights Leaders Oppose Neil Gorsuch Nomination Some Cite ‘Stolen Seat’ as Reason for Democrats to Filibuster By D. Kevin McNeir WI Editor
5 Neil Gorsuch, the President’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, undergoing Senate Judiciary Committee hearings. /Photo courtesy of nbcnews.com
Barely seven days have passed since Judge Neil Gorsuch offered his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the hearing on his Supreme Court nomination kicked off. And while Republicans have, as expected, praised Gorsuch for his decency and judicial sobriety, Democratic senators have exhibited doubts, skepticism
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sense of uniformity in the way wants to see implemented are With L.Y. an agenda focused on the importance of and need for increased support for Black institutions of higher learnWhen Marlow's 23-yeardomestic violence victims and stricter restraining order policies, ing,daughter graduates,told students andfather allies of Historically Black Colleges and Universities [HBCUs] will participate in a Nationold her the survivors are treated. more rights for victim's families al Day of Action on Capitol Hill on April 27. of her daughter threatened her “She's using her own personal to intervene on behalf of a vicsay they wantchild, to ensure story, accountability the Whitepain House members of Congress to notassessonly mainlife, Organizers and the life of their her ownbypersonal to andtim, a domestic violence tainknew funding but increase HBCUs – pillar institutions to educating and supporting thousands. she something hadresources to be to push forward,” Davis-Nickens ment unit coupled with further “Alumni play an integral in preserving HBCUs,”for saidlaw co-leader of the HBCU done. Out and of students her frustration said role about Marlow. and growing ourtraining enforcement with law enforcement's handling Collective Robert Stephens. “We’re here Davis-Nickens to make sure our elected feel theaimportance of HBCUs said officials anyonesee and agencies, Child's Life Protec-– and ofwe’re the here situation, decided to for who Marlow's book will tion Act and mandatory counselto holdshe them accountable theirreads support.” startThe theHBCU SavingCollective Promiseexpects cam- to “get it.” She saidfrom she more “putsthan the 100ing for batterers. galvanize support HBCUs across the nation to advocate paign. case inCapitol such aHill. way,The thedirect-action average initiative “If we will are employ ever going tomedia-based eradito their members of Congress while visiting social “It seemsurging to besupporters a vicious to cycle person gettheir it.” federal She said at state the elected cate domestic we must outreach, call, write andcan tweet and officials toviolence, make HBCUs a priority that won't turnsessions my and family end of the day,the theHBCU book Collective will look both sidesfrom of elected the coin. in state legislative in Congress. Specifically, wantatthree things officials: loose,” Marlow said. Marlow help people begin to have a dia- We need to address both the vicincreased financial support for students; increased access and funding for federal research grants; and increased funding shared her story with the audi- logue about domestic violence. tim and the batterer,” Marlow and assistance for facility Heights upgrades. ence at the District Also present at the event was said. “We care about theSymposium existence of ourMildred institutions and we are going make sure elected officials do exactly what they Domestic Violence Muhammad, the toexMarlow would also like to see and is to support our HBCUs students financially,” said Dominique Warren, co-leader onpromised May 7 at thethat District Heights wife of and Johntheir Allen Muhammad, programs designed to raiseof the HBCU Collective. Municipal Center. The sympo- who was sentenced to six consec- awareness among children in sium was sponsored by the utive life terms without parole public and private schools. She Family and Youth Services by a Maryland jury for his role in feels children need to be educatCenter of the city of District the Beltway Sniper attacks in ed about domestic violence. Less than one month after Maryland lawmakers in the House of Delegates Heights and the National Hook- 2002. Mildred Muhammad is “We haveprogram to stopatbeing unanimously approved a group to manage a safety Metro,pasits SenUp of Black Women. the founder of After the Trauma, sive-aggressive with poor chilate colleagues did the same on Fri., March 24. Now, with Gov. Larry Hogan’s Marlow has written a book, an organization that helps the dren about domestic violence,” signature,ofthedomestic state will violence join the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission “Color Me Butterfly,” which is a survivors Marlow said. – a group that would oversee safety at Metro conducted by The story about four generations of and their children. Marlowcurrently has worked to break Federal Transit Administration [FTA]. domestic violence. The book is “I lived in fear for six years. Six the cycle of abuse in her family, theItDistrict andisVirginia as part a six-member inspired by her own experiences, yearsMaryland in fear iswould a longjoin time. is and confident the of policies she and those of her grandmother, notgroup with two representing jurisdiction. fromthat the two an easy thingpeople to come out each is pushing for Officials will start her mother and her daughter. of,” sheand said.D.C. missed an earlier deadline states to create the commission resulting process. She said every time she reads Mildred said$9 million. “I plan to take policies to has in the FTA Muhammad withholding nearly Since Oct.these 2015, the FTA excerpts from her book, she still people whothewant to help a Congress andofimplore them monitored rail system but upon the approval legislation in alltothree can not believe the words came domestic violence victim must Marlow Withheld said. jurisdictions, the commission wouldchange resumeour thatlaws,” responsibility. from her. “Color Me Butterfly” bemoney carefulwould of how they goafter intothe FTA “I will not stop until these poli- for be released certifies related safety programs won the 2007 National “Best the victim's life, and understand cies are passed.” the three jurisdictions. Books” Award. that she may be in “survival Tia Carol Jones can be reached “I was just 16-years-old when mode”. at tiacaroljones@sbcglobal.net my eye first blackened and my “Before you get to 'I'm going lips bled,” Marlow said. to kill you,' it started as a verbal WI Maurice Simpson, Jr., presi27, has gotten an early start on next year’s Elaine Davis-Nickens, election, holding a campaign meeting in Largo to begin dent of therecently National Hook-Up ofpreparations Black Women, said there no legislative district seat in Annapolis. to secure the is24th consistency the way domestic Simpson, ainLandover resident, heads the Prince George’s County violence issues are dealt Young Democrats and with worksbyas a legislative aide for County Council. The seat became vacant after former Delegate Michael L. Vaughn abruptly resigned in January in the wake of criminal charges that include bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud. Gov. Hogan appointed Jazz Lewis to fill Vaughn’s seat. The two other 24th district seats are held by Delegates Erek Barron and Carolyn J. B. Howard, who may retire next year. The district includes 5 Maurice Simpson, Jr. Capitol Heights, Landover and Suitland. /Courtesy photo
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We have to stop being passive-aggressive with poor children about domestic violence. I plan to take these policies Congress and Homeownership Remains Best Way totoBuild Black Wealth The National Association of Real Estate Brokers will partner with their implore them to [NAREB] change our national affiliate and the trade group’s local chapter in Prince George’s County as co-sponsors for Community Wealth Building Day, a free event aimed at helping laws. I will not stop until metro area Blacks take the first steps toward homeownership and to learn how to build wealth through homeownership. these are passed. The event takes place on Sat. policies April 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Southern
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Area Vocalists Tune Up for Cherry Blossom Festival By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer Three winners of the "Sing Into Spring" vocal competition have secured coveted spots to perform a song together in the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade presented by Events DC on Saturday, April 8. The D.C.-area vocalists will join a lineup of celebrities and marching bands from around the country in the annual production. And they are as diverse as the grand helium balloons and floats they will march alongside:
KHA
KHA is a pop soul singer and songwriter who was born and raised in the DC area. She has a vast vocal range and a soulful tone. She sings with a voice that is often described as being smooth yet powerful. "I've been wanting to be part of the Cherry Blossom Festival," she said. "I've wanted to participate in this long-standing tradition in my hometown for a while." Though this is her first year performing in the parade, she was slated to perform during last year's events as part of the Firework Festival, but it was canceled because of cold weather. She has performed as a guest vocalist at a number of area venues including the White House, the Kennedy Center with Stevie Wonder, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Warner Theatre. She was also a featured soloist on the steps of the U.S. Capitol for the 53rd presidential inauguration ceremony. KHA has also performed in various cities across North America and Asia throughout her travels as well as in Europe where she lived for several years. KHA will perform a live cover song at the West End Stage following the parade.
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Roquois is an indie singer and songwriter with an endless love affair with music. Her sound is an electric infusion of rock, hip-hop, doo-wop and R&B, all in a petite pop package. Her writing reflects her personal experiences and the world around her. Hopes, dreams and the good and bad parts of life are all echoed in her music "I'm going to bring a fun, bubbly vibe to the Cherry Blossom Parade and Festival," Roquois said, adding that she will blend in with the soft springtime theme of the festival. She says participating in the festival has always been a dream her hers and she is happy to finally be able to check the item off her music bucket list. She is most excited about the exposure the festival will give her. "[The festival] has such a huge fan base and it gives me the opportunity to perform for a group of people who wouldn't normally listen to my music," Roquois said. In addition to performing at the parade, she will also perform the national anthem and an original song during the festival. The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade will take place along Constitution Avenue NW, Saturday, April 8 from 10 a.m. to noon. It is free and open to the public. Group tickets and prime grandstand seats, located on Constitution Avenue between 15th and 17th streets, can be purchased online at nationalcherryblossomfestival.org. WI
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ShaMain has performed as part of Cherry Blossom Festival activities on two other occasions, but this will be her first year in the parade. Born in Georgetown, Guyana, she came to the United States at the age of 3 and settled in the D.C. area. Her sounds span
genres including R&B, pop and even dancehall reggae, influenced by her Caribbean roots. "This is such a big opportunity for me," ShaMain said. Music has always been a part of her life. She began studying the violin since age 5 and continued through high school, but later found her calling as a vocalist. She says practice is key in preparation for her Cherry Blossom Festival performances. "Practice makes better," she said. Following the parade, she will perform an original song from her 2016 project, "The Evolution of Me."
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RICHARD MUHAMMAD / CHICAGO, IL
I saw a little bit about the problem on social media and I kind of wondered how much of that was reality. It looks like it's turning out to be a reality. Not just a reality, but a horrible one. It's a crisis. It needs to be addressed right now. Black men around the city need to organize themselves and go looking for their daughters, their nieces, girlfriends, wives, grandchildren. We need to do that first, and then when we're doing that, we need to call on others — the police department, the mayor and those who are responsible to report back to the community exactly what's going on.
DR. BENJAMIN CHAVIS / WASHINGTON, D.C.
The issue of the missing girls in D.C. is indicative of a larger problem. I think that we need a better caring for one another. We should not tolerate one missing girl, [let alone] 10. It's a slippery slope. … It has to be stopped at the beginning and not as it escalates. I think it's a serious problem that needs to be addressed by all sectors of the community. Right now, it's a lot of pointing fingers. People pointing fingers at law enforcement, at the community, the mayor — even the families. I think that's the wrong approach. If it takes a village to raise a child, then every child in that village is important.
DR. JOHN WARREN / SAN DIEGO, CA
When I was on the D.C. Board of Education years ago, we had missing girls then. I always raised the issue that people were not paying attention to it because we didn't have trafficking and the issues we have now. It's also identified as a racial issue because in so many instances where the girls are black the community feels that there is not a concern, because as soon as their white they are all over the media with Mary Beth's picture.
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I find it suspicious that it's mostly black and Latino girls, very suspicious. It's not like Washington is majority black anymore, so why [are] Latina girls and black girls the ones coming up missing? I think trafficking is big, kidnapping and with the new environment that we are living in it could be something else, even more vicious.
