by Hannah Gebresilassie | Aug 22, 2016 | Education
WASHINGTON – A Mali native visited the nation’s capital on a mission to help African children through the Young African Leaders Initiative(YALI) program started by President Barack Obama. “If I had given up, I would not be in (the) U.S. today,” said...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Aug 22, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Worried Ethiopian-Americans are frustrated with the mistreatment of anti-government demonstrators in their African homeland. Protesters in the U.S. are reacting to a wave of unrest in Ethiopia amid ongoing clashes between the government and ethnic...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Aug 8, 2016 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addressed what some are calling the largest minority press conference on Friday. Clinton spoke to a few hundred journalists at the joint National Association of Black Journalists(NABJ) and National Association of...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Aug 3, 2016 | Politics, Topics
PHILADELPHIA – Our reporter Hannah Gebresilassie spent the week of the Democratic National Convention reporting on the floor for Associated Press. She created the following recaps from each day highlighting speakers, delegates and tons of action as Hillary...
by Hannah Gebresilassie | Jul 25, 2016 | Entertainment
PHILADELPHIA – Day one of the Democratic National Convention kicked off with performances by four-time Grammy Award winning Boyz ll Men and singer Demi Lovato. Boyz ll Men sang “Motownphilly” and Lovato performed “Confident.” Both...
