By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com 20 lives lost in just 14 days due to violence in the District. In two weeks people’s mothers, fathers, sons, brothers, sisters, cousins and friends were taken by barrels of guns and the murderers who pulled those triggers. None of them were perfect human beings when they started […]
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Stop the Violence: 11-Year-Old is Killed in Violent Weekend
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In what is, generally, Muriel Bowser’s daily COVID-19 press briefing, the D.C. Mayor took the time to address the violence in the District over the weekend that took the lives of three DMV residents, including that of 11-year-old Davon McNeal on the 1400 block of Cedar Street Southeast. […]
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D.C. Launches Paid Family Leave Program
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com During some of the most critical moments in their lives, D.C. residents won’t have to worry about sacrificing a paycheck in order to take care of themselves and family, as the District launched its Paid Family Leave program on July 1. “After five years of working with advocates, […]
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As City Reopens Officials Push Safety
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Summer is officially here, the Fourth of July weekend is underway and stores shelves are filled with decorations and foods for people to have events and cookouts. However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues and local officials are warning residents to continue to remain safe despite the feel-good time […]
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Congress Votes on D.C. Statehood
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The District is one step closer to becoming the 51st state. On June 26, the House of Representatives voted to pass l H-R 51, also known as the D.C. Statehood Bill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), or as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser calls her, “our warrior on the […]
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D.C. Enters Phase Two
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Despite the continued spread of COVID-19, the nation’s capital entered its second phase of reopening on June 22, meaning that non-essential businesses and restaurants are open for indoor shopping and dining at 50 percent of occupancy, and requiring clientele to wear masks and maintain social distancing protocol- remaining […]
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Congressional Leaders To Vote for D.C. Statehood
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com June 26 will be a historic day in Congressional and District of Columbia record, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D- California) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D- Maryland) announced that is the day when the House will vote on D.C. statehood. Pelosi, Hoyer, D.C.’s Representative to Congress Eleanor […]
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Juneteenth: Celebrating and Still Fighting
Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The celebration of Juneteenth comes during a revolutionary time in America, where hundreds of thousands protestors are emphasizing the importance of Black Lives and fighting for equity and true freedom. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863 technically freeing all slaves, it took two years on June 19, […]
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Silverman’s Tweet Deflects Support for Black Lives Matter DC
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com On June 8 activists from Black Lives Matter and other concerned residents asked Council member Elissa Silverman (I- At-large) via Twitter if she would defund the police; however, while the Jewish politician expressed her support of the movement, she used her reply for a backhanded deflection towards support […]
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D.C. Council Passes Emergency Police Reform Bill
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com After more than two weeks of protests in the nation’s capital and worldwide, with thousands speaking out against police brutality and systemic racism, on June 9, the District of Columbia Council voted unanimously to pass emergency legislation that will dramatically affect the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The Comprehensive […]
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Mayor Announces Slow Streets for Public Social Distancing
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The District of Columbia is in its first phase of reopening and creeping towards criteria that would constitute Phase Two; and with the summer sun in full effect, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is now offering Washingtonians a way to be out and about, while also social distancing. On […]
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VIDEO: Activists Demand D.C. ‘Defund’ Police Amid Peaceful Protests After City Renames Street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’
Washington — Thousands marched and protested against police brutality in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, keeping the May 25 death of George Floyd on the White House’s collective mind by demanding the city defund its police force. Just one person was arrested, according to the Washington Metropolitan Police Department. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser designed a city […]