By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO As the 2020 race for Presidency of the United States unfolds, climate change is amongst one of the most pressing issues that the candidates are being asked to share their plan of action for. Americans across the United States are collectively acknowledging the climate crisis that has been unfolding […]
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Bill Introduced to Improve Maternal Healthcare
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com Expectant mothers face challenges when seeking quality prenatal care in the District of Columbia. Economic and transportation barriers contribute to the District’s infant mortality rate which is amongst the worst in the nation. In 2018 there were an average of 36.1 deaths for every 100,000 live births […]
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Teen Dead After Weekend Shooting
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO Two shootings this past weekend in the District left three people injured, including two children, and one teenager dead. Two shootings this past weekend in the District left three people injured, including two children, and one teenager dead. A father and his two children were waiting at a bus […]
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Don’t Say “She Cuts Good For A Girl”
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO When Lesley Bryant opened The Lady Clipper Barber Shop in 2017, she wanted it to serve people of all races, genders, sexual orientations and ages in part because she remembers what it’s like being bullied. Bryant, 38, was born in Trinidad and when she arrived in Washington, D.C. at […]
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AFRO Exclusive: Teen Artist Tackles Female Oppression Through Art
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com If you don’t know the name Naja Elon Webb now, commit it to your memory. A recent graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Webb has boosted her resume in a major way the summer between high school and freshman year of college at Cooper Union University. From […]
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Unveiling Freedom
By Xavier Underwood When most think of the National Archives, the Bill of Rights, Constitution of the United States, or the Declaration of Independence, known collectively as the “Charters of Freedom” comes to mind. I was excited to visit the National Archives on June 19 for another reason. Albeit, we never learned in school the […]
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Pepco Powers Ward 6
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com As the nation celebrated Juneteenth and the official ending to American chattel slavery, Pepco commemorated the historic date with the official ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly restored James C. Dent House in Southwest, D.C. Dent was a former slave, turned farmer and pastor of Moriah Baptist Church in S.W, […]
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Refugee Chefs Showcase Skills
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO, mgray@afro.com The flavors of the world were shared by refugee chefs during the first Tables Without Borders multi restaurant event in the District of Columbia. Five separate establishments gave chefs who are seeking asylum a chance to prepare their specialty dishes for guests between June 17 – 22. […]
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Officer Tased Innocent Black Man
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com In another case of, “racist, White cops,” on June 22 a Black man on D.C.’s metro was tased essentially because he looked like he was about to fight. Yes, you read that right. Not because he put his hands on an officer or committed a crime; but because he, […]
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D.C. Council Members Participate in Rally for ‘Justice for Janitors’ Day
By WI Web Staff WASHINGTON INFORMER — Honoring the 29th anniversary of “Justice for Janitors Day,” D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilmember Elissa Silverman readied to join hundreds of 32BJ SEIU janitors to march downtown during Wednesday afternoon rush hour to protest a non-union cleaning contractor under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]