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Lenora 'Doll' Carter Enshrined in NNPA Hall of Fame By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer The ceremony proved almost as impressive as the honoree. Drummers — on both sides of the aisle — led family members of the late Lenora "Doll" Carter into the historic Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel at Howard University, Northwest in D.C. as members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association enshrined the former Houston Forward Times publisher and community leader into its Hall of Fame. The ceremony, which occurred as the Black Press celebrates 190 years since the founding of Freedom's Journal, included touching tributes from colleagues and fellow publishers, NNPA Foundation Board members, Carter's daughter Karen Carter-Richards, and a stirring solo performance by Carter-Richards' own daughter, Chelsea Lenora White, who belted out an emotional rendition of the classic "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)." "Doll and I were the last of the Mohicans," said Chicago Crusader Publisher Dorothy Leavell of her close friend Carter, who died in 2010. "She loved beautiful things and she loved the Black Press." Leavell reminisced about how Carter worked tirelessly keeping the books for the NNPA while at times putting the Black Press organization ahead of her beloved Forward Times. "In that day," Leavell said. "It was twice as hard for women and Doll Carter stood the test of time," she said. Mollie Belt, another close friend and publisher and CEO of the Dallas Examiner, said she met Carter in
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/Courtesy photo "We hold the NNPA near and dear just like my mom did," a tearful Carter-Richards said, with her two daughters and son standing at her side as she accepted the induction plaque bestowed by NNPA Foundation Chair Al McFarland, NNPA Chair Denise Rolark Barnes and NNPA President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. "Lenora 'Doll' Carter was highclass," Rolark-Barnes said. "But she knew how to deal with regular people." Following the formal induction, the drummers led the processing of family members and visitors to the Black Press Archives where visitors can find a comprehensive research resource that includes complete microfilm files of black newspapers and records of black editors, publishers and journalists. The archives represent a vital and constructive element of the Research Center's program to collect, preserve and interpret black history and culture. While viewing the archives, Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) arrived to offer her appreciation for Carter. "We've been under siege in Washington," Jackson-Lee said. "The nation is under siege but I wanted to step forward in this historic place to give honor where honor is due. Even surviving and living and being the predominate news for our community … it's obvious that Doll Carter made that her life with [husband] Julius." Jackson-Lee talked passionately how Carter lifted the spirit of others and demanded respect for all. "She walked with kings and queens but she still was able to walk around Houston and made sure that no one looked at her differently," she said. WI
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The World According to Dominic “Efforts to Erase Obama’s Legacy Fueled by America’s Lingering Disease – Racism” When Barack Obama shocked white America and the world, making history to become our country’s first Black U.S. president, we should have anticipated what would happen next – an all-out assault starting the day after his election to thwart his every move, to render him powerless, to negate his presidency and to disrespect him, his wife and their children with a viciousness never experienced by any First Family. But in our naïveté, we believed, or at least hoped, that after centuries of prejudice, racial exploitation, illogically deduced theories and subsequent laws based on the notion of white privilege used to promote both the legalized kidnapping and enslavement of Africans and the systematic eradication of Native Americans, that the miracle of hearing had finally occurred. Somehow, we allowed ourselves to be duped into believing that America had discovered the cure to its most malevolent and ages-old disease of racism. Even wrinkled rednecks from Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama had taken the new “anti-racist vaccine,” so we were told, upon which they immediately professed their “White Hooded” sins – some even giving back the unethically achieved land and chests of gold they and their ancestors had accumulated on the backs of the ancestors of Africans and Native Americans. With that many Blacks began to proclaim with all kinds of pomp and circumstance, that we’d entered a new era, a post-racial America, pointing to Obama’s victory as proof that Dr. King’s optimistic notion of the “Beloved Community” had become a reality. But in his keynote address on The United Nations’ International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, globally observed each year since 2008 on March 25, Dr. Lonnie Bunch, III, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, brought truth to
our idyllic, short-lived beliefs. Bunch reminded us that while the annual observance provides the opportunity to honor and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system, it has another aim: to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice both of which remain alive and well today. “Slavery is the last great ‘unmentionable’ that has profoundly shaped every corner of the world although it happened centuries ago,” he said, adding that he hopes that those who visit the new museum will witness “the unvarnished truth, seeing history in a way not told before and what slavery tells us about American notions of liberty and freedom.” “It’s a story that gives inspiration, invoking both anger and sadness, that helps us realize the resiliency of a people who have shaped the world,” Bunch said. “People are uncomfortable with slavery. This day allows them to look at all the dark corners of the past. My job is to create a new generation who recognize they have a responsibility to transform America. The sacrifices, struggles and challenges faced by our ancestors will soon rest on the shoulders of the next generation in their role as responsible citizens.” Bunch posited his words with great aplomb and political correctness. However, I submit these words from the abolitionist Frederick Douglass as my mantra and response. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be moral, physical or both; but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” And so, the struggle continues. WI
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WOMEN Page 1 as Rosetta Perry of the Tennessee Tribune, Elinor Tatum of the New York Amsterdam News, Janis Ware of the Atlanta Voice, Joy Bramble of the Baltimore Times, Brenda Andrews of the New Journal and Guide and the many other Black Press publishers. It's also important to note the structure of the NNPA, he said. "Four out of five members of the NNPA executive committee are women and, in 2017, that shows that NNPA, as a national trade organization, are out in front of all other organizations in putting women in the top position," Chavis said. Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes serves as chair of the NNPA and Karen Carter-Richards, publisher of the Houston Forward Times, holds the position of first vice chair. Atlanta Voice Publisher Janis Ware serves as treasurer and Shannon Williams, the president and GM of the Indianapolis Recorder, works as the organization's secretary. "For the Black Press, Women's History Month becomes more noteworthy because of the women of the NNPA and their very important roles," Chavis said. Still, the pressure of operating a newspaper isn't lost on publishers such as Richards of the 57-year-old Forward Times. Richards took over after the death of her mother, Lenora "Doll" Carter, whom she shadowed at the paper for more than 30 years. "The business isn't for the faint of heart and being a female publisher requires you to be even stronger," she said. "Because of what my mother taught me, Forward Times Publishing Company has grown to become a multimedia company and award-winning national publication." Chida Warren-Darby, managing editor and co-publisher of the Voice & Viewpoint in San Diego, said being a female publisher has proven to be an "amazing experience." She also offered advice to the next generation of women. "They should always remain true to themselves and never conform," Warren-Darby said. "There's a lot of authenticity missing in the world of journalism and the media industry as a whole. I believe it's slowly returning, but it will take the next generation to maintain that authenticity. I would also encourage them to know that their voices and ideas matter, to never underestimate what they bring to the table, and to never feel like it's too late." Others have spelled out what the Black Press has brought to the table. The New York Times noted that
AROUND THE REGION well before the Civil War, publications and, more recently, radio and television stations owned and operated by African-Americans have provided an important counterweight to mass market media, simultaneously celebrating and shaping black culture — from politics and government to fashion and music. It all starts with the Black Press and many of its talented female publishers. "The Black Press has been the heartbeat of black America since its inception," said Tatum, publisher and editor in chief of the New York Amsterdam News, one of the most influential black-owned and -oper- 5Karen Carter Richards, publisher ated media businesses in the world of the Houston Forward Times, took which ran its first edition in 1909. over the paper after the death of her "From the abolition movement, mother, Lenora "Doll" Carter. /Courto the civil rights movement to the tesy of the Houston Forward Times women's rights movement, the Black Press has been our voice, a to their decisions as to do so would voice not heralded anywhere else," be to sell themselves short," Cole Tatum said. "A voice so true to it- said. "Therefore, the challenges that exself that our community still heeds the call today. A voice in many cases ist today are challenges to doing busiowned by women, run by women ness successfully in our global marketplace. Yes, racism and in many and nurtured by women." About 190 miles south of New cases institutional racism is evident; York, Bramble founded the Balti- whereby some will never buy what more Times on the premise that we are selling," she continued. "However, we must continue they'd publish only positive stories about black people. After more than to educate our loyal readers as to 30 years, Bramble said the paper and major players or companies that its companion, the Annapolis Times, support our communities as well as those that don't support us with an hasn't wavered. "I am extremely proud to be a emphasis on companies to which part of the long tradition of respected African-Americans are their core cuswomen publishers," Bramble said. tomers," Cole aid. With the diligence of the NN"My challenges as a publisher have not come from my gender, but rath- PA-member papers, news, inforer my race. Black newspapers must mation and commentary has been jump through ridiculous hoops to delivered each week to more than 20 receive or even be considered for ad- million readers. Since its founding, the NNPA has vertising and promotional dollars." Women are changing the world been lauded for consistently being and represent an important audi- the voice of the black community, ence that should not be taken for reporting news that makes history. Masjid Muhammad: The Nation’s Mosque "Our papers are trusted, read from granted, said Natalie Cole, publisher and CEO of OurWeekly LA in Los cover to cover and are a vital part of Angeles, formed in 2004 and boasts the community. 190 years and still a readership of more than 200,000 Join going Us!strong," Bramble said. "I am sure that we will still be around anweekly. Saturday, 22 April 2017 @ 190 7:00 p.m. other years as we continue to be "As an African-American woman Hiltonand Crystalthe City,standard Va. bearer for all the good publisher, readers and investors supporters should not get caught up news that's happening in our comWI onCall my202-483-8832 ethnicity as the driving force munities." visit www.thenationsmosque.org
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PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY Brown, CBC Meet With Trump to Talk Black Issues By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) and several fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation converged on the White House Wednesday, March 22 for an hourlong sit-down with President Donald Trump to discuss education, criminal justice reform and other topics that affect the black community. Brown, who joined CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-Louisiana) and five other members of the caucus, told The Informer they discussed concerns about Trump's travel ban and proposed budget to
cut Pell Grants and the creation of minority businesses. Brown said the meeting also focused on Trump's accusations that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had wiretapped Trump's New York City offices before the November election. "If the president is attempting to build relationships in the African-American community, then that is not helpful," he said. "We sort of left it at that." The CBC members presented Trump with a document titled "We Have a Lot to Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st Century." The title is a reference to Trump's courting of the black
5 Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Maryland) speaks with his constituents. /Photo by William J. Ford
vote while on the campaign trail, when he often claimed the African-American community was in such disarray that they had little to lose by voting for him. The 128-page document gives a synopsis of black history with ideas to improve voting rights, education, health care and other items. The suggested solutions include: • Restore the voting rights of
ex-offenders; • End racial profiling; • Raise the federal minimum wage currently set at $7.25 per hour; and • Expand Medicaid and keep the Affordable Care Act intact. "We call on the Trump administration to commit to basic principles of humanity and decency, mainly that every child should have access to a high-quality education and ev-
Metro Board OKs Budget, Fare Increases as Tempers Flare By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Metro's board of directors on Thursday quickly and unanimously approved a fiscal year 2018 budget
with fare increases and service cuts, which predictably raised the ire of riders and made for a slightly raucous scene at the weekly board meeting. The $1.8 billion spending plan calls for fares to go up 25 cents for buses and off-peak Metrorail, and 10
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cents at peak hours and daily parking. The new fares go into effect July 1. The fare increases — Metro's first in three years — are expected to bring the agency $21 million. In addition, Metro expects to save an additional $2 million by eliminating 300 positions, which would go toward creating a "lifeline" late-night bus service that would replace the hours of operation cut on Metrorail. A handful of the bus routes initially eyed for elimination earlier in the budget process were ultimately spared, including the T14 Rhode Island Avenue-New Carrollton line in Prince George's County, Maryland, and the H6 in northeast D.C. Before the board approved the plan, a small ruckus occurred outside the meeting room when a Metro police officer wouldn't allow more people inside. Metro board chairman and D.C. Council member Jack Evans said the room had filled to capacity and officials didn't want to cause a fire hazard. The room capacity is 144, but
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some members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 stood along parts of the room. Union President Jackie Jeter walked outside the room and told the officer she would give up her seat to allow Southeast resident Chauniece Jones, 23, to sit down. But the officer told her she couldn't, without explaining why. Meanwhile, Jones said the officer used force to move one of her friends from the doorway. "Why are you putting your hands on somebody who's trying to hear what's going on that's affecting their life?," said Jones, who sported a white T-shirt reading, "Vote no Metro fare hikes. Metro not booming." "Yeah, you have a job to do but … have a heart. You don't have to take it that way." Evans said during a press briefing next door in the board room that the meeting room has accommodated more people. Although the board room's capacity is nearly
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ery life deserves affordable, quality health care," the report states. "If President Trump is sincere in his interest in advancing the Black community, this document should be the guiding post of his administration." Brown said no specific timetable was established for when to reconvene with Trump or for any response to the CBC document. However, Brown said the CBC will meet "regularly" with Trump and such Cabinet members as Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Meanwhile, Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III visited Capitol Hill Friday to meet with Brown and other members of the Maryland delegation to ensure federal programs and dollars aren't cut. Some of the main items: relocation of the FBI headquarters, the Affordable Care Act and the Community Development Block Grant program. Baker said in an interview Friday the $2.1 billion Purple Line light-rail project in Prince George's and Montgomery counties won't happen without the federal government's portion of $900 million. "The Purple Line would help us with mass transit … and it's good for economic development and it's good for creating jobs," he said. "For President Trump to tout he is going to create jobs, this is a job-killer when you get rid of the Purple Line. It can't move forward without federal funds." WI
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BAKER from Page 1 eral agency will relocate the FBI headquarters from Northwest to Greenbelt, or Landover, or decide its better suited across the Potomac River in Springfield, Virginia. The 58-year-old Howard University graduate and member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity stopped by The Washington Informer on Friday, March 24 to discuss several topics, such as how President Donald Trump's proposed budget could affect the county, proposed state legislation to create a task force to analyze the county school system, the $2.1 billion Purple Line light-rail project and Gov. Larry Hogan. Here are some of his thoughts, in his own words:
TRUMP'S BUDGET
The cut in the CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) funds could hurt us. The funding that is coming into that program we can't make up for, so the federal cuts will have a direct impact on our programs that we offer in the communities such as housing vouchers that have an impact on the ability to provide services. We're monitoring those proposals. Health care is the biggest one at the top of the list. We've seen how the Affordable Care Act, even with its flaws, has worked to the benefit of the state of Maryland and Prince George's County. We've cut our uninsured rate in the county by 50 percent. We don't have individuals going into our emergency rooms as their primary care physician, which means we have people we can target to keep them out of hospitals. We predicated the cost of operating the new hospital system based on the number of people in the county and in the Southern part of the state would have health care. For that to be potentially gone because of the changes in the Affordable Care Act would be devastating. That would mean
the cost in maintaining the [new regional medical center in Largo] would go up. We need to make sure the Affordable Care Act stays in place. Maryland is one of places that benefited the most from the Affordable Care Act. With the Purple Line, it helps us with mass transit and keeps people out of cars. It's good for economic development and it's good for creating jobs. It can't move forward without federal funds.
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Prince George's County has the second-largest school population in the state. Creating a task force [for House Bill 1571] is not necessary. Part of what we put in the [current] legislation when we gave the county more authority over its education system, which has worked so well that [Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh] wants the same type of authority where she can have a greater role in shaping the education system. A greater role comes greater responsibility. When I went down to Annapolis and asked for this new structure, what I asked for a greater accountability of me and the executive branch. It that legislation, it required we come back and update the legislature on how well it's working. I think that's the tool to use. We'll report back and assess how is this unique situation where the county executive selects and makes a recommendation to the school board of who the superintendent should be? Part of that is to say is how do we meet the bench mark? I don't have anything against the task force. It's just unnecessary because the school board, the county and the superintendent all have to report back to the legislative body [in the state] on what's being going on. So really the General Assembly sits as a task force in and of itself on how well the policy is working. You don't need another one. There's no reason for a local Prince George's task force
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The Purple Line helps us with mass transit and keeps people out of cars. It's good for economic development and it's good for creating jobs. For President Trump to tout that he is creating jobs, this is a job killer when you get rid of the Purple Line. It can't move forward without federal funds. The [$900 million] has been in there on the federal level. If we would have moved forward when Gov. Hogan came into office, this would be a moot issue. The Trump administration is only going after programs that have not started. The funds were there. The Hogan administration did not move on this, so now we are in the position where we don't lose out. We would have been passed this point if in 2014 when the governor was elected and just moved ahead with it. There's no way Montgomery County or Prince George's County can make up the difference. We're opening up a Whole Foods in Riverdale on April 12. It will be the first one in the county. The Town Center in Suitland where we hope to break ground this year. We want to revitalize a great community there in Suitland. There is no reason for that area to not see the type of growth in the Washington area. We believed in that project so much is we are going to act as a master development through our Redevelopment Authority and our Revenue Authority. We will select our developers and getting a lot of interest. The attractive you are, the more your property value goes up. People are going to want to come in and we are starting to see that. WI
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BUSINESS Director: Agriculture Census Important for Black Farmers By Stacy M. Brown WI Senior Writer Five years ago, the U.S. Census of Agriculture revealed that the number of black farmers stood at 44,269, a 12 percent increase over the previous survey five years earlier. Nationally, black farmers made up 1.4 percent of the country's 3.2 million farmers, while 33,371 African-Americans counted as principal operators — the individual in charge of the farm's day-to-day operations — a nine percent increase over the previous census while principal operators of all farms declined by 4 percent. Although farms with black operators tend to be smaller than others
and with fewer acres and lower sales, black principal operators sold $846 million of agriculture products in 2012, including $502 million in crop sales and $344 million in livestock while operating 3.6 million acres of farmland. Today, as officials prepare for the current census, King Whetstone, the first African-American Northeastern Regional Director of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS), said it's imperative that all farmers, including blacks, respond. Whetstone, who oversees Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Dela-
