An out-of-town education organization with a history of wrongly pocketing millions of taxpayer dollars by serving high school dropouts with short school days and home-based, “self-paced” computer learning is seeking to set up shop in Wards 7 and 8. The Pasadena, California-based nonprofit — Pathways in Education, or PIE — claims it wants to use […]
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D.C. Set to Honor ‘Mayor for Life’
Marion Barry served as the District’s mayor and on the D.C. Council. (AFRO File Photo) The D.C. Commission to Commemorate and Recognize the Honorable Marion S. Barry Jr., recently gave recommendations to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on how the District can honor the late political icon. On Nov. 23, the one-year anniversary of Barry’s death, Bowser was […]
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Psychologist ‘Blaquesmith’ Reaches Out to Black Youth
Ramel Smith — “Blaquesmith”– began pushing for holistic, cognitive behavioral approaches to reach the youth in 2007. Whether faced with fears of being harmed, post-traumatic stress from witnessing violence, or being unduly cast as the nation’s boogeymen, young Black males have had few mental health professionals advocating for their behavioral and emotional well-being. That is, […]
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Bowser Defends Pepco-Exelon Merger
Muriel Bowser laid out her case for the Exelon-Pepco Merger. (AFRO File Photo) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), with the support of D.C. Council member LaRuby May (D- Ward 8), recently addressed a Ward 8 advisory neighborhood commission to set the record straight on some of the controversies of her administration. Bowser and May were […]
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Thanksgiving Comes Early to D.C.
Samuel Kava (George Washington University), Nathaniel Miller (University of Berkeley School of Law), Wendy Gomez (Dickenson College), and Cajay Jacobs (Cornell University), formed the Thanksgiving basket assembly line at Bread for the City. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Lines snaking through the lobby of Bread for the City, a full-scale social services agency for District […]
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HBCU Students Struggle Following End of Fed. Loan Program
September 2015 brought the end of the federally-funded Perkins loans program – a 57-year-old mainstay that infused more than $16 million in aid to District of Columbia students. With its loss, according to the Department of Education, nearly 5,000 District college students’ subsidies ended. As the costs for higher education continues to increase, many Black students […]
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Howard Students Protest Inadequate Band Scholarships
Once again students at Howard University in Washington, D.C. are petitioning the school to be more transparent with their financial status. The current petition stems from the university’s marching band staging protests during a football game over the perceived lack of full band scholarships. “Our initial platform was about our scholarships,” said Marcus Prince, a […]
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Is Now a Good Time to Buy A Home?
Michael Cassell The question, “Is now a good time to buy a home?” has only one real and honest answer. It depends. Among other things; it depends on you, your credit rating, income, funds available, how long you intend to live in the area, and a host of other considerations. Most authorities consider buying a […]
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Boycott Campaign Encourages No Black Friday Spending
Using the hashtag #NotOneDime, thousands of Americans, led by Rahiel Tesfamariam and Urban Cusp magazine, are encouraging a nationwide economic boycott of Black Friday to bring necessary focus to racial justice in the U.S. The campaign, created following the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri […]
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D.C. Orgs Feed the Hungry for Thanksgiving
D.C. Orgs Feed the Hungry for Thanksgiving Nov. 25 Ally and Women Veteran’s Initiative Turkey Baskets Financial services company Ally in conjunction with Women Veterans Interactive will be handing out turkey baskets from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the South East Vet Center, 820 Chesapeake Street SE. To register, contact Ginger Miller at info@womenveteransinteractive.org […]
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‘Close Up Baltimore’ Documents Everyday Baltimore Life
Baltimore is a big city with a small town feel. The 57 bus driver and I are on a first name basis, I still see the famous running man trotting around and my old YMCA instructor lives next to my best friend. I was a pipe fitter for a chemical plant for 30 years, retired […]
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Chicago Officer Charged with Murder in Killing of Black Teen
Laquan McDonald, unarmed but shot 16 times. (Courtesy Photo) A White Chicago police officer who shot a Black teenager 16 times was charged with murder on Nov. 24, just a day before the deadline a judge set for the city to release a squad-car video of the killing that officials fear will spark unrest. The […]
