Author Archives: Micha Green

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Native Washingtonian Samira Wiley, who gained fame in the character of Poussey Washington in Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black,” is celebrating an Emmy for the role of Moira on Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”- and her hometown is celebrating with her. Wiley was nominated for her second Emmy and […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com It’s been over three months since District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser revealed she assumed another position-motherhood- and until her appearance on Thursday’s “NBC 4 Today Show,” she’s been fairly private about her new addition. “It couldn’t be more perfect,” Bowser told NBC’s Hoda Kotb. “I got into politics.  […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Last week police released video of a furious young woman, now identified as Mariana Silver, banging on a Greyhound bus window before unapologetically driving away and hitting the bus driver in the process.  The video went viral, Silver is now in police custody and now her uncle is weighing […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Residents of Barry Farm Dwellings in Southeast, D.C. received a notice last week alarming them that “lead-based paint or lead-based paint hazards” had been identified throughout the housing complex.  EmpowerDC, an organization that works closely with the housing complexes in Ward 8, posted the notice on Twitter. “Why no […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com The last few days have been major in the investigation of the July 16 shooting rampage that killed 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson and injured several others in the Clay Terrace area of Northeast, D.C., as two suspects were arrested. Over the weekend, Qujuan Thomas, 20 of Southeast, D.C., was arrested […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A school in Southeast, D.C. underwent major renovations before opening its doors to students on Monday, and of the $52 million in changes to the school, the cheapest and most meaningful was updating its name. The school, formerly known as Benjamin Grayson Orr, was named after a slave holder […]

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com While authorities, family and friends are still searching for answers, police had their first breakthrough in the investigation of the July 16 murder of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, after arresting a man who they say carjacked the same car used in last month’s violent ambush. Wilson was getting ice cream, […]