5 King Whetstone, the first African-American Northeastern Regional Director of the United States Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS), oversees Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Delaware and the six New England states. /Photo by Shalyn Whetstone
ware and the six New England states, said the census counts as a comprehensive summary of agricultural activity for the United States and for each state. It includes the number of farms by size and type, inventory and values for crops and livestock, operator characteristics and other analyses. "It's a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them," said Whetstone, a Greenville, Texas, native who has spent more than 20 years at the USDA in various locations including in New York, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Arkansas
and D.C. He now lives in Pennsylvania with his wife of 15 years, April, and daughter, Shalyn. Whetstone said even on small plots of land — whether rural or urban — growing fruit, vegetables or some food animals count during the census if $1,000 or more of those products have been raised and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. NASS has created a new online form for the census to make it easier for respondents to participate. Also, mailings, telephone calls and other forms of contact-
Prince George's County to Open First Whole Foods By Lauren Poteat WI Contributing Writer
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Organic-food grocer Whole Foods Market is gearing up for the grand opening of its first Prince George's County store. The opening is set for April 12, at 6621 Baltimore Avenue in Riverdale Park, near the University of Maryland's College Park campus. Area resident Janet Cunningham relished the prospect of the new natural organic store. "I live in P.G. County and have always found it hard to make my way to a reasonably located Whole Foods," Cunningham said. "I love Whole Foods, so now to be able to have closer options to more healthier food in what many consider a 'black' area is really cool." The 40,000-square-foot store will have self-serve fresh brewed coffee and espresso, cold brew coffee and tea, six varieties of cold-pressed juice on
ing farmers are planned for the census, taken every five years. It looks at land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures. "Our goal is to make sure that we have a complete count," Whetstone said. "The census [data] is used to help shape the future of agriculture now and in the years to come, so farmers are helping themselves by participating." Through the census, producers can show the nation the value
FARMER Page 36 tap, scratch bread made daily, smoked fish and hand-tossed, wood-fired pizza. Customers will also be able to provide real-time feedback via text — no forms, no surveys — and enjoy custom superfruit acai bowl bars and self-serve mochi. Team leaders for the new Riverdale store share her enthusiasm. "We're excited to join Riverdale's vibrant and growing community with the opening of our first Whole Foods Market in Prince George's County," said Pia DaSilva, the Riverdale store's team leader. "The store will include many new and locally sourced and seasonal products that meet our high quality standards. Whether you come for the hand-tossed pizza, the custom acai bowl bar or the six types of cold-pressed juice on draft, the store will be a great addition to Riverdale and a new gathering place for the community." To inaugurate the event, a community bread-breaking ceremony will take place at 8:45 a.m. WI
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by William Reed Donald Trump has presented the nation with its newest black business celebrity: Arnold W. Donald. Donald, who was featured in recent episodes of "The New Celebrity Apprentice," earns $1 million a year as chief executive officer and president of Carnival Corporation and Cruise lines. Hardly an apprentice, Donald grew up in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, one of the city's poorest, crime-infested neighborhoods, but in the two years he's been at Carnival, he has streamlined operations and grown the company's market cap from roughly $25 billion to about $37 billion, CNN reported. Prior to that, he spent roughly two decades at Monsanto before joining a group of investors who bought the company's Equal sugar substitute division to form Merisant, which he ran for three years. In his first year as CEO,
Donald partnered with comedian Cedric the Entertainer to market all nine of Carnival Corporation's brands in a major way. The company has a long-running deal with famed radio jock Tom Joyner's "Fantastic Voyage" party-cruise series, which sails this year from Miami. The average cruise ship passenger capacity is about 3,000 guests. While blacks don't have a long history in the cruise industry, anyone who had a television set starting in 1977 remembers the long-running ABC television series "The Love Boat" that followed the exploits of guests and the crew and life on a cruise ship. These days, the industry forecasts over 20 million passengers cruising globally each year. Since 2013, Donald has run Carnival Corp., a Miami-based subsidiary of the American-British Company Carnival Corporation & plc. The company is worth $37.8 billion and has 12,400 employees. Donald has been president and chief executive officer of Carnival Corporation & plc since 2013. Prior to that, he was president and chief executive officer of the Executive Leadership Council, a professional network of African-American executives of major U.S. companies that aims to increase the number of successful black executives both domestically and internationally. He has industry expertise in the agriculture, biochemical, chemicals and service sectors for over 30 years. In 1998, he received the Washington University Distinguished Alumni Award. In
1999, he received the Eagle Award from the National Eagle Leadership Institute and in 2000 he received the Black Engineers President's Award. He was recognized by the agricultural industry as Agri-Marketer of the Year in 1996. In 1997, he was named Executive of the Year by Black Enterprise Magazine. Donald received an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1980, a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis in 1977 and a B.A. Degree in Economics from Carleton College in 1976. Donald served as a senior executive at Monsanto Company in St. Louis, and joined in 1977, where he served various positions over 23 years, including as president at Monsanto's Nutrition and Consumer sectors and Senior Vice president of the parent company. From 2000 to 2005, Donald was chairman of the Board of Merisant Company, a manufacturer and marketer of tabletop sweetener products, including the Equal and Canderel brands. From 1998 to 2000, he was senior vice president of Monsanto Company, a company which develops agricultural prod-
ucts and consumer goods, and president of its nutrition and consumer sector. Prior to that he was president of Monsanto Company's agricultural sector. Donald is a recognized and
respected figure among African-Americans. As he told nearly 1,000 women at Black Enterprise's Women of Power Summit, "Always maximize the probability of success." WI
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NATIONAL Brazile, Henderson, Lewis Honored at NNPA's Torch Awards Association Celebrates 190 Years
By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer The National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA) on Thursday presented esteemed individuals in the black community with awards for outstanding work in their respective fields. In celebration of the 190th year of the Black Press, the NNPA held its annual Torch Awards at the DuPont Circle Hotel in Northwest to honor standout African-Americans in their respective fields, including Donna Brazile, Wade Henderson and Roy Lewis. "On behalf of General Motors
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we are proud to be a partner with the NNPA for over 20 years and are excited to celebrate 190 years of the Black Press," said Cherie Wilson, General Motors' director of federal and administrative affairs. "I want to first thank Dr. Ben Chavis, [Washington Informer publisher] Denise Rolark Barnes and members of the NNPA for their tireless efforts to ensure the voices of the black community is heard through more than 200 African-American-owned community newspapers throughout the United States." Wilson had a special message for Brazile, who suddenly fell ill and was
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unable to make the ceremony. "To Donna, especially since it's Women's History Month, thank you for what you represent to little black girls everywhere," Wilson said. "You helped inspire my interest in politics well over a decade ago." Brazile received the award for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Political Empowerment, Henderson for Outstanding Leadership and Achievement in Civil and Human Rights and Lewis for Outstanding Leadership and
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Achievement in Photography. "We named this award years ago because we needed to pay tribute to those among us not only for their outstanding contributions in their fields, but also for the contributions made that have had sustainability to it," said Chavis, NNPA president and CEO. "In this work there is a lot of tension, and a lot of stress. If you know anything about the civil rights movement you know about tension and stress." Chavis lauded Brazile as a "champion, warrior sister and leader who led the Democratic Party through some hard times." "I don't think the nation as a whole has really thanked her for her service," he said. "It's easy to not let people ride off into the sunset, but die in the sunset of life. I want to make sure that we give her this award in person in June when we reconvene for our national convention of the NNPA." Chavis also championed Lewis, a renowned veteran photographer. "He's been all over the world — the Caribbean, Africa all over the United States," Chavis said. "Roy Lewis has used the camera to document and tell our stories of the struggle for freedom, justice and equality." Lewis asserted that he feels privileged to have been on the road for so long. "When I started covering the NNPA maybe 40-50 years ago, you would have me and maybe one other photographer," he said. "Now look everybody has a camera. It's wonderful. "I tell people my work is not really for today," Lewis said. "I think of my work as the same as the people that built the pyramids. They built the pyramids for us to see how great we are, so in one hundred years when people look at my work they will see this period. We're living in history
right now. Let's keep making history." Of Henderson, Chavis said that he has personally witnessed the president of Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights rise to the occasion thousands of times. "The name Wade Henderson is synonymous with civil rights," Chavis said. "He epitomizes what it means to be on the front line of the struggle." Henderson praised the NNPA for their truth telling in this new political era. "The fact that the NNPA is here in Washington right now on March 23 is no mere coincidence and no accident," he said. "You are here because it was intended that you be here and do what you can do to tell the truth. "There is a serious challenge to truth as we know it," Henderson said. "There is no such thing as alternative facts. Alternative facts are lies. Thank God for the First Amendment, because [otherwise] there would be no Black Press." For the second year, the NNPA joined with the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) for a legislative summit and strategize jointly. "We are demonstrating what it means to collaborate and build bridges, to build new opportunities, new visions, and face challenges with increased strength when black and brown people work together," said Al McFarland, chair of the NNPA Foundation. "This is a unique and powerful partnership between the NNPA and the National Association of Hispanic Publications." NAHP President Martha Montoya said the partnership "is a gift from God, because we are all stronger together." "This partnership is allowing us to go out and speak one language which is the language of opportunity," she said. WI
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Organization Busts Up Haitian Sex-Trafficking Ring After visiting Haiti while working for the U.S. government, former CIA analyst Tim Ballard recalls witnessing a father in Port-au-Prince with a flashlight in search of his son, whom he suspected he had lost to trafficking. After the horrific incident, Ballard, who has 12 years of experience as a special agent in child trafficking, decided to create Operation Underground Railroad, an organization devoted to hunting down child sex traffickers, noting that Haiti has the third-highest rate of trafficking per capita in the world, in large part because of the poor economy. "If you just painted orphanage on the side of the wall, people would bring children to you, and then the kids would go out the back door in a deal," Ballard said, the Fox News affiliate in Salt Lake City reported. In the past four years, the organization has successfully com- 5 Nearly 30 Haitian girls were rescued from a pleted 73 operations, rescued 643 victims, and aided in 273 sex-trafficking ring. /Courtesy of fox13now.com arrests, busting nine Haitian traffickers and saving 29 Haitian girls in February. Ballard noted that Americans play a big role in the trafficking, adding that the U.S. is the number one producer and consumer of child pornography worldwide. "We create this party scene, a
Ghanaian President Welcomes French Partnership
5 A recent ceremony may symbolize a new partnership between Ghana and France. /Courtesy of citimfonline.com
At a sod-cutting ceremony for construction of a new French Embassy in Accra, newly elected Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo championed France's support in the areas of security and service and said he welcomes a long-term partnership among the two countries. After France agreed to support the African Union in the development of its collective security system, particularly in the African standby force, Air France commenced its flight between Paris and Accra, bringing the total number of French projects in Ghana to 170, Akufo-Addo said, according to Ghana radio station Citi FM. "Our country continues to benefit from French support in sectors such as health, rural water supply, agriculture, construction, telecommunication and industry for which we are grateful," the president said. "In recent times, Ghana and France have increased collaboration and security matters for the maintenance of peace and security through technical exchanges with the military and Police Service."
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Fight for Sickle Cell Awareness Revived By Tatyana Hopkins WI Staff Writer Benjamin Clark has never been shy about how his life is affected by having sickle cell disease, which is marked by recurrent episodes of pain as the irregularly shaped red blood cells cause blockages of blood vessels. Over the years, he and his mother, Deborah Clark, have seen awareness of the sickle cell
disease rise in the public conscious and then dwindle as other issues took precedence over the inherited disease. Diagnosed at birth, the 25-year-old D.C native held a nearly 15-year stint as the "poster child" for the lifelong debilitating blood disease for a local organization, during which time his face graced a billboard in Kentucky for a sickle cell benefit event. More than a dozen articles
have been written about his tremendous fight with the disease including 163 hospitalizations, 86 blood transfusions and one major surgery. Benjamin said he "didn't mind" serving as the face of the fight against the disease "because I knew there was a purpose." He said his goal was to educate people with the disease about its effects and to encourage others with the disease
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to pursue their dreams. The number of people dying globally from sickle cell increased 45 percent between 1990 and 2013. The disease affects nearly 100,000 Americans. Though it affects people of many ethnic backgrounds, people of African descent are most likely to have the disease. In the United States, the disease occurs in one of every 365 African-American births. Access to care and innovative treatments are among the most significant challenges faced by people with the disease. Benjamin said much process has been made in raising sickle cell awareness, but more works need to be done. For instance, he said he has been called a "drug addict" by hospital staff while being hospitalized for one of numerous pain crises caused by the disease. Lack of standard care protocols bolster stigmas surrounding sickle cell patients, whose pain crises are typically treated in the emergency room with pain medications, mainly opioids. "When I get sick, I even like to educate the nurses," Benjamin said. Dr. Krupa Sivamurthy, senior
director of medical affairs for sickle cell disease at Pfizer, said stigmas regarding sickle cell patients will remain until awareness is raised for the disease. The pharmaceutical giant and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade organization for over 200 African-American newspapers, announced Friday a partnership to raise awareness of sickle cell disease and the need for improved patient care. The first initiative under the collaboration will be a national poll, conducted in partnership with Howard University's Interdisciplinary Research Team, to assess awareness, the challenges of living with the disease and the importance of clinical trial participation in helping researchers succeed in developing new treatments. "There can't be passion if there is not awareness," said NNPA President Benjamin Chavis. "Together with Pfizer, we look forward to providing sickle cell disease education that can underscore the importance of improving quality of care in the community." Results of the poll will be released in the summer. WI
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By Sarafina Wright WI Staff Writer Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) authorities convened with black publishers from around the country to discuss how to hold states accountable in assuring equity to its most vulnerable students. During the 190th anniversary of the Black Press, the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA) with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation held a breakfast on Friday,
March 24, at the Dupont Circle Hotel in Northwest to strategize against those who threaten to pigeonhole the federal education law. "We have to continue to press our federal rights," said Hilary O. Shelton, director of NAACP's Washington bureau. "The new ESSA law does not have the same robust implementation that we've had before. What this means is that we still have to work hard to make sure the plan is right. "But it's not right if we're not pushing the government to make
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sure they come up with the resources that we need," he said. "They have more flexibility than ever before to undercut a lot of the gains that we have made even with the last three authorizations." Shelton said the NAACP is deeply worried about new Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and how "our children" will be affected. He challenged the Black and Hispanic publishers in the room to do diligent reporting, bringing the facts to its communities. "You have to find out what your schools are in putting in their implementation plans before they are submitted to the Department of Education," Shelton said. "Being able to report what that looks like before the implementation deadline day on April 3 is key. "See exactly what officials in your local area have in store for our students," he said. "I'd like to encourage you to monitor all that goes on along those lines. We've
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seen the tricks that get played throughout the country. We would like your stories to show what's going on, on the ground so we can know what fight we have here in Washington, D.C." Susie Saavedra, senior director for policy and legislative affairs for the National Urban League's Washington bureau, stressed how important ESSA is to communities of color. "Education for the Urban League is the key to economic power and self sufficiency," she said. "During the past few years we've been very engaged in education advocacy work through the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. "You might wonder what role do civil rights organizations play in this space, but for the Urban League it's the heart of our mission," Saavedra said. "We serve communities that are underserved in today's public school system. The demographics have shifted as
we know — the majority is kids of color and kids that live in poverty." Kristen Amundson, president and CEO of the National State Board of Education, said that when President Lyndon B. Johnson first signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the goal had been to promote equity and equality. "Now we have the passage of ESSA and a great deal of that power and authority is coming back to states," Amundson said. "When I tell you that it is states that is going to have to be protectors of equity and equality I understand that is a big ask. "The part about the legislation that is going to be so essential is the stakeholder engagement," she said. "It spells out groups that needs to be involved in the implementation of states plans including State Boards of Education members and civil rights organizations." Amundson said that states are, more or less, doing that, though some of them have done better than others. "Now next month states are going to file their plans," she said. "The real question is going to become is the stakeholder engagement one and done, or is this going to become a set way states do business. My argument is [that] it has to become engrained in everything you do. If parents, teachers and civil rights organizations are at the table, they will hold schools accountable." Amundson said a simple way for anyone with a vested interest to engage lawmakers is to demand a seat at the table. "This is not the prom — don't wait to be asked," she said. WI
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EDITOR’S LETTER It’s spring time in the District, which means Cherry Blossom mania, day parties and festivals! We are so pleased to showcase the energy of the new season in one of the most creative, innovative and culturally rich cities throughout the U.S. The National Cherry Blossom Festival has commenced and we have you covered with every event happening through April. Don't forget to visit the blooms on the Tidal Basin, it’s a great scene for photos, a date or exploring the city. Over in Northwest at George Washington University, their Textile Museum has an amazing new exhibit “Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair” where you can learn about African Americans in high fashion and get your full life of inspiration.
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The Festival, The Bar, The Tidal Basin By Sarafina Wright Editor-in-chief
Festival Parade presented by Events DC Saturday, April 8 Giant colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a grand spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the Festival. From the National Archives to the Washington Monument, spectators are wow-ed by the pageantry and excitement that is the nation’s premier springtime parade.
A scene from last a Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall. /Photo courtesy of Ron Engle.
It’s that time of year again! Cherry Blossom mania in the District has officially begun with the National Cherry Blossom Festival’s signature Pink Tie Party, the opening ceremony and more events to come through April. Of course the folks that brought you the “Miracle on 7th Street” holiday concept are back with a new Cherry Blossom themed pop-up, featuring Japanese inspired cocktails and fare. It’s officially spring in Washington!
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National Cherry Blossom Festival The National Cherry Blossom Festival remains the nation’s greatest springtime celebration. The 2017 Festival, March 15 – April 16, includes four weeks of events featuring diverse and creative programming promoting traditional and contemporary arts and culture. The 2017 Festival commemorates the 105th anniversary of the gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the United States and Japan.
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The Cherry Blossom themed pop-up bar located at 1841 7th Street Northwest until April 15. /Photo courtesy of WTOP.
