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Discover The Weekender Festival: A Celebration of Community, Wealth, and Music
Welcome to The Weekender Festival, where community empowerment, wealth-building insights, and vibrant music collide! This family-oriented,…
The Weekender Festival 2024: Empowering Public Housing and Unity Celebration
Are you ready for a weekend of electrifying music, vibrant culture, and community empowerment? Look no…
Judge Blocks ICE Detention Center Planned for Hagerstown Warehouse
A federal judge’s ruling on an 825,000-square-foot Washington County warehouse has become a test case for…
Prince George’s County Opens $50,000 Homeownership Programs
Three new zero-interest assistance programs launched July 1, giving first-time buyers, essential workers, and income-eligible families…
Supreme Court TPS Ruling Narrows the Fight for African Families in the DMV
A June 25 decision limits how much courts can second-guess DHS on Temporary Protected Status, leaving…
BET closed its Africa channel, then cut its African award category. Then came the shutout
Five months after Paramount shut down BET Africa, a restructured Best International Act category produced the…
Floyd Norman: Disney’s First Black Animator Finally Gets His Oscar
Disney’s first Black animator joins Walter Lantz, Chuck Jones and Hayao Miyazaki as one of only…
10 African Diaspora Real Estate Builders Who Are Shaping the DMV Right Now
From a Nigerian immigrant who has closed nearly $3 billion in transactions to a Bronx-born developer…
Adrian Boafo Wins Maryland Primary in a Race That Made African Diaspora Political History
Three candidates with direct African roots competed for the same congressional seat in one of the…
New DMV Laws This Week: What African Immigrant Workers and Families Need to Know Now
Virginia expanded wage theft protections, automatically sealed criminal records, and tightened eviction rules. DC’s minimum wage…
Lauryn Hill Receives BET’s First Living Legend Icon Award in Star-Studded Tribute
Queen Latifah, Nas, SZA, Tems and Hill’s own children joined a three-generation tribute that closed with…