By Micha Green, AFRO Staff Writer, mgreen@afro.com As the District faces its own escalating homicide rates, the entire nation is seeing a rise in gun violence and the shoe company TOMS held a rally alongside other organizations and activists in hopes of putting an end to the worsening numbers, heal communities and appropriately regulate who’s purchasing the […]
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Efforts to Build National Cathedral of Ghana Underway
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Hundreds of guests gathered in gowns and tuxedos or traditional West African garb for the official, presidential launch to raise funds for the building of the National Cathedral of Ghana, a promise President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made to God and his country if elected. “I made a pledge […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, NEWS, Washington D.C. News
Alvin Ailey Brings Nostalgia and Hope for Today
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In a time of division and racial tension in the United States, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought unity and healing through art in their performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Northwest, Washington, D.C. From Feb. 5- 10 audiences packed into the Kennedy […]
Posted inD.C. Government, District of Columbia Government, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government, Washington D.C. News
DCYD New Executive Committee Calls for Northam’s Resignation
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com After celebrating the new Executive Committee for D.C. Young Democrats (DCYD) Thursday evening, on Friday the fresh team woke up to controversy surrounding Governor Ralph Northam’s (D-VA) racist yearbook pictures, and launched them into action to address the leader of the District’s neighboring state. Newly elected Executive Committee members […]
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Pointer Ridge Accident Claims Lives of Five Children
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A family is in mourning after a single car accident claimed the lives of five children and injured two adults on Saturday morning in Bowie, MD. The children are reportedly extended relatives according to Capital Gazette. A woman, Sarita Johnson-Herald, believed to be the grandmother of many of the […]
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Former D.C. Policeman Headed to Prison
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A former D.C. police officer pled guilty to two counts of sex trafficking of minors and now faces a minimum of 10 years and maximum of 20 years in prison. Chukwuemeka Ekwonna, 29, of Glenn Dale admitted to paying two different teenagers to perform sexual acts for him in […]
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Broccoli City Offers Tickets to Furloughed Employees
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com With 33 days and counting of the partial government shutdown Broccoli City is hoping to bring joy to furloughed federal employees. On the same day the United States celebrated the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy, Broccoli City announced that it is offering two general admission […]
Posted inBaltimore News, Maryland Government, National News, NEWS, POLITICS, Prince George's County News
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman to Get Statues in MD State House
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Some of the most nationally recognized Marylanders happen to be Black, were slaves and made a huge impact on American history; yet they’re just now getting statues in the Maryland State House. Abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, who famously helped over 300 slaves escape the South into freedom, […]
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D.C. Young Democrats to Hold Vote
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Young Washingtonians are working to get their community civically engaged and are holding an election on Jan. 31 to make sure their peers’ voices are heard. From 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, the D.C. Young Democrats (DCYD) are welcoming any District registered voters ages 18-35 to vote in the DCYD […]
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D.C. Council Overrides Bowser’s Veto of Fare Evasion Decriminalization
Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com When Mayor Muriel Bowser used her power for a rare veto of a bill that would decriminalize metro fare evasion, much of the D.C. Council and local advocacy organizations spoke out against her decision. So when the District of Columbia Council voted 11-2 to override the veto last week, organizations […]
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Black Furloughed Workers Share Grievances at DMV Town Hall
By Micha Green AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The government shutdown has been going on over a month and furloughed workers are hurting. “It hurts physically and it hurts mentally,” said Tyra McClelland a member of the Local 727 union of the American Federation of Government Employees. On the 31st day of the partial government […]
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Bowser Vetoes Decriminalization of Metro Fare Evasion
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In a rare move, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser vetoed the D.C. Council’s decision to decriminalize metro fare evasion. Her second time issuing a veto, the mayor decided to send the bill back to the council in concerns that decriminalizing the act will exacerbate the metro fare evasion […]