Blossom Kite Festival Saturday, April 1 The seventh annual Blossom Kite Festival showcases the creativity of kite makers and skill of fliers from across the US and other countries through a variety of competitions and demonstrations, Rokkaku Battles and the Hot Tricks Showdown. Bring your own kites or children can make a kite at an activity station (while supplies last) to fly on the Public Field.
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From 2 – 9:30 p.m. festival goers can party at the District Wharf for live music, beer garden, food trucks, all ages handson activities, and more. Then from 6 – 9 p.m. join at The Titanic Memorial for prefireworks entertainment. Time: Fireworks display 8:30 p.m. (weather permitting) Location: District Wharf – 600-650 Water Street, SW Titanic Memorial, Southwest Waterfront Park Cost: FREE
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DC Bike Ride Finish Festival
Thursday, April 20 - 30 Tickets: www.filmfestdc.org
DC Bike Ride, the region’s premier scenic urban bike ride, has announced its Finish Festival Main Stage lineup for the post-ride celebration as well as entertainment acts throughout the 20-mile course. The second annual DC Bike Ride takes place on Sunday, May 14. DC Bike Ride’s Finish Festival will be headlined by a DJ set by hip hop star, Biz Markie. Also scheduled for the Main Stage is one of D.C.’s favorite cover bands, Jeff From Accounting. Local spin master DJ Smudge rounds out the Main Stage performance roster. The Finish Festival, which will kick-off at 9:30 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m., it will be located on Pennsylvania Avenue between 6th St. NW and 7th St.
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Festivals: Filmfest DC
For its 31st year, Filmfest DC will bring 80 films from 45 countries to D.C. for 11 days for this one exciting festival. Favorites in comedy, drama, social justice and more, this year’s festival also includes a new section, Division and Debate, highlighting films that touch on today’s current issues. Featured films include: All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone, Backpack Full of Cash, The Man Who Was Too Free, and This is My Land (Opening Night feature).
Sunday, May 14 Tickets: www.dcbikeride.com
Music:
Big Sean: I Decided Tour 2017.
Big Sean: I Decided Tour 2017 Saturday, April 8 The Fillmore Silver Spring Tickets: www.fillmoresilverspring.com Special guest include Madeintyo, DJ Mo Beatz, Neisha
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Broccoli City Festival Saturday, May 6 Tickets: www.bcfestival.com
Broccoli City will celebrate the 5th annual Broccoli City Festival at the historic Gateway DC, featuring two stages with performances from some of today’s most popping artists. Performers include Rae Sremmurd, Solange, 21 Savage, AlunaGeorge, Lil Yachty, Kevin Abstract, Rapsody, Smino, Chaz French, Nick Grant, Rejjie Snow and Sir the Baptist. This year the organization will introduce the inaugural BroccoliCon, an immersive social entrepreneurship focused two-day conference, as part of a weeklong series of events. The innovative event will kickoff the celebration of the five-year anniversary of the music festival.
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Sunday, April 2 The Fillmore Silver Spring Tickets: www.fillmoresilverspring.com Special guest include Ella Mai, Jahkoy, Noodles
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Friday, April 7 The Howard Theatre Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com
Chris Brown The Party Tour
Friday, April 21 Verizon Center Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com The concert will also feature 50 Cent, O.T. Genasis, Fabulous and Kat G
Gucci Mane. /Photo by Jonathan Mannion.
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Thursday, April 27 Echostage Tickets: www.ticketmaster.com
Trey Songz
Sunday, May 14 The Warner Theatre Tickets: www.warnettheatredc.com
The Weeknd Starboy: Legend of the Fall 2017 World Tour Thursday, May 18 Verizon Center Tickets: On sale now at www.ticketmaster.com
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Culture:
Saturday, April 15 Anacostia Arts Center
Designer Cecily Stewart Habimana will be showcasing her new Spring 2017 collection at Nubian Human Boutique Lounge from 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. with an extravagant evening of fashion and fun. Simply Cecily is known for its use of rich fabrics, vibrant colors and figure-flattering silhouettes for women of all shapes and sizes. This collection is no different and is sure to compliment the everyday woman’s wardrobe as she prepares for sunnier days. Ultimately, this collection aims to inspire women to be fearless and to express who they are through their clothing, while staying fashionably true to their African culture.
The Embassy of Haiti has embarked on a mission to share Haiti's culture and history with a diverse audience in the United States. A new key vehicle in this effort is “Pearls of Excellence: An Exploration of Haitian Contributions to American Society” — an ongoing exhibit and educational series that marks historical milestones of Haitians in American history. The exhibit, along with an extensive private art collection from prominent Haitian artists, is now on display at the Embassy of Haiti in Washington DC and is open to the public, at no charge, from Monday - Friday between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
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Pearls of Excellence: An Exploration present the most legendary high school All-American game in the of Haitian Contributions to country, the 44th Annual Capital Everything’s Better in a Skirt American Society
Classic. The Capital Classic will feature a pair of star-studded contests. The first game will match the Suburban All-Stars against the District All-Stars at 11:00 a.m., followed by the Capital AllAmericans against the United States All-Americans at 1:00 p.m. Teams are scheduled to be announced soon.
Social Outings:
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Cherry Blast
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Events DC Cherry Blast!, a premier event of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, brings the sights, sounds, scents and tastes of Japan to Washington, DC on Friday, April 14 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. as Dock 5 in Union Market is transformed into a vibrant Tokyo streetscape.
The Woman Who Would Be King
April 27 & 29 at 7:30 p.m. Anacostia Arts Center - Black Box Theatre Tickets: www.womanwhowouldbeking.com The Woman Who Would Be King is making its way from South Africa all the way to Washington, DC. This one woman fictional play is inspired by the life of Hatshepsut, who is known as one of the greatest women in history. In this play, the audience will be able to step into the shoes of a woman who strategically mastered her adversities to emerge as the first female ruler of ancient Egypt.
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors On view until Sunday, May 14
The “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” exhibition on view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Scupture Garden is the first exhibition to explore the evolution of the celebrated Japanese artist’s immersive, kaleidoscopic Infinity Mirror Rooms. Alongside a selection of her other key works, some never before seen in the U.S. Following its D.C. debut, the exhibition will embark on the most significant North American tour of Kusama’s work in nearly two decades through 2019.
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Grilled Cheese Social Saturday, April 1 Marvin Restaurant
Rock Creek Social Club refined the current “day party” phenomenon and added a timeless American favorite to the mix -grilled cheese sandwiches. RCSC teamed up with the restaurant Marvin located in the bustling 14th and U Street corridor, and invites all people to come hang out, drink some spirits and enjoy a one-of-a-kind menu.
44th Annual Hoop Culture Capital Classic presented by Monster Saturday, April 8 Verizon Center Tickets: www.thecapitalclassic.com
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The event will feature traditional street food curated by Chef Erik Bruner-Yang of Maketto, craft vendors, gaming lounge, interactive art displays and a pulsating soundstage with DJs and entertainers to fuel the dance party throughout the night.
Dots Obsession – Love Transformed Into Dots, 2007, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Mixed media installation. Photo by Cathy Carver
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Vintage Black Glamour on Exhibit
Remember the Time: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair By Sarafina Wright Editor-in-chief
Step back in time 50 years ago to see the beginning of African Americans in high fashion in top designers through the lens of Ebony Fashion Fair. The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum presents the glorious story of a traveling fashion show that broke color barriers in its newest exhibition “Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair.”
Fashion Fair shows was the first fashion productions to feature live music, including stunning gowns, feathered coats and statement designs by Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Givenchy, Azzedine Alaia, Naeem Khan and more. Organized by the Chicago History Museum in cooperation with Johnson Publishing Company, “Inspiring Beauty” is the first-ever exhibition about the show. It will be on view through July 24.
“The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see how the Ebony Fashion Fair was an important part of the black experience for 50 years,” Camille Ann Brewer, curator of contemporary art at the George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum said. “The fair was an important annual cultural event and fundraiser in the Washington, DC area, with Washington being one of the three largest venues in the U.S.” Ebony Fashion Fair was the first fashion show to introduce black models to the runway. The exhibition includes nearly 100 objects, including ensembles, accessories and videos, to help recreate the Fashion Fair experience. Founded by Eunice Walker Johnson, wife of John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony and Jet magazine, founded the Fashion Fair in 1958. Her exquisite personal style and influence in the world of fashion are explored through archival images. Over the next 50 years, the traveling show blossomed into an American institution that raised millions for charity and helped Johnson Publishing Company reach its audience. Fashion Fair, originally the name of a section in Ebony magazine, became a fashion show under Mrs. Johnson’s direction. She gained access to the highest echelons of fashion design, which at the time excluded African-Americans, and she shared that access with her audience.
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Eunice Johnson at work, 1970. /Photo courtesy of Johnson Publishing Company, LLC.
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at George Washington Museum
Yves Saint Laurent (France), ‘Picasso’ evening dress, haute couture, fall/winter 1979-80. /Photo by Roy Lewis
Stephen Burrows (United States), evening dress, readyto-wear, spring/summer 2007. /Photo by Sarafina Wright
Yves Saint Laurent (France) Evening dress, haute couture, fall/winter 1979-80. /Photo by Sarafina Wright.
Tilmann Grawe (France), cocktail dress, special order, fall/winter 2003-04. /Photo by Roy Lewis.
Givenchy, evening ensemble, haute couture. Spring/ Summer 1974. /Photo by Sarafina Wright
Krizia (Italy), jumpsuit, haute couture, fall/winter 1981-82. /Photo by Roy Lewis.
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EDITORIAL
OPINIONS/EDITORIALS
Who’s Really Paying Attention to President Trump?
When will the Trump Administration stop shooting itself in the foot? The days are being numbered since Donald Trump took office in January, and so are the number of missteps the administration has under its belt since “45” was sworn-in on January 20. Not only has President Trump experienced defeat over his promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, he has been dealt a series of blows from those who have leaked information about how chaotic and disorganized the White House is right now. His administration has continued to be discredited by wayward statements from his agency appointees including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and his lone African-American appointee Dr. Benjamin Carson. And, questions continue to swirl about his relationship with the Russians, his undisclosed tax returns and the appearance of nepotism related to the hiring of his children and the family members of other White House staffers. If it were not for the fact that most news organizations act as if they are dependent on the reports from other news organizations to report the news, Trump’s progress to fulfill the promises he made to his voters would never see the light of day. For example, most Americans are familiar with Trump’s promise of bringing back jobs and growth in his attempt to “Make America Great Again.” So why is he not being given some credit for an initiative he supports to reinstate apprenticeships for high school graduates who may never make it to college? Trump met this week with the Chancellor of Germany to discuss the country’s successful apprenticeship program and he has promised to use their model to create five million paid apprenticeship opportunities for high school graduates and college students. Apprenticeship opportunities will make the difference for many of those high tech jobs that need to be filled today. And what about the commitment he has received from a growing number of corporations including Ford and Charter Communications who have made promises to Trump to create thousands of jobs to put Americans back to work? As a businessman, Trump has looked his colleagues directly in the eyes for assurance that they will fulfill their commitments to produce job and training opportunities for those Americans who need them. Americans, particularly African Americans, need to weed through the noise to take account of what Trump is doing and be prepared to step into those jobs when the opportunities arise. Clearly, all of what Trump may say or do may not all be good, but it may not all be bad, either. WI
End the Sabotage of ACA – Fix Obamacare for All The challenge and often unavoidable problem with making promises, particularly without first doing one’s due diligence and adequate research, is how to bring those promises into fruition – that is make them come true. Such is the case now facing Donald Trump and many of his fellow Republicans after demanding that Congress ignore the warnings of non-partisan experts and vote on his “new and improved” health care bill in support of their highly-trumpeted vow to “repeal and replace” – only to suffer a resounding defeat. So, what’s next? Will Trump and the bearer of bad news, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, continue to sulk, allowing their humiliation and anger to become the fuel for another ill-advised showdown. Will they continue to blame the Democrats, all but powerless for now yet far from silent in the current political realm where the GOP dominates all three branches of government, or maybe point to more conservative Republicans to shoulder the blame for their defeat? Or will they do what we elect politicians to do – and lead? That is indeed the $10 million question. Some already predict that Trump will once again shoot from the hip with all guns blazing and without bothering to confer with members of Congress. And while it may soothe his wounds as well as serve as salve for GOP leaders who have been making unfulfilled promises about destroying the Affordable Care, we fear the real losers, if the showdown goes unabated, will be the American public – Democrats, Republicans, Independents and those who WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
TO THE EDITOR No Mercy in Trump Budget for D.C.'s Needy
Blacks Should Own Guns, Too
Reading Kevin McNeir's article ["Trump's 'Skinny Budget'—Bad News for D.C."] on the front page of last week's paper made me very angry. Donald Trump has got to be the most uninformed, inhumane president that this country has had in decades. Worse than his no-care attitude toward the already disenfranchised residents of this city is the fact that he has no one in his close advisers to tell him to change his ways. Washington, D.C., is home to the only population in this country with no voting rights outside of our local jurisdiction. Nobody in Congress seems to give a hoot that this "swamp," as Trump calls us, is one of the top tourist attractions in the world and is the seat of out national government, and the eyes of the world are on us constantly. None of that means anything to Trump and his people. Cutting our budget is another low blow to our city. We have a substantial sector of our residents who depend on the very programs that are about to be defunded or have their budgets slashed. This includes impoverished families with children, senior citizens on fixed incomes and a growing population of homeless persons. It all seems to be a master plan to bring us to our knees and begging for the federal financial support on which we depend to keep us afloat!
I have always been a firm believer in the fact that the only way America would enact real gun control measures was to have an increase in legal gun purchases by blacks in America, but that was before the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. All of the thought of real gun control goes right out of the window now. After reading your article, "Gun Sales in America Surging Among Blacks," in the March 23, 2017, edition, I no longer want gun control. I do believe all guns sales should be legal, and you should be able to pass a background check in order to purchase a gun, but I think if you can own a gun you should own a gun. African-Americans, like others in America, have the right under the Second Amendment to own a firearm, so we shouldn't see owning a firearm as something dangerous, we should see it as our right. Michael King Suitland, Md.
Cherie Layton Washington, D.C.
don’t even care about voting, political parties or Washington, D.C. – or are too young for any of it to matter. It’s time to get down to work. Trump and the Republicans must come to grips that for all its shortcomings, Obamacare is working for millions – many of whom did not
have health care for his signature legislation. Both parties must work together to shore up the problems that exist within the ACA. And they must put their pride aside in order to do the ‘unimaginable act of compromise’ so they can guarantee that the elderly,
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low-income citizens, college students barely able to pay their student loans and who need to be covered under their parents’ health care plans and generations yet unborn will all have the benefit of quality healthcare. That’s what will truly “make America great” again. WI
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
Practical Nationalism
Nationalism: A desire by a large group of people (such as people who share the same culture, history, language, etc.) to form a separate and independent nation of their own; a sense of national consciousness. Practical: Of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action; not theoretical or ideal; disposed to action as opposed to speculation or abstraction. The "conscious" among us of-
ten get into discussions about nationalism. Some say blacks should leave the United States altogether and start a nation of our own, while others say we should carve out a few states and make them our nation. Others say black people should denounce and refuse to participate in capitalism in any form because of its individualistic, dog-eat-dog, selfish aspects. Baba Amefika Geuka, co-convener of the I Am One of the Million Movement, describes these differences in a video titled "What is a Nationalist?", available on www. amefika.com and YouTube.
