Source: Krissah Thompson / The Washington Post Michelle Obama encouraged the graduates of Bowie State University on Friday morning to live up to the legacy of their university’s founders and the leaders of the civil rights movement by promoting the importance of education in the black community. “Just think about this for a moment — for [...]
Source: Michael A. Fletcher / The Washington Post An influential group of black and Hispanic business leaders is calling on the nation’s leading corporations to agree to interview black and Hispanic candidates before filling every top job and board position. The group of 30 executives and corporate board members met at the W Hotel in [...]
Source: Hamil R. Harris and J. Freedom du Lac / The Washington Post His fans lost a cultural icon. His family lost a husband, a dad, a provider. A year later, one group is getting on better than the other. “Everybody who connected with Chuck misses him,” said Darryl Brooks, a concert promoter who was [...]
Source: Ann Hornaday / The Washington Post CANNES, France — In 1995, Will Smith begged producer Jerry Bruckheimer to let him go to the Cannes Film Festival to promote “Bad Boys,” despite the parent studio’s insistence that a black actor would not get any traction with the international fans and journalists thronging the city’s beach-side [...]
Source: Aaron Blake / The Washington Post New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) secretly underwent weight-loss surgery earlier this year, his office and campaign have confirmed. Christie initially disclosed that he underwent the surgery, known as lap band surgery, in an interview published Tuesday by the New York Post. “I’ve struggled with this issue for 20 years,” he [...]
Source: Juliet Eilperin / The Washington Post In the run up to President Obama’s May 19 commencement address at Morehouse College, the college president is struggling to quell a growing controversy over what role a critic of the president will play at the college’s graduation ceremonies. Morehouse College President John S. Wilson, who headed the White House Initiative on [...]
Source: Hamil R. Harris and Michelle Boorstein / The Washington Post There had been three years of tension, heated meetings and secret letters of complaint from congregants with questions: Why was their new pastor making changes to their church? Why did he hire a new musician? Could he, please, discourage new members from clapping during services?Conflict was not new at [...]
Source: Ann E. Marimow, Peter Hermann and Annys Shin / The Washington Post Maryland state prison officials said Wednesday that they approached federal investigators more than a year ago seeking help uncovering corruption and gang activity they suspected was going on in a jail. As recently as three months ago, Maryland prison chief Gary D. Maynard said, his staff [...]
Source: Chris Cillizza and Sean Sullivan / The Washington Post The Senate’s defeat of a package of popular proposals aimed at curbing gun violence last week seemed certain to foment public outrage at out-of-touch politicians who don’t listen to their constituents. Not so much, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll. Yes, a plurality (47 percent) describe themselves as [...]
Source: The Huffington Post The Washington Post will introduce a paywall this summer, the paper announced on Monday. In December, the Washington Post said it was exploring the option of a paywall system in 2013. For years, the paper spurned the idea of charging for its online content, even when its competitors successfully did so. The Washington Post’s Steven [...]
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