Author Archives: DorothyRowley

The wait is over. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee finally answered the much discussed question of whether she would retain her post under Mayor-elect Vincent Gray’s administration: She announced her resignation Wednesday during a press conference at the Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. Flanked by Gray, Mayor Adrian Fenty and her interim successor Deputy Chancellor […]

When it comes to spending the most on electricity, Washington, D.C., is listed among 10 U.S. jurisdictions that has barred no holds. Holding fourth place ahead of the District is North Dakota, and Alabama ranked No. 6. Farther down the list is the state of Maryland, which placed 36th. Those are the findings of a […]

Washington, D.C. lawmakers and motorists as well as commuters are condemning a parking toll increase this month as being a band-aid for the city’s bleeding revenue bank rather than an answer to motorists’ needs. Earlier this year, the District Department of Transportation began enforcing parking meter fares on Saturdays at metered spaces across the city. […]

In keeping with its annual tradition of helping minority students and their parents learn more about health, science and the medical field, SciLife is gearing up for its fifth daylong presentation Oct. 16 at the L’Enfant Plaza Hotel. Event coordinator Cassandra Isom told the AFRO that the SciLife program – which is modeled after a […]

Shootings that took place in the District following a funeral on Tuesday, leaving one person dead and another injured, could have been gang-related, Police Chief Cathy Lanier told reporters. Still, the investigation is ongoing and a motive has not been indentified, said Lanier, who briefed reporters on the scene at 13th and U streets near […]

A District-based organization that advocates for the eradication of worldwide hunger recently extended its appeals to include assistance from the Black press. In doing so, officials for the nonprofit Bread for the World (BFW) discussed new data on poverty among African Americans during a roundtable at the National Press Club. “We wanted the Black press […]

A local advocacy group, which in the past has voiced its support for Oprah Winfrey to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, has now lashed out at the talk show queen who recently launched her show’s last season on TV by sending an army of super fans on a trip to Australia. The mega giveaway, geared […]

Alleging that Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration wanted a different kind of workforce in place at the troubled Child and Family Services Agency, nine of its former workers recently filed a class action lawsuit charging that their terminations earlier this year were laced with race and age discrimination. “There was a pattern of dismissing primarily Black […]

Now that Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration is history, the fate of education reform in Washington, D.C.’s public schools system remains to be seen. Fenty lost his bid for a second term at the city’s helm in the heated Sept. 14 mayoral primary against City Council Chairman Vincent Gray. While the mayor-elect has already begun acting […]