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 Indianapolis Superintendent Dr. Lewis D. Ferebee as her choice to permanently fill the position. A teacher and a son of educators, Ferebee has led Indianapolis […]
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Baker and Democrats Call Out Trump for Personal Investment in FBI Headquarters Location
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com As Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker approaches the end of his second term, he shared his extreme disappointment in the decision to not move the FBI headquarters to Prince George’s County- one of Baker’s major projects during his time as County Executive. “I think this was a loss […]
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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 Heights neighborhood in Ward 8. For D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 8 Council member Trayon White, this groundbreaking is more than just a way […]
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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 targeting LGBTQ youth, through the new YouTube show “Kikis with Louie.” “Kiki,” a common term used in the Queer community, is normally a conversational session […]
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Prince George’s County Teacher Still Employed Despite Racist Comments
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Social media has been a means of shedding light on prejudice, and when Dawn Nichelle Lennon pulled out her phone to record the White woman who called her husband “the N word” because of the way he backed out of a Walmart parking lot, she became yet another activist […]
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Forum Emphasizes Faith as a Means of Combating Poverty
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On a cold, snowy Thursday, students, professionals and the politically active packed into the Heritage Foundation for an Anti-Poverty forum, Nov. 15, where several panelists spoke on the topic of poverty and how to combat it in 2018. Speakers included Sen. Marco Rubio (D-Fl.), pastor, author and former […]
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Family of Girl Shocked at MGM Plans to Sue
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On Nov.18, Rydricka Rosier posted a video of her family celebrating her daughter, Zynae Green’s, seventh birthday in a hospital room rather than home, after she was electrocuted at the MGM National Harbor in June. “Today is my baby’s birthday. Thanks to everyone for celebrating but it breaks my […]
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TV One Launches a Channel for Millennial and Gen X Women of Color
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In January young women of color will have a channel dedicated to them, brought to audiences through TV ONE’s new station, CLEO TV. Named after Queen Cleopatra, millennials and members of Generation X (Gen X’ers) will have a station to turn to for reliable lifestyle and entertainment content, in […]
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Dr. Johnetta Cole New NCNW President
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Renowned educator, leader and former president of Spellman College and Bennett College, Dr. Johnetta Cole, is enthusiastic to take on her new role as chair and seventh president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). Her appointment was announced during the closing session of the organization’s 58th Biennial […]
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Korean War Veteran Gets a New Home
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com After years of struggling in poverty and living in a dilapidated house, Pfc. Thomas Pressley, who served in the Korean War, received a particularly special Veterans Day gift- a renovated home. A North Carolina native, Pressley was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951, and served in the 75th […]
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A Memorial Or a Dicey Mix of Church and State?
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com For almost a century, Peace Cross has stood in the District of Columbia suburbs, as a symbol to recognize the fallen soldiers during World War I, yet now the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) must decide whether the emblem is simply a monument or a challenge to […]
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Naomi Wadler Uses Her Platform and Shaved Head to Remind People to Vote
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com A week before what former President Barack Obama called possibly the “most important election of our lifetimes,” the Washington Area Women’s Foundation gathered for their annual luncheon, yet it wasn’t full bellies people walked away with, but a call to action to vote, particularly from a big voice in […]