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Amid anti-ICE protests, peace-marching Buddhist monks deliver a non-controversial message to thousands in DC

Amid anti-ICE protests, peace-marching Buddhist monks deliver a non-controversial message to thousands in DC

by Melody Xu | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON — Tears welled in Cynthia Flanders’ eyes Wednesday as she reflected on a group of Buddhist monks’ walk to promote peace. Wearing a beanie that read “it’s okay not to be okay,” Flanders traveled from her Michigan hometown to the Washington region solely for...
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. peace walk commemorates a legacy of equality and justice

Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. peace walk commemorates a legacy of equality and justice

by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 17, 2024 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON- Attendees in Washington D.C. celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a fervent peace rally followed by a parade that echoed the principles of equality and justice that the civil rights figure championed.  The heart of the commemoration lay in...
VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Push For Voting Act

VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family Push For Voting Act

by Vanessa Kjeldsen | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and hundreds of others celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by demanding voting rights reform. “The law can’t make a man love me,” Martin Luther King III said during the press conference,...

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