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Posted inWashington D.C. News
Once Homeless, Washington D.C. High School Football Player Focuses on College
Students in the District of Columbia are required to complete 100 hours of community service before graduating high school. Most high school seniors meticulously keep track of their hours until they reach their goal, but for Robert Morina, a senior at Washington, D.C.’s Eastern High School, giving back to his community is second nature. Morina’s […]
Posted inNational News
Black Congressional Lawmakers Initiate Campaign to Increase Black Voter November Turnout
Reps. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) launched a new Congressional Voting Rights Caucus on May 25, 2016. (Courtesy Photos) African American voters will not sit out the upcoming election despite President Obama’s absence from the ballot, several Black lawmakers said—but they aren’t taking any chances with voter suppression. Reps. Marc […]
Posted inPrince George's County News
D.C. Resident to Open Area Dance Center for Youth
(Updated 05/31/2016) A Washington, D.C. resident hopes to build upon her previous work with youth by opening an independent dance center to serve even more local children. Nya Johnson has a long history in dance, has volunteered with special needs youth at the Maryland Youth Ballet, and has offered afterschool programming to D.C. Public Schools […]
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D.C. Police, Residents Hopeful for Resolution in Homicide of Slain Journalist
27-year-old Capital Community News reporter, Charnice Milton. (Courtesy Photo) The family of a local reporter who was killed in Southeast Washington, D.C. a year earlier gathered May 27 to honor the anniversary of the woman’s death, and to urge witnesses to come forward in both her case and in the city’s other unsolved homicides. According […]
Posted inNational News
Social Media Buzzing over Black Harvard Grad’s Spoken-Word Speech
Harvard Graduate Donovan Livingston. (Screengrab from YouTube video) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Social media is buzzing over a Harvard graduate’s poetic commencement speech, which has garnered millions of views and the attention of celebrities. Donovan Livingston, who received his master’s degree in education, addressed his classmates Wednesday with a spoken-word poem outlining the historic obstacles […]
Posted inNational News
Presidential Race Shows Country’s Deep Seated Racial Strife
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally, Friday, May 27, 2016 in Fresno, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) WASHINGTON (AP) — It started with Mexicans being publicly compared by presidential candidate Donald Trump to criminals and rapists. It escalated to ejections, to sucker punches, to pepper spray. And now violence and strife seems to […]
Posted inNational News
Hate Crimes on U.S. College Campuses on the Decline
New data from the National Center for Educational Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that the number of reported hate crimes on the campuses of U.S. colleges and universities has slightly decreased. In a study entitled “Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2015” the agencies reported that 781 hate crimes on college campuses […]
Posted inNational News
11 States Sue Obama Administration over Transgender Bathroom Policy
Eleven states filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration on May 25, contesting its directive that schools should allow transgender students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity instead of their biological sex, or risk losing federal funds. Texas, West Virginia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Utah and Maine hope that the […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Pepco Preps for Hurricane Season with New State- of-the Art Mobile Command Unit
In an effort to prepare for what is expected to be the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 2012, Washington, D.C. area utility Pepco unveiled a state-of-the-art vehicle that will monitor storm developments and pinpoint areas where disaster assistance may be needed. On May 25, Pepco officials introduced the mobile command unit at its office in […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Could New Software Prevent the Next Freddie Gray Incident?
Baltimore police hope that a new piece of software may help prevent the circumstances which led to the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody last year. At a May 24 press conference, Baltimore City Police Department Commissioner Kevin Davis introduced a new piece of software, called the Power Document Management System, or Power […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Charm City Chocolate Adds to the Sweet Life in Hampden
Todd and Michelle Zimmerman run Charm City Chocolates in Baltimore. (Courtesy photo) After years of helping run the family chocolate business in Greenville, South Carolina, Todd and Michelle Zimmerman said they fell in love with the idea of starting their own chocolate shop in Baltimore. Earlier this year, they opened Charm City Chocolate with the […]