https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:26:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/national/spelman-students-support-stacey-abrams/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 20:33:22 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=7182 Students at Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams’ alma mater, Spelman College, express their support for her campaign.  Howard University News Service’s Sydney Williams traveled to Atlanta and has more n the story.]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/georgia-democrats-get-out-the-vote-movement-recruits-voters-days-leading-up-to-election/ Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:33:33 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/?p=7114 STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. – On a sunny Saturday morning, a Georgia Democrat field office is filled with busy volunteers working diligently to encourage voters to elect Stacey Abrams as the next governor. In the final weekend before Election Day, Georgia Democrats are continuing their campaign efforts through the statewide Get Out the Vote (GOTV) movement. Local volunteers throughout the state are reminding registered Democrats to elect Stacey Abrams on Nov. 6. Canvassing and phone banking are some of the strategies being used to reach individuals and families in the area. The Georgia gubernatorial race has drawn national attention due to historical]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/howard-students-honor-victims-of-hurricane-harvey-at-vigil/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:44:43 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/howard-students-honor-victims-of-hurricane-harvey-at-vigil/ As the country continues to assess the impact of Hurricane Harvey, which has caused extensive damage in Houston, members of Howard University’s Lousiana and Texas clubs gathered yesterday in the Carnegie building on the school’s main campus to create an action plan to help victims of the hurricane. The students also gathered to honor the victims and mark the 12th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at the vigil.   “It’s important for the Howard University Louisiana Club to be a front runner in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts because during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Houston and Texas as a whole]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/how-one-doctor-is-helping-d-c-residents-overcome-substance-abuse/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:07:59 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/how-one-doctor-is-helping-d-c-residents-overcome-substance-abuse/ https://hunewsservice.com/news/volunteers-wanted-at-local-d-c-organization/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:56:24 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/volunteers-wanted-at-local-d-c-organization/ https://hunewsservice.com/news/blacks-minorities-largely-absent-during-inauguration/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:33:48 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/blacks-minorities-largely-absent-during-inauguration/ Presidential Inauguration 2017 Photo Courtsey ABC News: African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities were visibly absent during President Donald Trump's Inauguration. WASHINGTON – African Americans, Hispanics, in fact most people of color, were a rarity at President Donald Trump’s inauguration The lack of participation by America’s black and other minority communities was apparent to viewers on television and on the ground.  The makeup of the audience, as well as those on the main stage were in stark contrast to the inaugurations of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and even George W. Bush. Those who were there said they attended  to express]]> https://hunewsservice.com/elections/election-2016/d-c-residents-line-up-to-cast-their-ballots-on-election-day/ Tue, 08 Nov 2016 10:48:26 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/d-c-residents-line-up-to-cast-their-ballots-on-election-day/ WASHINGTON: Tuesday morning, Washington D.C. residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. to cast their votes at Columbia Heights Community Center for the 2016 presidential election. Voters of different ages, backgrounds, and political affiliations cast their votes for the next president of the United States. Voters line up to vote at one of the many polls in Washington D.C. Photo by Sam Corsey Yannik Morgan, born in Sierra Leone and raised in Saudi Arabia, expressed his excitement about voting in his first election as a new U.S. citizen. “I’m feeling very positive about [the election]. Although [I’m] anxious, that]]>