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Duke Ellington Panel Discussion and Concert at George Washington University, Monday, April 23.

Talk show host Tavis Smiley, and former Princeton professor, Dr. Cornel West continue their fight for the poor with a new book titled The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto which the two men say is the next step in the journey that began with “The Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience.” Cornell West and Tavis Smiley's latest venture: The Rich and the Rest of Us.  Photo/CD Brown. "There are nearly 150 million poor and near poor people in America who are not responsible for the damage done by the Great Recession. Yet they pay the price. The poor did not create the deindustrialization of America, unmatched corporate profiteering and greed, more than a decade of foreign wars, and unregulated tax benefits for the wealthy. When the largest economic institutions in the world were brought to their collective knees, they went crawling to the government’s doorstep in search of salvation. The government obliged, allowing Wall Street to socialize its failure on the backs of Ma...

The National Action Network , led by Reverend Al Sharpton , convenes this week at the DC Convention Center. The convention started off with the parents of Trayvon Martin speaking at the convention on the arrest of George Zimmerman, the murderer of their son. The event also hosted Magic Johnson and Department of Justice head, Eric Holder. The convention will continue through this week. Watch live streams below. officialnationalactionnetwork on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free

On the 11th day, of the 4th month - April 11th - the murderer of a young Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, as finally been arrested for second degree murder,  after weeks of protests from the public, and evidence to support his crime. AP reports: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder Wednesday after months of mounting tensions and protests across the country. George Zimmerman, 28, could get up to life in prison if convicted in the slaying of the unarmed black teenager. Special prosecutor Angela Corey announced the charges but would not discuss how she arrived at them or disclose other details of her investigation, saying: "That's why we try cases in court." More  from AP here . Watch: Democracy Now! reporter, Amy Goodman NAACP Ben Jealous, and attorney for the Martin family on the arrest of George Zimmerman.

The Howard Theatre is open and ready for business. The storied theatre, built in Washington, DC's Shaw district in 1910, had been home to vaudeville acts, live theatre, movies and highlighted many up and coming African American entertainment acts. Duke Ellington, James Brown, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson to name only a few.  The theatre was DC's 'Motown'. Having been closed for 30 years, the theatre at 620 T Street, NW, has been fully restored. A ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration of the rebirth of the theatre took place on Monday and the community came out in full force. "This is a great day to see the opening of the Howard Theatre", said restoration committee member Sandra Butler Truesdale who likened its rebirth to a resurrection after thinking about the Easter celebration the day before. "What I thought about was scripture, the rebirth of Christ, the resurrection and the rebirth of the Howard Theatre. Truesdale said the restorati...