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Geuka explains the differences within the conscious community when it comes to what black people should do, where we should go and how to get there, and how we can achieve a communal, self-sustained, and self-determined "nation." He also discusses the practicality of actually doing what many of us advocate vis-à-vis taking a nationalist approach to solving our social, economic, political, and educational problems. The above-mentioned definitions point to a "desire" to form an independent nation, and to move from theory to practice in order to
bring our ideal to fruition, respectively. Thus, the term "Practical Nationalism," something I had not heard until I met Amefika Geuka, when describing conscious people should move us beyond mundane and superfluous conversations to a constant state of action. And for purposes of this article, I mean practical action — action that makes sense for us within the framework of the society in which we live. In other words, it's great to have the "desire" to do something, but if that desire is not followed by a constant and consistent effort, based on a specific plan of action, it will remain
a "desire." THE One Million (www. iamoneofthemillion.com) believes it is not enough just to be "conscious." We are looking for "conscientiously conscious" black folks, because being "conscientious" will cause a "conscious" person to work on our "desire" to have the best for our people. As Geuka questions, where will we go, en masse? How will we take over five or six states in this nation? How will we pay our way for self-determination, and what
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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Trump's 'March Massacre' Budget is Ruthless
While much of the country tunes into March Madness, the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the White House has unleashed a March Massacre, its "skinny budget" plan for 2018. Budgets often seem impenetrable, packed with a blizzard of numbers too big to comprehend. But budgets are value statements. They tell us what we value and what we discount. President Donald Trump's budget reveals who counts and who does not. Trump believes in walls. This
budget includes a $2 billion-plus down payment — paid by U.S. taxpayers, not the Mexicans — for his famous wall on the border. It also builds a wall around the wealthy and around the military-industrial complex. They are protected and rewarded; the rest of us are at risk. The first priority for Trump is a "massive" tax cut for the wealthy and the corporations. A first installment came with his health care plan that cuts the top-end taxes used to subsidize health care under Obamacare and pays for that tax cut by depriving millions of health insurance (14 million in the first year, according to the Congressio-
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nal Budget Office estimate). Older, lower-wage workers and those living in rural areas — ironically, a source of many Trump votes — get hurt the most. Trump's "skinny budget" doesn't contain his tax cut plan. That is promised in May. But the budget is disciplined by that plan, so increases in military spending are "paid for" by cuts in domestic programs. We don't know yet how Trump will finance his tax cuts. This budget excludes any reporting on mandatory programs like Social Security and Medicare. What's clear is that Trump will either violate his promise to protect those programs or vio-
late his pledge to balance the budget in a decade. The March Massacre is likely to be followed by a May Monstrosity. Trump will add 10 percent, or $54 billion, to the Pentagon's budget over its baseline (3 percent and $18 billion over Obama's plan). The Pentagon already spends more than the countries with next eight largest military budgets combined. Its books are so messed up that they cannot be audited. Cost overruns, sole-source contract rip-offs and massive waste are routine. What we need are not smarter missiles but wiser policies. But wisdom is not protected behind the wall: Trump
would cut funding for diplomacy by nearly 30 percent. Even military generals and admirals have protested against this folly. Trump lays waste to the domestic programs beyond his walls. The most vulnerable take the biggest hit. His budget would devastate rural areas, cutting regional development authorities, support for rural radio stations and rural airports, support for clean water projects and more. Combined with his health care plan, Trump is betraying his biggest supporters. Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky denounced the reduc-
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By Julianne Malveaux
Secret Service and the Trumps — Hypocrisy and Hubris The "budget lite" that our 45th president submitted is described as a "budget blueprint to make America great again." Submitted in the third week of March, it trumpets draconian cuts in many federal programs, eliminating some that provide important services, including the African Development Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Inter-American Foundation, the US Trade and Development Agency,
the Legal Services Corporation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and many others. The cuts are so unfathomable, and so extremely severe, that even some of 45’s allies are biting back. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, whose daughter Sarah Huckabee Sanders is deputy White House press secretary, has written an op-ed in The Washington Post that argues that the Na-
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tional Endowment for the Arts, which he describes as "just 0.004 percent of the federal budget," is important. He says that students who participate in the arts have higher grade point averages and standardized test scores. He reminds us that NEA grants went to about 16,000 communities, and that some young people only have access to music and the arts because NEA is in their communities. He also highlights NEA as an "economic driver" because the arts create jobs. Says Huckabee, "the arts are a $730 billion industry, represent-
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ing 4.2 percent of our gross domestic product which equals more than transportation, tourism or agriculture." Huckabee, ever the conservative, says he doesn’t want his tax money to fund things that don’t work, but he notes that the $147.9 million allocated to NEA in 2016 is not wasted money. It seems strange that just 60 days into the game, 45’s head of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), former Congressman Mike Mulvaney (R-S.C.) has deemed many programs "ineffective," "inefficient" or "lacking
evidence that it is being effectively implemented." What evaluation has been done? Who has made the determination of inefficiency? Based on these blanket assertions, some Republicans have indicated that the OMB determination is not right. Former Senator Bob Dole (R-Kan.), a Republican Party stalwart, says it is shortsighted that 45 would eliminate the McGovern-Dole International Fund for Education program, a program that provides school meals for children in 40 of
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OPINIONS/EDITORIALS Guest Columnist
By Rep. Terri A. Sewell
The Cost of a Vote
Fifty-one years ago, on March 24, 1966, the United States Supreme Court struck down the last poll taxes in this country. It was a victory for the American people and for the case's lead plaintiff, Annie A. Harper, an elderly African-American woman who could not afford to pay Virginia's poll tax to cast her ballot. That spring, it looked like the United States was on its way towards a democracy where all voting-age Americans would have access to the polls.
The Supreme Court's 1966 decision to strike down the Virginia poll tax knocked down one of the last pillars of the Jim Crow era. And just the year before, in August of 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), our nation's most powerful tool for protecting the vote. Now, in 2017, more than fifty years later, the same racial and economic discrimination continues to haunt our elections. Old battles have become new again. As minority voters and low-income Americans face new barriers to participating in our democracy, the anniversary of Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections is less of
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a celebration and more of a reminder that our fight for voting rights is far from over. Since the Supreme Court gutted the VRA in its 2013 Shelby v. Holder decision, states across the country have enacted a new set of discriminatory voting restrictions: voter ID laws. After decades of progress, it is open season for erecting new barriers to voting. Voter protections in states with a history of discrimination have been erased, and as states implement voter ID laws limiting access to the polls, the impact of these policy changes is eerily familiar. When Annie Harper brought her
case to the Supreme Court in 1966, her lawsuit asked the Court to rule on a $1.50 poll tax charged by the Virginia Board of Elections. For a low-income senior like Harper living on a fixed income, that fee was out of reach. The price of today's barriers to voting is just as debilitating and restricting as Annie Harper's poll tax. Consider the cost of today's voter ID laws. In my home state of Alabama, some rural voters have to drive over an hour to acquire a state-issued photo ID, which can often mean taking time off of work. There are also rural voters who don't have birth
certificates or the verifying documents necessary for getting proper identification, and those documents cost money to acquire. For many voters, the hidden costs of obtaining a voter ID create modern barriers to voting. No democracy should ask voters to make these sacrifices in order to be heard. The impact is to deprive certain Americans, often voters from minority communities and disabled voters, of a voice in our democracy. The strength of our democracy lies in the ability of all its citizens to vote. If one person's vote is denied, it goes to the
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By Marian Wright Edelman
A Time for Penance — And to Help Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters
During this holy season of Lent in the Christian calendar, it's time to reflect and act to help the most vulnerable in our midst. With harsh assaults on undocumented immigrants and refugees who must fear every knock on their door, many American citizen children are afraid to go to school, afraid of being bullied, and afraid to leave their parents who might be arrested at any moment. In Texas, these real fears are intensified with stories about building new walls on the
border and about children like their brothers and sisters, refugees from the violence of poverty and gangs and drug lords, locked in residential detention centers in their state. A ban on crayons. That's what it came to at the visitors' center at the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas, one of three immigration detention centers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) currently uses to house mothers and children who've been stopped seeking asylum in the United States. Six volunteer lawyers who work with detained families wrote a letter to ICE explaining why they liked to bring
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crayons when they met with clients: "Having children color and draw provides a distraction for children while their mothers relate incidents of trauma, violence and abuse. Other children sit outside the interview rooms and draw at the tables, so they are not forced to listen to their mothers' harrowing narratives nor witness their mothers' fragile emotional states during these interviews." But ICE determined some of the children were doing "damage" to tables and walls in the visitors' center while coloring. The crayon ban was just another blow to children already essentially being housed as prisoners by the federal gov-
ernment. The latest memos from the Department of Homeland Security outlining plans for enforcing the executive orders on immigration issued by President Donald Trump mean the numbers of children and mothers being detained this way (in America) will only swell. Family detention centers are just one way current immigration policies hurt children. The Karnes County center is managed by ICE but owned and operated by the GEO Group, a $2 billion for-profit private prison company that seeks to double the number of people it can hold there from its current capacity of 532
beds. Across the state the Southwest Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, can hold 2,400 people. Also managed by ICE, that center is owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America, also known as "CoreCivic," a for-profit company that makes upwards of $260 million a year housing mothers and children at a rate of $300 a day, per detainee. In December a Texas court struck down a regulation that would have allowed these two for-profit detention centers to obtain state child care licenses. Children's Defense Fund–Texas As-
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By Askia Muhammad
President Trump Feathering His Own Nest Nicely Now that President Donald Trump has tasted his own blood in the very worst political defeat ever suffered by any president in the first 100 days of his term in office — when his terribly flawed health insurance plan was taken off life support and placed carefully in the dustbin of history — he has become like any wounded, dangerous beast: even more dangerous than before. What I can't comprehend (never having been a filthy rich some-
body myself) is why do so many of these super-rich people who are doing well in life have such an aversion to doing something "good" with their lives? Trump's a billionaire according to Forbes, the 544th wealthiest of the earth's 7 billion (7,000,000,000) people. He has more money than he or his extended family could spend in their lifetimes, if they spent thousands of dollars per minute. Now, he's president of the United States, only the 45th person to earn that title in the 229-year-plus history of this country. What's higher than that? Why
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won't he let go of his Trump Empire? What does he have to prove in/to the business world now? Instead, rather than divest his holdings, he's been blatantly trying to embellish his corporate brand, rather than trying to earn the trust of the world's people by not telling a lie every time he parts those puckered lips of his. On numerous occasions his bald-faced lies have been exposed to the American people and to the world, but Trump goes on, blaming everybody else for the unforced errors he, himself commits. But he's making "crazy money" at his Mar-a-Lago resort
in Florida, though. He's not only an inveterate liar, he's also a hypocrite. After mocking former president Barack Obama for spending time playing golf, this rascal spent five consecutive of his first eight weekends in office at his own Florida resort, dragging along staff, and a sizeable Secret Service contingent, all of whom must have hotel rooms, at market rates and government expense. The Secret Service sent a supplemental budget request for $63 million (after less than two months in office) for extra security costs to protect His Nibs and his family
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in the lifestyle to which they have made themselves accustomed. It costs an extra $1 million per week to secure his wife Melania Trump and 10-year-old son Barron in his New York Trump Tower home rather than in the White House, in order for the child to finish this year at his private New York school. The Service wants another $63 million for the cost of security retro-fits at Trump Tower, at Mar-a-Lago, and for other new expenses. Trump took Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Mar-a-La-
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LIFESTYLE 'A Raisin in the Sun' Endures 60 Years Later By Jade James-Gist WI Contributor For the very first time, Arena Stage presents an American classic "A Raisin in the Sun" from March 31 through May 7. Headliners Dawn Ursula (as Ruth Younger) and Will Cobbs (as Walter Lee Younger) reveal how the cast and director Tazewell Thompson intend to reinvent this enduring African-American play.
"Things are syncing up for this role," hints Ursula, the actress portraying Ruth, a pragmatic pessimist, Walter Lee's wife and Travis' mother. "I am able to walk in Ruth's shoes on a deeper, more honest level." A common challenge in producing older, well-known stories lies in translating their themes to a present-day audience. According to Cobbs and Ursula, however, "Raisin" faces no such struggle.
