Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first African American president yesterday, summoning a vast crowd and a watching nation to the task of reviving a country in crisis....

Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office as the nation's first African American president yesterday, summoning a vast crowd and a watching nation to the task of reviving a country in crisis....

photo source We remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the eve of Barack Obama's historical presidential inauguration in  Washington D.C. HBO broadcast an exclusive concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial featuring musical performances and appearances by Beyonce, Usher, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latif...

Image via Wikipedia On August 28, 1963, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital. Nearly 46 years after that historic day, another historic event will take place in that same city, not far...

Local executives are opening their wallets to help fund Barack Obama's inauguration festivities, but their rewards are far more meager than those lavished on contributors to the galas of previous presidents....

US President-elect Barack Obama speaking at the Lincoln Memorial concert yesterday. Obama said: In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now. Our nation is at war. Our economy is in crisis. Millions of Ame...

It pains me to rain on Obama’s parade in any respect.  But a few days ago I felt compelled to complain about his inaugural committee’s decision to feature a group of Southern belles wearing plantation garb in Tuesday’s inaugural parade. Now I feel compelled to complain about this ...

It's about time somebody in this town stood up for the big guy....

At 56 years old and living in a D.C. homeless shelter, Maurice King was not the most likely candidate to be running around on a hard court under yesterday's brutal sun, chasing after a soccer ball....

April 4, 1968, started out with such normalcy. As I recall, my husband and I dropped off our 2-year-old daughter at my mother's house. Later, he drove me to my job at the Treasury Department and set off for his own office at the Navy Department. In fact, the only eventful thing that happened early.....