About D.L. Chandler

D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. Metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter and culture critic. Getting his start in the late 1990s in print, D.L. joined the growing field of online reporting in 1998. His first big break came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation\'s first Black political news portal.

D.L. has worked in the past for OkayPlayer, MTV News, Metro Connection and several other publications and magazines. D.L., a native Washingtonian, resides in the Greater Washington area.

A series of recent developments in the Trayvon Martin case reveal that the parents of the slain teen are not sitting idly while their son’s killer, George Zimmerman, awaits his fate. RELATED: Trayvon Martin Case Sybrina Fulton filed paperwork last week to jumpstart a lawsuit against the insurance company for the Retreat at Twin Lakes […]

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 stands as both a landmark achievement in the fight for equality during the turbulent times of the Civil Rights Movement — and also a chilling reminder of the brutal assault police forces made on African-American marchers who were peacefully demonstrating for their right to vote in Selma, Ala., on […]

Jamaican-born Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey (pictured) and his fraternal organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League(UNIA-ACL), became a powerful force in the 1920s, after Garvey held the group’s first convention in Harlem’s Liberty Hall on this day in 1920. For the entire month of August, Garvey and the UNIA held […]

Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh (pictured) has a talent for stirring up controversy by using cheap shock tactics to express racist sentiment and often goalless criticism of liberals and Democrats. The bombastic media personality also has a knack for speaking out of turn, especially when it comes to Black people. On Tuesday, during […]

The hazing death case of Pvt. Danny Chen (pictured) at the hands of Army Sgt. Adam Holcomb took a new turn on Tuesday in Fort Bragg, N.C., after Holcomb pleaded for mercy in an emotional admission of his wrongdoing. Chen, a New York native of Asian descent, was a victim of a vicious hazing that […]

On Monday (July 30), the genealogy experts at the website Ancestry.com unveiled research that connected President Barack Obama to the first African slave enslaved for life in America: John Punch was revealed to be the President’s 11th great-grandfather, this according to painstaking research done by the website. However, the interesting angle of the revelation is […]

Decatur Dorsey was a Union Army soldier who played a valuable role during a key battle during the American Civil War. (No photo of Dorsey is widely available or known to exist) “The Battle Of The Crater” took place in the town of Petersburg in Virginia, sparking a long-running series of clashes between Union and […]

Politically active rapper and activist Jasiri X is not shy about speaking out about racism, police brutality, and a host of other issues that plague the Black and Latino community. The Pittsburgh native has also challenged the NYPD’s “Stop And Frisk” law and has previously taken aim at the Tea Party and other targets. His […]

On Thursday, the Obama re-election campaign announced that First Lady Michelle Obama is spearheading yet another campaign of her own: “It Takes One.” The new campaign speaks directly to her husband’s grassroots-organizing roots and was inspired by a story the First Lady told about how she and President Barack Obama would go on door-to-door visits with […]

Mitt Romney and his presidential campaign have entered the attack mode of their media strategy, dogging President Barack Obama after his recent campaign visit in Virginia gave the Romney camp fuel for criticism. Conservative talking heads and various media outlets have seized on Obama’s words and are hurling around terms, such as “crony capitalism” and […]

Former President of South Africa and humanitarian Nelson “Madiba” Mandela (pictured) would have been 96 today. The world lost the great leader and proponent of change in December 2013, and today we honor Madiba’s valiant fight for justice and equality for his people on his glorious day of birth. From now and until the end of […]

The impact that saxophonist John William Coltrane (pictured) left on the jazz scene is still quite resonant, even 45 years after his passing. As one of the innovators of modal jazz, Coltrane made his name first playing as a sideman in gigs with other jazz greats, such as trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. […]