By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com Hundreds of students, administrators and alumni from Black higher education institutions from around the country recently visited the U.S. Capitol to lobby lawmakers on behalf of their institutions to demand more financial support. The HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Collective held its “Second Day of Action” April 17, […]
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DC High School Puts City on Global Climate Stage
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Deanwood’s H.D. Woodson High School recently hosted D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s kickoff of #EarthWeekDC. The Northeast school is one of the largest on-site solar projects in the country. Mayor Muriel Bowser poses with some of the collaborators for the solar project at H.D. Woodson High School. (Courtesy Photo) Solar […]
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March Vows to Fight Trump Tax Plan
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Tax Day was not a good day for the Trump government to collect taxes. While the IRS.gov site crashed due to record numbers of late filers, activists and politicians across the country gathered for the 2nd Annual Tax Day March. About 200 protesters gathered on the East Front of […]
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MPD Takes Community Policing to the Museum
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Flanked by the cadets of the Metro Police Department (MPD) Academy, Mayor Bowser announced a first-of-its-kind partnership between the University of the District of Columbia Community College (UDC-CC), the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and MPD. UDC professors will teach all sworn and civilian […]
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Norton, Bowser and Youth Demand DC’s Right to Gun Control
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser led a first-of-its-kind panel of District political powerhouses in a conversation about the impact of the Federal Government’s interference in D.C.’s gun control laws. The panel included Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl A. Racine, D, […]
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Terrence Sterling’s Killer Wants His Job Back
By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, mgreen@afro.com Even with nationwide tension and protests in response to police officers shooting unarmed Black men, Brian Trainer, the White D.C. policeman who shot and killed Terrence Sterling in 2016, isn’t laying low. Instead, he’s fighting for his job back. Reviewing the Facts It all started in Northwest. D.C., […]
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Uber Partners with D.C. on the Future of Urban Mobility
By Hamzat Sani, Special to the AFRO Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made his first trip to Washington, D.C. memorable. Clad in a pink dress shirt and pocket square, a seeming nod to DC’s popular Cherry Blossom season, the 48-year-old executive from Iran unleashed a series of announcements bound to change the landscape of mobility in […]
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D.C. Publicists Host Nation’s First Conference for Black Millennial Moms
By Christina Sturdivant-Sani, Special to the AFRO After hosting several events to promote #BlackMomMagic in Washington, D.C., Nikki Osei and Simona Noce are in the throes of organizing their largest affair to date. The Momference is the nation’s first all-day conference catering to Black millennial moms, according to the public relations professionals. “We’re setting the […]
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Duke Ellington H.S. Carries on Legacy of Peggy Cooper Cafritz
By Lenore T. Adkins, Special to the AFRO Students, faculty and alumni at Duke Ellington School of the Arts performed a collection of show-stopping numbers April 7 in honor of deceased co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz. “Because You Were …We Are” celebrated Cooper Cafritz with an uplifting and emotional program of song, dance, speeches and music on […]
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Bonds Hits Campaign Trail with Surprising Rhetoric
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com “The reason some Black men have problems getting a job is because of drugs being in their system when they’re getting tested,” D.C. Council member Anita Bonds said during her first stop on the re-election campaign trail. She shared these thoughts at the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization’s First […]
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District Attempts to Lower Voting Age
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com D.C. Council member Charles Allen was inspired by the March for Our Lives rally on March 24 in the District of Columbia and is thoroughly convinced that young people can be politically engaged. As a result, Allen, a Democrat representing Ward 6, re-introduced the “Youth Amendment Act of […]
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DC Group Looks to Reconnect with Community
By James Wright, Special to the AFRO, jwright@afro.com One of Ward 8’s most far-reaching private social service agencies recently met to re-invigorate its mission and to prepare for its part in the economic expansion of the ward. On April 7, the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative (FSFSC) held its 19th Annual Business Meeting and Community Conference at […]