UPCOMING SHOWS AMP & COMEDY ZONE PRESENT
SPANKY BROWN
{BET’s Comic View, Tom Joyner Morning show}
Thu, April 6
Secret Society FRI, April 7
Alphabet Rockers {Kids pajama jam party}
Sat, April 8
Tribute to Charlie Byrd WITH CHUCK REDD & FRIENDS Fri, April 14 AMP & COMEDY ZONE PRESENT
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5 Dawn Ursula, Jeremiah Hasty and Will Cobbs star in the Arena Stage production of "A Raisin in the Sun." / Courtesy of Arena Stage
"Lorraine Hansberry is a genius," countered Ursula. "The play is timeless." In other words, the societal and interfamily struggles among black people in the 1950s still endure today. "Walter Lee speaks to me as a young black man now, when I first saw it, and the six times after that," Cobbs said. "I see reflections of my father and mother's father in his character. His is a story that all young black men know." And, Ursula said, there is some indirect help from a surprisingly helpful element: Donald Trump. "It doesn't hurt that the political environment these days is strikingly similar to the 1950s," she laughed. Lorraine Hansberry's drama, which takes place during the late1950s in a Southside Chicago apartment, chronicles the life of an African-American family after the matriarch Mama receives a substantial insurance check following the death of her husband, Walter Younger Sr. Each member of the family jockeys for the money as it
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represents the one hope each has to fund and fulfill their dreams— though there's only enough for one. Both actors discover how their lives fundamentally mirror those of the fictional, yet almost ancestral characters Hansberry created. "I played Ruth once years ago in Baltimore, but a lot has changed since then," Ursula said. "I'm a different person now." Ruth and Ursula's lives have aligned in more ways than one. "Stepping into Ruth now feels natural. I have an 8-year-old daughter, and [Ruth's son] Travis is 10." Ursula said. "I've been married for 12 years, and Ruth and Walter have been married for 11 years." Cobbs echoes this assertion. "In some ways, my life has been a preparation to play Walter Lee," Cobbs said, noting the similarities in his and the character's age and big-city upbringings. "We both have the same aspirations, in terms of what we want our lives to look like and how we want to provide for our families." Any actor may find it daunting
to follow such iconic original cast members in Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee and, 50 years later, Denzel Washington and Audra McDonald on Broadway as Walter Lee and Ruth. However, Ursula and Cobbs said they feel a comfort and familiarity with their characters that renders the roles uniquely their own. "We make 'Raisin' fresh by honestly relating to our characters rather than copying the likes of Poitier or Washington in a way that many might recognize instantly," Cobbs said. "The stories are so real that I can show myself through Walter rather than be mistaken for a copy of Sidney." "A Raisin in the Sun" truly comes together under director Tazewell Thompson's creative and encouraging direction. "He told us to treat this like a new play," Will describes. Ursula said that Tazewell's strategy involved giving the cast two versions of the script to work with — one with all stage directions removed. "Tazewell gives a lot of space for exploration," Cobbs said. "He's an excellent collaborator without being a dictator. I feel like we're co-birthing — we're absolutely following his direction, and he leaves space for us to grow within it." Arena Stage's production also features Joy Jones (as Beneatha Younger), Lizan Mitchell (as "Mama" Lena Younger), Bueka Uwemedimo (as Joseph Asagai) and Jeremiah Hasty (as Travis Younger). For tickets and showtimes, visit Arena Stage's website at http:// www.arenastage.org/shows-tickets/ the-season/#seven WI
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Mosaic Theater Presents Repertory of South African Masterpieces WI Staff Report Mosaic Theater Company presents South Africa: Then & Now, a spring repertory that takes the audience back to the depths of Apartheid before moving forward to an ongoing search for truth and reconciliation in a wounded country. The repertory launches with Athol Fugard’s seminal masterpiece, “Blood Knot” (March 29-April 30) – an intimate parable about a brotherhood devastated by the constraints of Apartheid. Its companion piece will be the South African drama, “A Human Being Died That Night” (April 6-30), based on Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s acclaimed memoir that recounts the interrogations of one of Apartheid’s most notorious agents, Eugene de Kock, known by many as “Prime Evil.” The repertory has been designed to highlight the dialogue in and between these plays – one dark-skinned and one light-skinned brother in “Blood Knot;” one Black psychologist and one white prisoner in “A Human Being Died That Night.” The dramas represent two different eras in
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He would become so popular that he would often travel the country with only his guitar, finding local musicians to serve as his backup band. In the later days of the Civil Rights Movement, his predilection for young white girls would prove to be his downfall. After a teenage coat-check girl who worked briefly at a club he owned claimed that they’d had an affair, Berry was sentenced to two years in prison. In 1979, a tax evasion charge briefly sent him back to prison. Then, in 1990, a police raid on a recording center he owned uncovered marijuana and images of Berry with nude women. Fortunately, all of the charges were later dropped. Berry continued to write music until his death, often performing at a local restaurant and club called Blueberry Hill. WI
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ARIES It's the time to make a fresh start in any areas you see fit. This is a great opportu-
nity to write down your plans for the coming year in as much detail as possible, visualize them, and refer to them often. At the same time, the coming week could see you pushing ahead with an idea that you are quite passionate about. Lucky Numbers: 1, 10, 28
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TAURUS If you've been thinking about starting a spiritual practice, such as meditation, journaling, or yoga, this is the week to make a start. There is more, though, as you may feel moved to take up a project that has fallen by the wayside. After close analysis you may find that it has a lot more potential than you realized. Lucky Numbers: 9, 16, 18
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GEMINI If you've recently joined a group or have been thinking about it, today's New Moon can be confirmation that you're on the right track. You may feel that you've come to the right place as the people you connect with instantly seem like friends, which can be very reassuring. Periods of reflection are good for you. Lucky Numbers: 14, 19, 26 CANCER An opportunity associated with career or ambition may be in the cards this
week. This is a sterling time to do so, provided that you aren't in too much of a hurry. With Venus in this same sector and currently retrograde, things could change over the weeks ahead. If you adopt a step-by-step approach, you'll be able to navigate these with skill and confidence. Lucky Numbers: 29, 31, 43
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LEO This week's New Moon can be a great opportunity to upgrade your skill set or con-
sider a course of study that paves the way for a better job or improved business prospects. Anything that can expand your horizons. Take your place in the spotlight. Anything that can help you to do so is very welcome at this time. Lucky Numbers: 24, 31, 38
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Your boss is a VIP: a Very Important Person. Nothing gets done without approval from the Executive Suite and nothing is unnoticed; there's a finger on the pulse of your company at all times, which is probably how The Boss got to the top. And in the new book "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?" by Alyssa Mastromonaco (with Lauren Oyler), you'll see what it's like to work for a guy who's more than just the president of any corporation… Born in the mid-1970s and raised in small-town Vermont, Mastromonaco says she was independent early on and marched to her own drummer but wasn't particularly political unless it was "cool." Nevertheless, one summer between college semesters, she interned for Bernie Sanders and discovered what she wanted to do with her life. But first, she worked as a paralegal. She had a short stint in finance, and she worked at Sotheby's. Finally, she practically begged for a job with John Kerry's team, but she says she knew that she didn't want to work for anyone who'd ever want to run for president, so she procured a job with Sen. Barack Obama's team. Ha! There were no working manuals for the youngest woman to ever assume the office of deputy chief of staff to the president. It was hard to find advice ("… all my mentors were men") and so Mastromonaco decided to write a book in answer the question of do-ability for the average job-seeker. If you want a job in politics, "always be prepared" because "preparation is protection you can create for yourself." Walk with purpose; try "to look like you belong." Before you take a job, "ask to see where you'll be sitting." Be "reasonable, savvy and polite…" to the entire staff, and know as much as possible about the people you meet. Remember that "your credit score matters." Watch what you do on social media. Take care of yourself. And finally, when it's time to go, go … but do it with class. Though author Alyssa Mastromonaco (with Lauren Oyler) says she hadn't planned on making this book a biography, that's about half of what you get here. The other half is sass and swagger and more profanity than you should expect, mixed with business advice that sometimes hovers between the lines. "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?" indeed. Actually, you will. This book is a unique insider's peek at how presidential campaigns are run, how POTUS travels seemingly seamlessly, and how one person does the 24/7 job of six. Readers with their sights set on major behind-the-scenes political employment will appreciate Mastromonaco's truthfulness: she writes of sleepless nights and "the loneliest time of my life," as well as the rewards of an interesting job — all of which she tells with humor and not just a little pride. This is an easy-to-enjoy book that makes readers feel more in-the-know, especially if you're curious, business-minded, or love politics. For you, the VIP in "Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?" is in its Very Important Pages. WI WWW.WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM
VIRGO Explore a business idea or financial plan, especially if it encourages a fresh start. Turning over a new leaf may seem particularly appealing now. Just take the first steps over the next day or so and get the ball rolling. Later in the week, an idea that is deeply meaningful to you could move to the top of your priority list. Lucky Numbers: 1, 4, 17 LIBRA A fresh start may be possible in a key relationship. Whether this is a budding romance or long-term partnership, the current blend of energies offers a gear change, which might involve committing further or taking on a challenge that both of you relish. On another note, you might need to compromise regarding a family issue, but this may mean that you end up making the bigger sacrifice. Lucky Numbers: 3, 23, 24 SCORPIO Is it time for a change? The current blend of energies suggests it may be. Perhaps starting with health and wellness issues can put you on a more positive track. In addition, a plan that is very dear to you on a personal level may need a few adjustments before you make a start. Lucky Numbers: 2, 6, 38 SAGITTARIUS The week ahead can provide an chance to take up a hobby or pas-
time that you enjoy very much. Small beginnings could lead to a profitable business and future if you play your cards right. The urge to be more creative and explore your potential in this area could lead to big things if this is something you're passionate about. The move of Venus into your home and family sector hints at plenty of chances to entertain at home. Lucky Numbers: 8, 24, 43
CAPRICORN A new beginning may be likely on the home front this week and something you've been considering for some time. Conditions could come together now to make this possible, particularly if other family members are ready for a discussion. Regarding a key plan, you might need to let go of some preconceived ideas before it can flourish. A chance to reconnect with someone may be very welcome and something at the top of your priority list this week. Lucky Numbers: 3, 6, 16 AQUARIUS Opportunities abound in the coming days, but one in particular could be great news for you, especially if it encourages a new beginning. It might be a good idea to bide your time regarding this, as with Venus retrograde there could be a few changes in the weeks ahead. Make inquiries and take some tentative steps, but be prepared to adapt should the need arise. Mercury's move into your home and family sector can be a chance for some key conversations to take place. Lucky Numbers: 13, 30, 35 PISCES Look at your budget and perhaps create a new one that is more balanced and appropriate to your current needs. It can be worthwhile to network with people who can help you make the most of your present income. This can be a time to gather knowledge and understand how you can enhance your financial security while still enjoying life. Lucky Numbers: 17, 24, 32
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SPORTS Wizards Hammer Nets at Verizon
3 Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson goes around the outstretched arm of Washington Wizards forward Jason Smith for a layup attempt during the Wizards' 129-108 victory at Verizon Center in Northwest on Friday, March 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
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Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson during the Wizards' 129-108 victory at Verizon Center in Northwest on Friday, March 24. /Photo by John E. De Freitas
Wizards Clinch Playoff Spot, Eye Top Seed By William J. Ford WI Staff Writer @jabariwill Washington Wizards point guard John Wall missed shoot-around before Friday's game against the Brooklyn Nets because of a migraine. He was a headache for the Nets, too. The four-time All-Star scored 22 points with nine assists in only 24 minutes as Washington cruised to a 129-108 victory at Verizon Center in Northwest. More importantly, the Wizards officially clinched a playoff berth and are third in the Eastern Conference. Washington's bench scored 70 points, grabbed 28 rebounds and had nearly half of the team's 29 assists. "Those guys played great," Wall said of the reserves. "That's what we got those guys for. Guys are getting comfortable playing with each other [and] playing at a faster pace. They played better defense ‌ than the starting group and got us the lead." Wall and the rest of the starters got off to a slow start and trailed Brook-
lyn 13-4 within the first five minutes of the game. They woke up and took a 31-22 lead into the second quarter. None of the starters played the first six minutes of that quarter and the reserves extended the lead to 5331. Brandon Jennings, who signed with the Wizards on March 1, led the bench with 18 points, nine assists and no turnovers. The team's "swag," as shooting guard Bradley Beal put it, was on full display Friday, as an alley-oop from Jennings to Kelly Oubre Jr. got the Wizards faithful jumping from their seats. "I'm definitely getting comfortable," Jennings said. "I just like our ball movement ‌ and the way the second unit is playing. We're getting stops and actually able to help the first unit, which is good to give them some rest. None of the Wizards starters played more than 25 minutes against the Nets, which suffered its leagueworst 57th loss. Wizards backup center Ian Mahinmi played nearly 24 minutes and scored 16 points, seven rebounds
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and four steals. Bojan Bogdanovic, who came to Washington last month from Brooklyn via trade and played a team-high 26 minutes Friday, chipped in with 17 points and seven rebounds. The last time the Wizards reserves outscored the starters was March 2, 2016, in Minnesota against the Timberwolves. "Our bench played hard," Wizards head coach Scott Brooks said. "That second unit did a great job. It's a good overall win for us." The Wizards kept rolling the following night on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers, blowing past the defending NBA champs in a 127-115 win paced by a dominant game from Wall, who had 37 points and 11 assists. As of Tuesday the Wizards held the third spot in the Eastern Conference, two games behind first-place Boston Celtics and 1 1/2 games behind Cleveland. The Toronto Raptors sat just one game behind Washington. Washington wraps up its current five-game road trip Sunday, April 2 against the Golden State Warriors. WI
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filibuster as Republicans, with 52 votes, lack the required 60 needed to overcome it. Still, they do have enough, if Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided, to change the rules. By exercising the “nuclear option,” the GOP can eliminate the filibuster and confirm Gorsuch with 51 votes. McConnell, however, has said changing the rules comes with a cost – when the filibuster goes, it’s gone for good. Further, both the current GOP majority and White House could be eradicated in a few years – opening the door for the Democrats to advocate for their own justice of choice. Ironically, the Dems faced a similar decision in 2013, albeit with much lower stakes, and moved ahead, using the nuclear option so that President Obama’s nominees, then being held up by Republicans, could be confirmed. It should be noted that it [the nuclear option] only applied to executive branch appointments – cabinet nominees and judicial nominations not including the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told a CNN reporter that he now regrets the move. One briefing participant said he could not support any Republican nominee after the GOP held up Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, for close to a year after being chosen to replace the late Antonin Scalia. “So far, Gorsuch has given a fine performance – using a stolen script for a hijacked seat,” Sharpton said. “He should never have even been there. There should have been a hearing for Garland. Any senator who chooses to engage in this exercise should be viewed as a lawbreaker who has chosen to avoid the legal powers of a sitting
president. Republicans nuked the right of President Obama – you can’t just go around it or ignore it as if it never occurred,” Sharpton said. Morial says given the obvious divisions that currently exist in America, he believes any Supreme Court justice should have “more than the required 60 votes.” “We want and we need a justice who’s passionate and enthusiastic about civil rights in the 21st century,” he said. “By ducking and dodging and evading tough questions all while maintaining a calm demeanor illustrates that Gorsuch is a conservative activist who would go in with a hard, right agenda. This is a lifetime appointment and as such a nominee should have the support of senators from both sides of the aisle. The threshold of 60 votes should, at a minimum, be maintained.” Ifill agreed with Sharpton’s view that Gorsuch pulled off a “brilliant performance.” “He wants us to believe that he’s merely a humble servant of the law, modeling himself under Scalia as a lion of the law. We should take him at his word and conclude that he’d go even further than Scalia. “That’s why we oppose his confirmation,” Ifill said. Campbell’s opposition centered on her concerns about women’s rights. “A review of Gorsuch’s past record suggests that he would be in favor of limiting women’s access to health care, birth control and funding to Planned Parenthood. Women’s equal access to justice is at stake with this nomination. We strongly oppose the nomination of Judge Gorsuch,” Campbell said. WI
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Historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Virgil K. Thomas, Sr. Senior Pastor/ Teacher
Service and Times Sunday School 8 – 9 AM Worship Service 9 – 11 AM Tuesday Night Bible Study 6:30 – 8:00 PM Wednesday Daytime Bible Study 11 AM – 12:30 PM
Committed to providing services and supports to increase the capacity of individuals, businesses, and communities.
Service and Times Sundays: 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Music and Hymns Wednesdays: 12:10 p.m. - Holy Eucharist www.stmarysfoggybottom.org Email: stmarysoffice@stmarysfoggybottom.org All are welcome to St. Mary’s to Learn, Worship, and Grow.
