By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, might allow someone to pass a urine test, but Washington, D.C. is asking is that worth risking death? With four District residents dead after using synthetic marijuana and about 140 falling sick, officials are attributing the epidemic to a bad batch of K2, […]
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Police Misconduct Weighs on DC Residents
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com D.C. Council member Charles Allen recently held a public hearing on police misconduct in the District of Columbia, particularly Wards 7 and 8. He got an earful. Allen, a Democrat who represents Ward 6, held two hearings July 12 on police misdeeds, with one in the morning at the […]
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What Summer Vacation? D.C. Council Members Plan to Work During Recess
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com The District of Columbia Council started its annual summer recess on July 15 but that doesn’t mean legislators will be taking a long vacation from their jobs. “I am planning on attending legislative conferences that will help me do my job better,” D.C. Council member Robert White (D-At Large) told […]
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Mayor Bowser and Police Face Criticism After 10-Year-Old Killed
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com On the evening of July 16, Donetta Wilson gave her 10-year-old daughter, Makiyah Wilson, money for the ice cream truck that had just pulled up in the buzzing Clay Terrace community in Northeast. Moments later, residents say Wilson was holding Makiyah’s dying body, yelling, “Please don’t let my baby […]
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Why Are Some Top Democrats Supporting Hogan Over Jealous?
By Hamil R. Harris, Special to the AFRO Despite an unpopular President and being in a state with a majority of Democratic voters, political veterans say Ben Jealous is facing an uphill battle in his bid to defeat Maryland Republican Governor Larry Hogan. While the Democratic nominee is mounting an enthusiastic campaign fueled by millennials and […]
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Damonte Dodd, Former UMD Basketball Player, Yields Passport Following Rape Allegations
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 […]
