The Washington, D.C. area is gradually tugging at the title for hottest basketball pipeline in the U.S. The insertion of talented stars such as Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, Jeff Green, Michael Beasley, Ty Lawson and Sam Young into the NBA over the past few seasons is proof positive that the area is definitely home to […]
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Obama Addresses National Urban League Convention
WASHINGTON – President Obama defended his education initiative in a speech to the National Urban League conference July 29, days after the League and other civil rights groups sent him a 17-page letter criticizing the program, known as Race to the Top. “ fight for Race to the Top with everything I’ve got, including using […]
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‘I Knew It Was Racism,’ Shirley Sherrod Tells NABJ Convention
“I knew it was racism and no one had to tell me that” said Shirley Sherrod, the recently fired director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s rural development office in Georgia, as she answered questions July 29 at a panel discussion entitled “Context and Consequences: Conversation with Shirley Sherrod” during the National Association of Black […]
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Another Black Caucus Member Under Scrutiny
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has chosen to face an ethics trial rather than accept charges levied by the House ethics subcommittee. According to the L.A. Times, the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is confronting Waters over allegations that she helped OneUnited Bank, a Massachusetts-based, minority-owned bank in which her husband owned stock and […]
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JPI Report: In District, Poor + Black=Incarceration
In Washington, D.C., if you’re indigent and Black you are more likely to end up in the judicial system, according to a report released July 27 by the Justice Policy Institute. “Capital Concern: The disproportionate impact of the justice system on low-income communities in D.C.,” is a fraction of a nationally-focused report on the intersection […]
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Latino Group Endorses Gray
The D.C. Latino Caucus is going to bat for mayoral contender Vincent Gray. In providing its landslide endorsement earlier this month, the Caucus, which serves as the official voice for Latinos in the District’s Democratic State Committee, voted 37 to 1 in favor of the current City Council chairman. The vote came in stark opposition […]
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District’s Medical Marijuana Bill Clears Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Having gained Congress’ nod of approval, the District’s Marijuana for Medical Treatment Amendment Act of 2010 has cleared its final hurdle. But considering that local officials now face the tasks of dealing with dispensary applications and establishing regulations, it’s likely to be early next year before the law goes into full effect. […]
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D.C. Launches Tax Amnesty
The District of Columbia is one of several jurisdictions implementing tax amnesty periods this year as governments nationwide seek to close budget gaps. That’s great news for delinquent taxpayers who now have the opportunity to avoid prosecution, have their penalties and fees waived, and pay outstanding taxes and interest to the city government. These opportunities […]
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James Frazier Joins Mercy Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center recently welcomed Dr. James L. Frazier to its Central Maryland Neurosurgical Associates’ Department of Neurosurgery. Frazier, who previously served at the Department of Neurological Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, brings a wide range of expertise to his new position. After graduating from Brown University in Rhode Island, Frazier obtained his medical degree […]
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Reporter’s Book Signing
If passion is your pleasure and you still believe in love, then Baltimore resident and radio personality Harold Fisher had a treat for readers of his new romance novel. The WHUR Radio news reporter held his first Baltimore book signing for debut novel, Two Weeks until the Rest of my Life, at the Reginald F. […]
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Accomplice in Trooper Brown Murder Indicted
Prince George’s County States Attorney Glenn Ivey announced that Anthony A. Milton II, one of the suspects in the murder of Maryland State Trooper First Class Wesley Brown, was indicted by a grand jury on five counts for his alleged involvement in the shooting. Milton, 28, of Seat Pleasant, Md., is charged with first degree […]
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Metro Crash Explained, Finally
A faulty track circuit system was likely the cause of the June 22, 2009 rush hour Metro crash that claimed nine lives, injured several others and caused $25 million in damages, concluded federal officials Tuesday. More than a year following the horrific crash on the Red Line, the National Transportation Safety Board reported the results […]