Hamil Harris

Washington, D.C., United States

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Hamil Harris is an award winning journalist who has worked for the Afro, the Washington Post and the Washington Informer. He now teaches at Howard University.

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Articles

'Hope is Active': Local Faith Leaders Combat Injustice Through Holy Week, Easter Messages

1 week ago | washingtoninformer.com | Hamil Harris

At an uncertain time for the District, nation and world, as the Trump administration continues to terminate jobs and programs and furlough federal workers across the country, many local pastors are combining Holy Week and Easter messages with charitable efforts to help their members and beyond. “It is a tragedy in terms of what we have had to experience,” said the Rev.
At An Uncertain Time, Federal Workers And Ministers Keep The Faith

3 weeks ago | religionunplugged.com | Hamil Harris

‘Be strong in the Lord’Floyd Williamson, minister for the Silver Spring Church of Christ in Maryland, began the year with a series of lessons he titled “Be Strong in the Lord.”“I have focused on sermons that address comfort, compassion, unity and accepting differences,” Williamson said. “The sermons are not specifically directed to one thing but generally for us as Christians. We need to be strong and compassionate.
Supreme Court Forces Trump to Pay Foreign Aid Groups

4 weeks ago | ourweekly.com | Hamil Harris

(TriceEdneyWire.com) – In a 5-4 decision the United States Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to cut billions of dollars in funding and aid in foreign countries, which would have caused thousands – perhaps millions of children and adults – to lose food, medicine and critical resources.
At an uncertain time, federal workers and ministers keep the faith

4 weeks ago | christianchronicle.org | Hamil Harris

WASHINGTON — Every Sunday, some of the roughly 450,000 federal workers in the nation’s capital region worship at one of the Churches of Christ across the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia — known as the DMV.
Celebrating 60 years of The Washington Informer's commitment to faith

1 month ago | washingtoninformer.com | Hamil Harris

**FILE** The Rev. E. Gail Anderson Holness speaks at MLK Holiday DC Annual Breakfast in January 2023 at THEARC in Southeast D.C. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer) From coverage, to collaboration and community work, reporting on and partnering with faith leaders have been part of The Washington Informer’s foundation since its founding more than 60 years ago.
Highlighting The Informer's Passion for Education, Building Future Storytellers

1 month ago | washingtoninformer.com | Hamil Harris

**FILE** Washington Informer Managing Editor Micha Green (seated right) with students from Archbishop Carroll’s Jim Vance Media Program in February 2023. (WI photo) As a fellow for The Washington Informer through Comcast NBCUniversal’s Digital Equity Local Voices Lab, Jada Ingleton knows and appreciates the value of the 60-year publication’s educational outreach.
Selma at 60: Black clergy recall ‘Bloody Sunday’ with concerns for the future

1 month ago | timeswv.com | Hamil Harris

This story was originally published by Religion Unplugged and is reprinted here with permission. Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of civil rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest campaigns of the 1960s.
Selma At 60: Black Clergy Recall ‘Bloody Sunday’ With Concerns For The Future

1 month ago | julieroys.com | Hamil Harris |Julie Roys

Sixty years after John Lewis and hundreds of Civil Rights activists were beaten by the Alabama State Police, thousands returned to Selma and the Edmund Pettus Bridge to remember one of the bloodiest campaigns of the 1960s. The event was the highlight of the “Bridge Crossing Jubilee,” which this past Sunday commemorated the 60th anniversary of the march across the bridge.
60 Years Since Selma: Religious, Political Leaders Talk Next Steps Ahead

1 month ago | washingtoninformer.com | Byron Donalds |Hamil Harris

Although many freedom fighters and faith leaders make the yearly March pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama in commemoration of the hundreds of civil rights activists injured by police on March 7, 1965 — a day better known as Bloody Sunday — the 2025 gathering was particularly important. This year’s convening was more than a 60th anniversary of the activists’ attempt to cross from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, before successfully doing so weeks later on March 24, 1965.
Supreme Court Forces Trump to Pay Foreign Aid Groups

1 month ago | minorityreporter.net | Hamil Harris

In a 5-4 decision the United States Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to cut billions of dollars in funding and aid in foreign countries, which would have caused thousands - perhaps millions of children and adults - to lose food, medicine and critical resources.