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RELIGION The Miracle Center of Faith Missionary Baptist Church Bishop Michael C. Turner, Sr. Senior Pastor 9161 Hampton Overlook Capitol Heights, MD 20743 Phone: 301-350-2200 Fax: 301-499-8724
Service and Times Sunday Worship Times : 7:30 a.m. 7 10:00 a.m. Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday, 12 Noon Bible Study in homes: Tuesday 7:00 p.m. Website: www.themiraclecenterFMBC.com Email: Miraclecenterfmbs@gmail.com Motto: “We Walk by Faith, Not by Sight”
Pilgrim Baptist Church Rev. Louis B. Jones II Pastor 700 I Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 (202) 547-8849 Service and Times Worship Sundays: 7:30 & 11:00am 5th Sundays: 9:30am 3rd Sundays: Baptism & Holy Communion Prayer & Praise: Wednesdays @ Noon & 6:30pm www.pilgrimbaptistdc.org
Church of Living Waters
Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church
Crusader Baptist Church
Rev. Paul Carrette Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. Michael E. Bell, Sr., Pastor
Rev. Dr. Alton W. Jordan Pastor
Reverend Dr. Calvin L. Matthews Senior Pastor
Harold Andrew Assistant Pastor
2498 Alabama Ave., SE - Washington D.C. 20020 Office: (202) 889-7296 Fax: (202) 889-2198 - www.acamec.org
800 I Street, NE - Washington, DC 20002 202-548-0707 - Fax No. 202-548-0703
4915 Wheeler Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-894-6464
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday Church School - 9:15am & Sunday Adult Forum Bible Study - 10:30am 2nd & 4th Monday Women’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday Jr./Sr. Bible Study: 10:00am Tuesday Topical Bible Study: 6:30pm Tuesday New Beginnings Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Pastoral Bible Study: 6:30pm Wednesday Children’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Thursday Men’s Bible Study: 6:30pm Friday before 1st Sunday Praise & Worship Service: 6:30pm Saturday Adult Bible Study: 10:00am “The Amazing, Awesome, Audacious Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church”
Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday Sunday School: 9:45am Men’s Monday Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7:00pm Women’s Ministry Bible Study: 3rd Friday -7:00pm Computer Classes: Announced Family and Marital Counseling by appointment
1200 Isle of Patmos Plaza, Northeast Washington, DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-6767 - Fax: (202) 526-1661
Service and Times Sunday Service: 8:30am& 11:00am Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30pm Communion Service: First Sunday www.livingwatersmd.org
E-mail: Crusadersbaptistchurch@verizon.net www.CrusadersBaptistChurch.org “God is Love”
Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
St. Stephen Baptist Church
Third Street Church of God
Dr. Dekontee L. & Dr. Ayele A. Johnson Pastors
Drs. Dennis W. & Christine Y. Wiley Pastors
Bishop Lanier C. Twyman, Sr. Senior Pastor
Rev. Cheryl J. Sanders, Th.D. Senior Pastor
Bishop Alfred A. Owens, Jr.; Senior Bishop & Evangelist Susie C. Owens – Co-Pastor
4001 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 265-6147 Office 1-800 576-1047 Voicemail/Fax
3845 South Capitol Street Washington, DC 20032 (202) 562-5576 (Office) (202) 562-4219 (Fax)
5757 Temple Hill Road, Temple Hills, MD 20748 Office 301-899-8885 – fax 301-899-2555
1204 Third Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 202-347-5889 office 202-638-1803 fax
610 Rhode Island Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 529-4547 office • (202) 529-4495 fax
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship Service: 11:00am Communion Service: First Sunday Prayer Service/Bible Study: Tuesday, 6:30pm
Services and Times Sundays: 10:00am Worship Services Bible Study: Wonderful Wednesdays in Worship and the Word Bible Study Wednesdays 12:00 Noon; 6:30pm (dinner @ 5:30pm) Sunday School: 9:00am – Hour of Power
Blessed Word of Life Church
www.blessedwordoflifechurch.org E-mail: church@blessedwordoflifechurch.org
“An inclusive ministry where all are welcomed and affirmed.” www.covenantbaptistdc.org
Campbell AME Church Rev. Dr. Henry Y. White 2562 MLK Jr. Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Adm. Office 202-678-2263 Email: Campbell@mycame.org Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 am Sunday Church School: 8:45 am Bible Study Wednesday: 12:00 Noon Wednesday: 7:00 pm Thursday: 7: pm “Reaching Up To Reach Out” Mailing Address Campbell AME Church 2502 Stanton Road SE - Washington, DC 20020
Services and Times Sunday Early Morning Worship: 7:45am Church School: 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:45am Tuesday: 7:00pm/Kingdom Building Bible Institute Wednesday: Prayer/Praise/Bible Study-7:30 pm Baptism & Communion Service: 4th Sunday – 10:30am
Services and Times Sunday School: 9:30am Sunday Worship: 11:00am Prayer Meeting and Bible Study: Wed. 7:30pm
“We are one in the Spirit” www.ssbc5757.org E-mail: ssbc5757@verizon.net
www.thirdstreet.org
“Ambassadors for Christ to the Nation’s Capital”
Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church
Sunday Worship Service: 8 AM and 10:45am Sunday Youth Worship Services: 1st & 4th 10:45am; 804 R.I. Ave., NE 5th 8 AM & 10:45am; Main Church Prayer Services Tuesday – Noon, Wednesday 6am & 6:30pm Calvary Bible Institute: Year-Round Contact Church Communion Every 3rd Sunday The Church in The Hood that will do you Good! www.gmchc.org
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 2nd Sunday at 7:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:20 a.m. Seniors Bible Study: Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Noon Day Prayer Service: Tuesdays at Noon Bible Study: Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Motto: “A Ministry of Reconciliation Where Everybody is Somebody!” Website: http://isleofpatmosbc.org Church Email: ipbcsecretary@verizon.net
St Marks Baptist Come Worship with us... Dr. Raymond T. Matthews Pastor and First Lady Marcia Matthews St. Mark's Baptist Church 624 Underwood Street, NW Washington, dc 20011 Services and Times Sunday School: 9:00am Worship Service: 10:00am Wed. Noon Day prayer service Thur. Prayer service: 6:45pm Thur. Bible Study: 7:15pm
Twelfth Street Christian Church Reverend Dr. Paul H. Saddler Senior Pastor (Disciples of Christ) 1812 12th Street, NW - Washington, DC 20009 Phone: 202-265-4494 Fax: 202 265 4340 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Communion every Sunday: 11:00 am Sunday School: 10:00 am Bible Study Tuesday: 12 Noon Pastor’s Bible Study Tuesday: 6:30 pm Motto: “Discover Something Wonderful” Website: 12thscc.org Email: Twelfthstcc@aol.com
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mount Carmel Baptist Church
Rev. John W. Davis Pastor
Joseph N. Evans, Ph.D Senior Pastor
5101 14th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20011 202-726-2220/ 202-726-9089
901 Third Street N.W. Washington, DC. 20001 Phone (202) 842-3411 Fax (202) 682-9423
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 8:00am and 11:00am Sunday School: 9:15am Holy Communion 4th Sunday 10:00am Prayer and Bible Study Wednesday 7:00pm TV Ministry –Channel 6 Wednesday 10:00pm
Isle of Patmos Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Church School : 9:00am Sunday Morning Worship: 10:10am Bible Study Tuesday: 6: 00pm Prayer Service Tuesday: 7:00pm Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday 10:10am themcbc.org
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RELIGION Shabbath Commandment Church
All Nations Baptist Church
King Emmanuel Baptist Church
Bishop Adrian A. Taylor, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. James Coleman Pastor
Rev. Daryl F. Bell Pastor
7801 Livingston Road Oxon Hill, MD 20745 301-534-5471
2001 North Capitol St, N.E. - Washington, DC 20002 Phone (202) 832-9591
2324 Ontario Road, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-1730
Service and Times Sabbath School 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Service 11:00 a.m. Praise & Worship Preaching 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Motto: “A Church Keeping It Real for Real.” Website: Shabbathcommandmentchruch.org Email: Praisebetoyhwh@gmail.com
Zion Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday Church School – 9:30 AM Sunday Worship Service – 11:00 AM Holy Communion – 1st Sunday at 11:00 AM Prayer – Wednesdays, 6:00 PM Bible Study – Wednesdays, 7:00 PM Christian Education School of Biblical Knowledge Saturdays, 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM, Call for Registration Website: www.allnationsbaptistchurch.com All Nations Baptist Church – A Church of Standards
Israel Baptist Church
Service and Times Sunday School: 9:30 am Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 am Baptismal Service: 1st Sunday – 9:30 am Holy Communion: 1st Sunday – 11:00 am Prayer Meeting & Bible Study: Wednesday -7:30 pm
Emmanuel Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Clinton W. Austin Pastor
Dr. Earl D. Trent Senior Pastor
Rev. Dr. George C. Gilbert Senior Pastor
2409 Ainger Pl.,SE – WDC 20020 (202) 678-0884 – Office - (202) 678-0885 – Fax “Come Grow With Us and Establish a Blessed Family”
623 Florida Ave.. NW - WDC. 20001 Church (202) 667-3409 Study (202) 265-0836 Home Study (301) 464-8211 Fax (202) 483-4009
4504 Gault Place, N.E. Washington, D.C 20019 202-397-7775 – 7184
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 7:30am & 10:45am Baptism/Holy Communion: 3rd Sunday Family Bible Study Tuesdays – 6:30pm Prayer Service: Tuesdays – 8:00pm
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Holy Communion: Every First Sunday Intercessory Prayer: Monday – 7:00-8:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible Study: Wednesday –7:45 p.m. Midweek Prayer: Wednesday – 7:00 p.m. Noonday Prayer Every Thursday
www.emmanuelbaptistchurchdc.org
“Where Jesus is the King”
Lincoln Park United Methodist Church
Sermon On The Mount Temple Of " Joy Apostolic Faith
Matthews Memorial Baptist Church Matthews
Rev. Keith W. Byrd, Sr. Pastor 4850 Blagdon Ave, NW - Washington D.C 20011 Phone (202) 722-4940 - Fax (202) 291-3773 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:15AM Sunday School: 9:00am Monday: Noon Bible School Wednesday: Noon & 7PM: Pastor’s Bible Study Ordinance of Baptism 2nd Holy Communion 4th Sunday Mission Zion Baptist Church Shall; Enlist Sinners, Educate Students, Empower the Suffering, Encourage the Saints, and Exalt Our Savior. (Acts 2:41-47) www.zionbaptistchurchdc.org
Rev. Dr. Morris L Shearin, Sr. Pastor
Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon Proctor Pastor
Elder Herman L. Simms Pastor
1251 Saratoga Ave., NE Washington, DC 20018 (202) 269-0288
1301 North Carolina Ave. N E Washington, D C 20002 202 543 1318 - lpumconthegrow@gmail.com www.lpumcdc.org
5606 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 20747 301-735-6005
Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School: 8:30 A.M. Holy Communion1st Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Prayer Service: Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. Bible Study: Wednesday at 7:00 P.M.
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 10: am Holy Communion: First Sunday 10: am Sunday School: 9: am Bible Study: Wednesday @ 12 noon and 6:30pm Motto: “A CHURCH ON THE GROW”.
Holy Trinity United Baptist Church
Florida Avenue Baptist Church
MemorialRev. Joan E. Buchanan
Executive Pastor
Baptist Church
2616 MLK Ave., SE - Washington, DC 20020 Office 202-889-3709 - Fax 202-678-3304
Rev. Joan E. Buchanan Service and Times Executive Early PastorWorship Service:
7:30am Worship Service: 11:00am New Member’s Class: 9:45am 1st Sunday, 11:00am ServiceHoly andCommunion: Times Church School: 9:45am Early Worship Service: 7:30am Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study Prayer,11:00am Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Worship Service: Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am Apostolic in Doctrine, Pentecostal in Experience, New Member’s Class: 9:45am Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am Holiness in Living, Uncompromised and Unchanged. st 1 Sunday, 11:00am The Apostolic Faith is still alive –Acts 2:42Holy Communion: “Empowered to love and Challenged to Lead a Service and Times Sunday Apostolic Worship Services 11:00 A.M and 5:00 P.M Communion and Feet Wash 4th Sunday at 5:00 P.M Prayer/Seeking: Wednesday at 8:00 P.M.
Service and Times 9:30AM. Sunday Church School 11:00 Am. Sunday Worship Service The Lord’s Supper 1st Sunday Wednesday 7:00pm Prayer & Praise Services 7:30pm. Bible Study Saturday before 4th Sunday Men, Women, Youth Discipleship Ministries 10:30am A Christ Centered Church htubc@comcast.net
Christ Embassy DC
Kelechi Ajieren Coordinator 6839 Eastern Avenue, R1 Takoma Park, MD 20912 (202) 556-7065 Service and Times Sunday Worship Service: 10:00 A.M. Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Friday Evening Service: 7:00 P.M. ; Last Friday “…Giving Your Life a Meaning” www.Christembassydc.org Christ.embassy.dc@hotmail.com
Church School: Multitude 9:45am of Souls to Christ”
Wednesday 12:00pm Bible Study
St. Luke Baptist Church Rev. Aubrey C. Lewis Pastor 1415 Gallatin Street, NW Washington, DC 20011-3851 P: (202) 726-5940 Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sunday School: 9:15 a.m. Holy Communion: 11:00 a.m., 3rd Sun. Bible Institute: Wednesday - 1:30 pm Prayer Meeting: Wednesday - 12:00 Noon
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Dr. Lucius M. Dalton Senior Pastor
Damion M. Briggs Pastor
Rev. Stephen E. Tucker Senior Pastor
1636 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20003 Telephone: 202-544-5588 - Fax: 202-544-2964
8213 Manson Street Landover, MD 20785 Tel: (301) 322-9787 Fax: (301) 322-9240
13701 Old Jericho Park Road Bowie, MD. 20720 (301) 262-0560
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 7:45 am and 10:45 am Holy Communion: 1st Sundays at 7:45 am & 10:45 am Sunday School: 9:30 am Prayer & Praise Service: Tuesdays at 12 noon & 6:30 pm Bible Study: Tuesdays at 1 pm and 7 pm Youth Bible Study: Fridays at 7 pm
Service and Times Early Morning Message: 7:30 AM Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:00 AM Sunday Church School: 9:00 AM Holy Communion: 1st Sunday 7:30 AM & 10:00 AM Prayer, Praise and Testimony: Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible Study: Wednesday 7:30 PM
Service and Times Sunday Worship: 11 AM Sunday School: 10 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Worship, Prayer & Bible Study: Wed. 7 PM
Web: www.mountmoriahchurch.org Email: mtmoriah@mountmoriahchurch.org
St. Matthews Baptist Church
Eastern Community Baptist Church
New Commandment Baptist Church
Rehoboth Baptist Church
“Real Worship for Real People” Website: www.easterncommunity.org Email: ecc@easterncommunity.org
Salem Baptist Church
Prayer, Praise and Bible Study: 7:00pm Saturday Bible Study: 11:00am
Peace Baptist Church
Baptism 4th Sunday: 11:00am
“Empowered to Love and Challenged
Rev. Dr. Michael T. Bell
to Lead a Multitude of Souls to Christ”
“A Church Where Love Is Essential and Praise is Intentional”
712 18th Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 Phone 202-399-3450/ Fax 202-398-8836 Service and Times Sunday Morning Worship Service: 7:15 am & 10:50 am Sunday School: 9:30am Wednesday Prayer & Testimonies Service: 7:30pm Wednesday School of the Bible: 8:00pm Wednesday - Midweek Prayer Service: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Pennsylvania Ave. Baptist Church Rev. Dr. Kendrick E. Curry Pastor 3000 Pennsylvania Ave.. S.E Washington, DC 20020 202 581-1500 Service and Times Sunday Church School: 9:30 A.M. Sunday Worship Service: 11:00 A.M. Monday Adult Bible Study: 7:00 P.M. Wednesday Youth & Adult Activities: 6:30 P.M. Prayer Service Bible Study
“The Loving Church of the living lord “ Email Address pbcexec@verizon.net
Shiloh Baptist Church
First Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mt. Horeb Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Maxwell M. Washington Pastor
Rev. Curtis l. Staley Pastor
Rev. Alonzo Hart Pastor
Rev. Dr. Wallace Charles Smith Pastor
Rev. Oran W. Young Pastor
Rev. Dr. H. B. Sampson, III Pastor
Worshiping Location Knights of Columbus - 1633 Tucker Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 (240) 838-7074
621 Alabama Ave., S.E.- Washington, D.C. 20032 P: (202) 561-1111 - F: (202) 561-1112
917 N St. NW - Washington, DC 20001 (202) 232-4294
9th & P Street, N.W. - W. D.C. 20001 (202) 232-4288
Service and Times Sunday Service: 10 am Sunday School for all ages: 8:30 am 1st Sunday Baptism: 10: am 2nd Sunday Holy Communion:10 am Tuesday: Bible Study: 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting: 7:45 pm
Service and Times Sunday Morning Prayer Service: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Church School: 9:15 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m. Third Sunday Baptismal & Holy Communion:10:30 a.m. Tuesday Church At Study Prayer & Praise: 6:30 p.m.
Service and Times First Sunday Worship Service (one service): 10:00 a.m. Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sunday Worship service: 7:45 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Sunday Church School/Bible Study: 9:30 a.m. Thursday Prayer Service: 6:30 p.m.
