By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Damonte Dodd, former University of Maryland (UMD) basketball player, had to surrender his passport but is free on his own recognizance after a bail hearing on July 12, following rape charges for an incident in November. Dodd, 24 was charged by Prince George’s County police last week with raping […]
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Metro’s Biggest Union Voted to Strike. Will They?
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Metro workers are fed up, and on July 15 many frontline workers from its largest union voted to allow its leadership to call for a strike– a form of protesting currently illegal to its members. “Thousands of members turned out for the strike authorization vote yesterday meeting in Forestville, […]
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Review Highlights Metro Police Missteps During Inaugural Protests
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO The Police Foundation recently released an independent review of the Metropolitan Police Department’s interactions with demonstrators during the 2017 Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump that highlights several MPD blunders. The review was commissioned by the Police Complaints Board – the governing body of the District’s Office of Police […]
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What Does It Take to Start a Business in Ward 7?
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Entrepreneurs who operate their businesses in the District of Columbia’s Eastern End often complain about getting capital to fund their businesses. However, a lending expert with the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF) recently told a group of entrepreneurs how small business financing works. Stephanie Thomas is the director […]
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DC Girls Joined Street Child World Cup in Moscow
By Tyra Wilkes, Special to the AFRO Caption: Children playing at Tubman Elementary Soccer Field, a soccer camp site. Nine DC SCORES alumni were honored with a D.C. Council proclamation for their participation in the Street Child World Cup held during the 2018 World Cup tournament in Moscow, Russia. The group of teen girls who continue […]
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D.C. Committee on Education Names New Director
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Akeem Anderson, a former D.C. Public Schools employee, has been appointed as the new director of the D.C. City Council’s Committee on Education, Chairman David Grosso (I-At Large) announced July 10. In his new position, which started June 25, Anderson said he’s most interested in closing the achievement […]
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This Family Business is Super Sweet
By Lauren Poteat, Special to the AFRO Southwest D.C. just got a little sweeter, with the opening of a brand new soda pop shop right in the heart of the District’s beloved Wharf. Initially a father’s dream, the “Southwest Soda Pop Shop,” run by four dynamic young Black sistas (literally), made its official debut in early […]
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How 2 Communities in DC, One White One Black, Work Together
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The District of Columbia has a history of racial division. Lately, that has been heightened by its growing affluent White population and a Black populace struggling to stay in the city. However, not all Blacks and Whites are at odds. The majority Black Hillcrest Community Civic Association and the predominantly White Palisades […]
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Welcome to ‘Ben’s Chili Bowl Way’
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com One of the District of Columbia’s most popular and iconic eateries will have the block in front of it renamed in its honor. The D.C. Council passed emergency legislation, “The Ben’s Chili Bowl Way Designation Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2018 that was co-sponsored by D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson […]
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Hari Jones, Noted Curator and Historian, Dies at 59
By Brigette White, Special to the AFRO Hari Jones was the assistant director and curator of the African American Civil War Freedom Foundation and Museum in Washington, D.C., a writer, lecturer, historian, a motivational speaker, a content developer, a content advisor, an independent history consultant and on the Board of Directors of the National Civil War […]
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All Star Weekend Showcases Next Generation
By Mark F. Gray, Special to the AFRO Two events designed to attract more African American youth participation to the national pastime will be played during the Major League Baseball’s All-Star weekend celebration around the District of Columbia. The Major Junior Baseball League (MJBL) and MLB are giving inner city teams an unprecedented stage by hosting […]
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Allen Wants to Represent All of D.C. on the Council
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The already crowded race for the D.C. Council at-large independent seat has added another candidate and this one promises to be potent. Former District of Columbia Banking Commissioner S. Kathryn Allen is seeking the non-Democrat elected at-large to the council on Nov. 6. “I am running because I believe very strongly […]