Vendors Capitalize on Obamamania
As 2 million people flood the streets of Washington D.C. today to witness Barack Obama sworn in as the 44th president, at least 1,700 street
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Democracy Prep Witnesses Democracy in Action
Eighth graders Monique Grocia, Zyaire Taylor, and Melia Douyon sit at a welcome table for schools attending the Democracy Prep Charter School Inauguration Celebration. (Source:
Record-Setting Crowd on Cold, Cloudy Day
Security measures and crowd capacity are expected to be unprecented as President-elect Barack Obama makes history of his own when he officially becomes the first
Eyewitness to History
I am seated on the Southwest side of the U.S. Capitol Building waiting for this defining moment in history: the inauguration of the first African
Somehow, the Word ‘Crowd’ Doesn’t Quite Say It
Did I say there was a crowd at the Greenbelt, Md., Metro station this morning? I stand corrected. That was a cozy little gathering of
Obama Starts Day at Church
President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are greeted at St. John’s Episcopal Church by Rev. Luis Leon. (Source: Getty Images) President-elect Barack Obama started
A Cold Morning in a New America
It’s a great day in America. And God, it’s too cold. Joining the crowd in Greenbelt, Md., to ride the Metro to Capitol Hill to
More Blacks Say King’s Dream Fulfilled
A great majority of African-Americans believe that Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of racial equality has been fulfilled, according to a CNN poll released the
25 Years…And Change
The presidential inauguration of Barack Obama brings me full circle. My first ever professional reporting assignment–meaning my first for something other than a college newspaper–was
A Woman With a Cause: Reparations
Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, the community mayor of Harlem, New York, is clearly a woman on a mission, and that mission is reparations to