602 N Street NW - Washington, D.C. 20001 Office:(202) 289-4480 Fax: (202) 289-4595
2914 Bladensburg Road, NE Wash., DC 20018 Office: (202) 529-3180 - Fax: (202) 529-7738 Service and Times Worship Service: 7:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:00 a.m. Worship Service: 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion: 4th Sunday 7:30 a.m. & 10:30a.m. Prayer Services:Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Wednesday 12 Noon
Motto: “Where God is First and Where Friendly People Worship”
The Church Where GOD Is Working.... And We Are Working With GOD
Service and Times Sunday Worship Services: 10:00 am Sunday School: 9:00 am Holy Communion 3rd Sunday Morning Prayer / Bible Study: 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm (Tuesday) Theme: “The Kingdom Focused Church” Matthew 6:33 and Mathew 28:18-20, KJV Email: stmatthewsbaptist@msn.com Website: www.stmatthewsbaptist.org
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Service and Times Sunday School for All Ages: 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship Services: 9:30 a.m. Midday Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer & Bible Study: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Laymen's League: Thursday 7:00 p.m. Email: Froffice@firstrising.org Website: www.firstrising.org “Changing Lives On Purpose “
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Administration No. 1997 ADM 1585
Administration No. 2017 ADM 222
Foreign No. 2017 FEP 21
Administration No. 2016 ADM 1440
Administration No. 2017 ADM 179
Lizzie M. Williams Decedent
Robert John Jones Decedent
May 8, 2012 Date of Death
Marie Jackson Decedent
Alton L. Peele aka Alton Peele Decedent
Lynn H. Johnson, Esq. Johnson & Pavuk 1413 K St., NW, Suite 1500 Washington, DC 20005 Attorney
Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Arsia B. Henry Barksdale Name of Decedent
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Thelma Fletcher whose address is 1130 W. Eighth Street, Chester, PA 19013 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Arsia B. Henry Barksdale, deceased, by the Circuit Court of Delaware County Court of Delaware County, State of Pennsylvania, on July 16, 2012. Service of process may be made upon Deborah D. Boddie, 1308 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property; 7056 Eastern Avenue, NW, Unit 205, Washington, DC 20012. Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice.
Jennifer Concino, Esq., whose address is 5335 Wisconsin Ave., NW, #700, Washington, DC 20015, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Marie Jackson who died on February 15, 2007 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 16, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 16, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Catalina Peele, whose address is 3716 4th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20032, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Alton L. Peele aka Alton Peele who died on March 31, 2016 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 16, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 16, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Date of first publication: March 16, 2017
Date of first publication: March 16, 2017
Thelma Fletcher Personal Representative
Jennifer Concino, Esq. Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Clayton V. Williams, whose address is 137-B Bates St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Lizzie M. Williams who died on July 13, 1997 with a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 16, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 16, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 16, 2017 Clayton V. Williams Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Diane Jones, whose address is 203 Peabody Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Robert John Jones who died on January 18, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 16, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 16, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 16, 2017
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Probate Division Washington, D.C. 20001-2131
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Administration No. 2017 ADM 208
Administration No. 2017 ADM 252
Administration No. 2017 ADM 251
Administration No. 2017 ADM 272
Administration No. 2017 ADM 287 Winston Ogden Rollins Decedent Aimee D. Griffin 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 440 Washington, DC 20015 Attorney
Toni Averett Ritzenberg aka Toni A. Ritzenberg Decedent
Carolyn V. Cones aka Carolyn Virginia Cones Decedent
Azaiee Gary Cook Decedent
Patricia A. Marshall Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney
Cheryl Chapman Henderson, Esq. 4920 Niagara Road, Suite 200 College Park MD 20740 Attorney
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS
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Ethel M. Vire and Frances L. Anthony, whose addresses are 5626 Kansas Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20011 and 835 5th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Carolyn V. Cones aka Carolyn Virginia Cones who died on February 26, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 23, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 23, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
Richard E. Cook, Jr., whose address is 12915 Corinthian Court, Hughesville, MD 20637, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Azaiee Gary Cook who died on October 30, 2016 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 23, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 23, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship.
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James S. Bubar and Dr. Jeffrey Kraskin, whose addresses are 1776 K Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006 and 4600 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016 were appointed Personal Representatives of the estate of Toni Averett Ritzenberg aka Toni A. Ritzenberg who died on February 6, 2017 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 16, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 16, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 16, 2017 James S. Bubar Dr. Jeffrey Kraskin Personal Representatives
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Shelly Smith, whose address is 4502 Grazing Way, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Patricia A. Marshall who died on February 12, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 23, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 23, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 23, 2017 Shelly Smith Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Joseph Rollins, whose address is 6901 Sycamore Avenue, Tacoma Park, MD 20912, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Winston Ogden Rollins who died on January 24, 2017 without a Will, and will serve with Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 30, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 30, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 30, 2017 Joseph Rollins Personal Representative
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Administration No. 2017 ADM 281
Bobby C. Johnson Decedent
Saint Matthew Genius Decedent
James Larry Frazier, Esq. 918 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Attorney NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Doris E. Johnson, whose address is 5156 Seventh Street, NE, Washington, DC 20011, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Bobby C. Johnson who died on February 9, 2017 without a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 30, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 30, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 30, 2017 Doris E. Johnson Personal Representative
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NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Shermain Genius, whose address is 1626 Monroe Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Saint Matthew Genius who died on September 30, 1990 without a Will. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 30, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 30, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 30, 2017 Shermain Genius Personal Representative
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Foreign No. 2017 FEP 28
Patsy Coates aka Patsy N. Coates Decedent
July 26, 2016 Date of Death
Elizabeth Hughes, Esq. 110 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 340 Washington, DC 20036 Attorney
Luzmila Cofre Clark Name of Decedent
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT, NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Mary A. Lewis, whose address is 116 33rd Street, NE, Washington, DC 20019, was appointed Personal Representative of the estate of Patsy Coates aka Patsy N. Coates who died on October 30, 2015 with a Will, and will serve without Court supervision. All unknown heirs and heirs whose whereabouts are unknown shall enter their appearance in this proceeding. Objections to such appointment (or to the probate of decedent’s Will) shall be filed with the Register of Wills, D.C., 515 5th Street, N.W., Building A, Third Floor Washington, D.C. 20001, on or before September 30, 2017. Claims against the decedent shall be presented to the undersigned with a copy to the Register of Wills or filed with the Register of Wills with a copy to the undersigned, on or before September 30, 2017, or be forever barred. Persons believed to be heirs or legatees of the decedent who do not receive a copy of this notice by mail within 25 days of its first publication shall so inform the Register of Wills, including name, address, and relationship. Date of first publication: March 30, 2017 Mary A. Lewis Personal Representative
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS Reed & Reed PC whose address is P.O. Box 766, Luray, VA 22835 was appointed personal representative of the estate of Luzmila Cofre Clark, deceased, by the Circuit Court for Page County, State of Virginia, on January 13, 2017. Service of process may be made upon Peter D. Antonoplos, Esq. of Antonoplos & Associates, Attorneys at Law, 1725 DeSales Street, NW, Ste. 600, Washington, DC 20036 whose designation as District of Columbia agent has been filed with the Register of Wills, D.C. The decedent owned the following District of Columbia real property: 2141 I Street, NW, Unit 605, Washington, DC 20037 Claims against the decedent may be presented to the undersigned and filed with the Register of Wills of the District of Columbia, 515 5th Street, NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice. Date of first publication: March 30, 2017 Reed & Reed, P.C. Personal Representative Anne Meister Register of Wills Washington Informer
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF LEXINGTON DOCKET NO.: 2017-DR-32- 317X Notice of Adoption ProceedingS TO THE DEFENDANT: JOHN DOE, BIRTH FATHER YOU ARE HEREBY GIVEN THE FOLLOWING NOTICE:
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1. That an adoption proceeding was filed in the Family Court of Lexington County on February 10, 2017, and in this Complaint you are alleged to be the father of an AfricanAmerican female child born in Cheverly, Maryland, on December 1, 2016.
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2. That the Plaintiffs in the above captioned Notice are not named for the purpose of confidentiality; however, the Court knows the true identity of the Plaintiffs and in responding to this notice, you are required to use the caption and the number 2017-DR-32- 317X.
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3. That if Notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond is filed by you with the Court within thirty (30) days of the receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings, you will be given an opportunity to appear and be heard on the merits of the adoption. To file notice to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond in this action, you must notify the above named Court at Lexington County Courthouse, Clerk of Court at 139 East Main Street, Lexington, South Carolina 29072, in writing of your intention to Contest, Intervene or otherwise Respond. The above named Court must be informed of your current address and any changes of your address during the adoption proceedings.
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4. That your failure to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of this Notice of Adoption Proceedings constitutes your consent to the adoption and forfeiture of all of your rights and obligations to the above identified child. It is further alleged that your consent to this adoption is not required under S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-310 and that your parental rights should be terminated pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-7-2570 (7). This notice is given pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. Section 63-9-730 (E). Raymond W. Godwin, Esq. (SC Bar #2162) PO Box 354 Greenville, SC 29602 PH (864) 241-2883 FAX: (864) 255-4342 ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFFS Date: March 2, 2017
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Because Melania Trump likes to keep distance between herself and her husband, taxpayers are paying about $150,000 a day to protect her and their son, Barron, in New York. The same man who said that the Obamas should consider living in the White House "a privilege" has not convinced his wife of the privilege that has been bestowed upon her. Instead, we taxpayers will spend $4.5 million a month protecting Melania and Baron in New York. New Yorkers will spend even more, and they have not been reimbursed for the cost paid when New York police officers are diverted to deal with the Trump family baby-sitting project. The most egregious part of the scam that allows 45’s family to be protected is the fact that his wildcat sons, traveling the world to generate profit for the Trump brand, are protected by Secret Service with our tax dollars. When they go to Dubai to celebrate a new Trump golf course, which is a profit generating opportunity for the Trump empire, taxpayers cover the cost of their "protection." If the Trump empire gained
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The budget makes a bizarre assault on science and research, cutting even the medical research at the National Institutes of Health. Congressional Republicans have called Trump's budget dead on arrival. They can't raise military spending without gaining Democratic votes, and Democrats will block the deepest and more perverse cuts. But the thrust of Trump's budget reflects the values that govern the Republican congressional majorities. They won't get everything they want, but what they get will leave America more unequal, more vulnerable, with greater poverty and despair from Chicago's inner cities to Appalachia's rural hollows. WI
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despair and more shattered dreams. Trump deals with this by calling for a return to aggressive police tactics, giving police the impossible task of sustaining order amid despair. Trump tramples his promise to working people. This budget contains no hint of a program to rebuild America. It decimates Labor Department funding to enforce worker health and safety in factories and mines, to protect against wage theft, to ensure that minimum wage and fair-hours laws are respected. Much more is left on the cutting room floor. Programs to deal with climate change are gutted. The Republican fixation on Planned Parenthood and rolling back support for women's health care continues.
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could actually practice Kwanzaa year-round. Implement one principle for 52 days each by doing the things each principle represents. By the way, one principle, Ujamaa, has to do with economic empowerment. Amefika Geuka is a self-described "Practical Nationalist;" and I know from my personal interaction with him over the past 12 years or so, that he definitely practices his brand of nationalism in an effort to bring to fruition his "desire" to see real progress for our people in this country and beyond. He understands the real work that must be done and is willing to do his part, first by giving us a reality check on the world in which we live. Now that's practical. WI
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will we offer the folks who already live in whatever country we decide to move into? These and other questions must be answered as we move beyond the rhetorical and philosophical discussions about liberation, separation and communalism. We may not like it but virtually everything in this country is the result of an exchange of goods and/ or services, produced by someone, distributed by someone, and sold by and to someone. We say we "need our own," and I wholeheartedly agree, but how do we get our own? No one is giving anything away, no one is providing free transportation, no one is giving away land and no one is feeding
our people without having to pay something to do so. Thus, since we are in this belly of the beast called capitalism, which some of us hate, do we abandon it or do we find ways within it to survive and thrive? Our culture is the link that should bring and keep us connected, but romanticizing that culture without the work and sacrifice to takes to build "our own" just makes us feel good. The practical side of things dictates that black people can use our culture best by practicing what we celebrate. Take Kwanzaa, for instance. Seven days of celebrating, remembering and reflecting on our culture is great, but if we really wanted to be practical about our nationalism, we
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go as his guest recently. Sure, The Donald paid for the prime minister's room and dining, but all of Abe's staff and security had to fork over their room and board expenses into Trump's coffers. In Washington, the embassies are falling all over themselves to book events in the Trump Hotel built at the Old Post Office Pavilion — federally owned land. Trump insists that conflict of interest laws don't apply to the president. Now, he's given his family members what I call "internships" all over the Executive Office. They are real jobs with real titles, with security clearances and White House access privileges, just no salaries. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner
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for a challenge to discriminatory voter ID laws in Texas. For six years, the federal government stood side by side with plaintiffs against Texas' voter ID law because it targets African-American and Latino voters. Federal courts have consistently ruled that the law is unconstitutional and petitioned Texas to fix it, a decision which the Justice Department's new position now puts in jeopardy. For those of us watching the attack on voting rights unfold, we have a responsibility to speak up and speak out. We stand on the shoulders of
giants in the voting rights movement and we will never be able to repay the debt we owe to those individuals. However, we must each do our own work in protecting the precious gains those individuals fought, bled, and died for. The price of freedom is not free, and every generation must do its part to protect the gains made and to push forward in our effort to build a more perfect union. For Annie Harper and for every American denied a vote in our democratic process, I will be speaking out! WI
a letter last year explaining why they were starting a hunger strike: "We are already traumatized from our countries of origin. We risked our own lives and those of our children so we could arrive on safe ground. While here our children have considered committing suicide, made desperate from confinement. The teenagers say that being here, life makes no sense. One of our children said he wanted to break the window to jump out and end this nightmare. … They grab the chord [sic] that holds their ID cards and tighten it around t heir necks, saying they want to die if they don't get out. And the smallest children, who are only two years old, cry during the night because they cannot express what they feel. … We left our homes in Central America to escape violence, threats and corruption. We thought this country would help us, but now we are locked up with our children in a place where we feel threatened, including by some of the medical personnel, leaving us with no one to trust." The new executive orders on immigration could mean locking up more families and building more detention centers. This may be fantastic news for the private prison stock business and for-profit prison industry but it is terrible news for the thousands of innocent children at risk of inappropriate cruel and unusual punishment.
Now there is another cruel twist: the Department of Homeland Security is considering separating children from their parents at the border. Parents would be detained while their children would be placed in the care of the government or sent to live with relatives in the United States. It's hard to imagine separating children and families even in familiar surroundings — and certainly not in a new country and in the horrendous situations we have seen these families face. I can still remember the overwhelming panic I felt the day I became separated from my mother at New York's large Abyssinian Baptist Church right before a worship service began when I was about seven. In the bustling crowd going up into the balcony, I let go of my mother's hand. Happily I was among friendly people who summoned an usher who took me down to the pulpit where the preacher embraced me and asked the congregation if anyone knew this child. My mother who had been frantically looking for me in the balcony stood and said yes and an usher reunited us immediately. But I remember the panic and fear. Nothing is worse than feeling abandoned and separated from a parent in a strange place with strangers. Is this how our nation is going to treat "the least of these" — our little ones? Surely we are better than this! WI
is an adviser who will be dispatched to offer marketplace, business solutions to solve government problems. What??!! The kid is only 36 years old, for crying out loud. Like his father-in-law, he knows nothing about how any government works. Kushner doesn't know enough to help some agency govern better. No. What he is doing is receiving some serious onthe-job-training. The same thing goes for Jared's wife Ivanka. She has her own office in the White House, and while she gets no salary, she doesn't deserve one. She too has been given an internship by her dear old dad. Her main professional experience comes from working for her old man, in the reality TV game. But she is so tasteless; she wore a $10,000 bracelet from her own
jewelry line during a network TV interview with papa, in order to get a free ad. That's simply tasteless. That same kind of cheesy, tastelessness permeates Trump's very environs. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway made a shameless, cheap plug for the public to buy Ivanka's stuff during a network interview. Such brazen bootlicking and brown-nosing of The Boss's Daughter is cheap and disgusting, and went without even a conversation from the White House, after ethics watchdogs told them the cheap remarks were a violation. White House press secretary Sean Spicer is no better. Let me be the first to tell you: Donald Trump is not presidential material. He's a not-so cheap hustler, and I suppose he's just what America deserves. WI
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