By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com When George Clinton collaborated with Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Yo-Yo, KAM, MC Breed and Pupa Curley for the 1993 song, “Paint the White House Black,” it was a means of positive protest against systemic racism, police brutality and unjust treatment of Black communities. Some 27 years […]
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Washington DC — The Nation’s Capital
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Norton Condemns Senator Lee’s Attack on D.C. Mayor, Frequent Home-Rule Violator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Senator Mike Lee’s (R-UT) statements that District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser is “ungrateful” and “must be stopped” from allegedly “evicting” the Utah National Guard and other state guards from D.C. hotels. Norton noted that state national guards have been deployed in D.C. by state […]
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Meet the Essential Worker
Interviewed By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper, native to the Washington Metropolitan Area, who is serving on the frontlines as a delivery service worker. AFRO: Tell us about your life as an artist before the pandemic? Le’Asha Julius is an actor and rapper serving as a delivery service […]
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D.C. Enters Phase One of Reopening
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s been over eight weeks since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a stay-at-home order for District residents and more than ten weeks since most of the city has been shutdown and in quarantine, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the fact that the novel coronavirus is still very […]
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D.C. Moving in Direction of Phased Reopening
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com It’s been over two months since D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urged District residents to stay at home and enacted an emergency shutdown of non-essential businesses due to COVID-19. Although she said D.C. would begin reopening on June 8, late last week, statistics showed tremendous improvement and Bowser hinted […]
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30,000 Masks Donated to HU Testing Site
By Xavier Underwood Special to the AFRO Having extended the District of Columbia’s stay-at-home order until June 8, Mayor Muriel Bowser has been battling with a number of businesses and residents disregarding her orders. Bowser’s monitions for wearing facemasks when leaving the house for essential trips have grown substantially in an effort to flatten the […]
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Bowser Releases Budget Amid COVID Crisis
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Amid the coronavirus pandemic plaguing the nation’s capital, with 7,434 residents testing positive and 400 lives lost as of May 18, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser released her Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Proposed Budget, which she has named #DCHOPE. Despite the economic concerns surrounding the Mayor’s emergency […]
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Millennial Politicians Fight for Equity in D.C.
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While the District of Columbia may have a reputation for having long-serving leaders such as: former Mayor and current Council member Vincent Gray (D-Ward 7); former Council member Jack Evans (who served for about 28 years on the Council before his resignation in January); Mayor Muriel Bowser, who […]
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Meet Ward 7 Candidate Veda Rasheed
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray served on the Council before being mayor and most recently has held the seat of Ward 7 Council member since 2016. While the incumbent has a resume filled with experience, a local Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and attorney, Veda Rasheed, is hoping to dethrone […]
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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest, D.C. In her […]
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#TeachersAppreciation
Interviewed by Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Happy Teacher’s Appreciation Week! The AFRO salutes teachers all year round, but during these unprecedented times, the world has truly seen that educators are real-life superheroes that are essential to society. As we celebrate all teachers, this week we’re highlighting District of Columbia Public Schools middle school science […]
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Despite COVID-19 Mayor Launches Crime Prevention Plans
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com While Mayor Muriel Bowser’s current COVID-19 response involves a stay-at-home order and closure of non-essential businesses through May 15, statistics in the District of Columbia do not support that re-opening target, with more than 5,100 residents having tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the beginning of the […]