Mayor Muriel Bowser greets a four-month old and mingles in Ward 4 for the “Day of Action,” which was created to influence residents to get the COVID-19 vaccination. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com This reporter is working from Chicago, but got a text this weekend that D.C. Mayor Muriel […]
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Posted inNEWS
Uber passenger high on PCP, pleads guilty for killing driver and rider in 2019
Aaron Wilson (top photo) will serve 50 years of an 80-year sentence after killing Casey Robinson (bottom left) and Beaudovin Tchakounte (bottom right) on August 27, 2019 in an Uber shared ride after smoking PCP. (Screengrabs) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor mgreen@afro.com A ride-sharing nightmare is now seeing some semblance of […]
Posted inDistrict of Columbia Government
Norton notes Republicans once supported Statehood despite hesitations now
With Democratic support, D.C. Statehood passed in the House (216-208) on April 22, however Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) pointed out that Republican leaders were once supportive of giving the nation’s capital full voting rights in Congress and the Senate. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Content Editor For the second time […]
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Glenn Close shouts out D.M.V. at Oscars by doing ‘Da Butt’
Actress Glenn Close doing ‘Da Butt’ dance at the 2021 Oscars. (AP Photo) By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Content Editor mgreen@afro.com While the Oscars had Black social media users fuming after actors Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman did not receive Academy Awards for their noteworthy performances in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, there […]
Posted inNEWS
Biden and national leaders support D.C. Statehood
By Micha Green D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com As the House prepares to vote and expects to pass H.R. 51- Washington, D.C. Admission Act on April 22, national leaders, including President Joe Biden, expressed support to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. “For far too long, the more than 700,000 people of Washington, D.C. have […]
Posted inLIFE & STYLE
Spring breakers can tour the world right in Baltimore
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com With the COVID-19 pandemic still plaguing cities across the United States and globe, some families might be reluctant to travel internationally. However, while many in the Washington Metropolitan area, might not consider taking a trip to Baltimore a true vacation, there are plenty sights across Charm City that […]
Posted inCoronavirus
DC CAN app notifies users of COVID-19 exposure
DC CAN will create By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the country and world, with “DC CAN,” the nation’s capital is joining public health authorities around the globe in using technology to expeditiously track and notify users who have potentially been exposed to the infection and reduce […]
Posted inD.C. Community
Leaders remember President of Washington Teachers Union after tragic Easter Sunday death
Washington Teachers Union President Elizabeth Davis, affectionately known as Liz, died in a two-car crash on April 4. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The well-known and beloved President of the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU), Elizabeth Davis, 70, died tragically in a two-car crash on the evening of Easter Sunday. With her […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
D.C. multicultural beauty highlighted in new OCTFME, BET HER
BET and The DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment (OCTFME) teamed up for the five-part, 30-minute, weekly series Urban Beauty TV. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com While Hollywood might be known as the hub of glam, BET and the District of Columbia Office of Cable Television, […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Second Pfizer dose done, feeling thankful, empowered
D.C. Editor Micha Green received her second COVID-19 vaccine on March 25, and streamed the process on Facebook Live. (Screenshot) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Well I’ve done it. On March 25 I received the second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and while I’m still not playing games with COVID-19 and proudly […]
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Georgia Republicans rush to enact modern day voter suppression
Rep. Park Cannon was arrested for simply knocking on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office, after he quickly signed legislation that is being likened to modern day Jim Crow. (Courtesy Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com After the abolition of slavery in 1865, it took a century of activism, at the risk of punishment […]
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President Obama’s Granny, ‘Mama Sarah,’ advocated for girls, orphans
Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, died on March 29. (AP Photo) By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor While Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama may not have been President Barack Obama’s biological grandmother, her nature as a leader, advocate and voice for the underrepresented was something that the former U.S. President shared with his […]