By The Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — Maryland State Police say a woman fleeing a crash tried to hit an off-duty police officer, who then clung onto the car […]
Category: Washington D.C. News
Bowser Names Indianapolis Superintendent as DCPS Chancellor, Council Will Not Confirm Pick Until New Year
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com After nine months of Dr. Amanda Alexander serving as the Interim Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Mayor Muriel Bowser announced […]
Barry’s Legacy Remembered
By MARK F. GRAY, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com For the fourth consecutive year the legacy of former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion S. Barry was honored by those trying to follow in the […]
New Affordable Housing Units Coming to Southeast
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On Nov. 27, District of Columbia leaders broke ground on the Residences at St. Elizabeths East, providing high-quality affordable housing units to the Congress […]
New YouTube Show Entertaining and Educating LGBTQ Youth
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Advocates for Youth, a national non-profit focusing on young people’s sexual reproductive health and rights, is providing fun-filled entertainment packed with a lesson particularly […]
AFRO Editorial Cartoonist’s Work on Display in D.C.
By Renee Foose, Special to the AFRO Fifty years ago, following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his wife, Coretta Scott King, founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent […]
Devin White: Music, and Mental Health
By Nyame-Kye Kondo, AFRO Contributor Over the years the entertainment industry has maintained the appearance of mental stability when it comes to many popular public figures. In the last decade it […]
Tech Company Innovates Foster Care
By J. K. Schmid, AFRO Staff A Falls Church non-profit has won first place at the inaugural Innovate for Good Challenge. The winner, Connect Our Kids, is developing data-driven intelligent […]
REPORT: None of the 28 Top Staffers in House and Senate are People of Color
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia WASHINGTON – The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has released six detailed reports on the troubling lack of racial diversity among […]
Professors at HU Break Down Black Women in the 2018 Elections
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com 2018 marks 50 years since the first Black woman Shirley Chisholm (D-NY) was elected to the U.S. Congress; and in 2018 Black women have continued […]
Black Chef Says, ‘This Industry Isn’t Easy For Folks Like Us’
By Lenore T. Adkins, AFRO Contributor Jerome Grant, executive chef of Sweet Home Café, the popular restaurant inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, has some simple […]
Democratic Leaders Emphasize the Fight for Justice During Conference
By Brianna McAdoo, AFRO Staff Writer, bmcadoo@afro.com Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network brought the action to the Hill with the Legislative & Policy Conference held November 13 and 14. Over a […]