Category: Washington D.C. News

The District of Columbia Public Schools has failed its students and it’s time for officials to acknowledge that, Councilwoman Mary Cheh said at a Feb. 8 hearing in which she and other councilmembers responded to a report that concluded 34 percent of last year’s seniors never should have graduated. Cheh quoted a report that showed […]

“What color is innocence?” asked a student in 11th grade as she drew pictures with crayons and markers. She and five other students were in English class when their teacher, Topher Kandik, told them to draw four images to represent four statements and phrases he said out loud. Later at the end of the activity, […]

It’s time to do more than talk about the Black and brown people whom Kelsey Coleman contends are getting pushed out of the rapidly gentrifying District. Now is the time for action, the 16-year-old said. Coleman made her comments Feb. 8 at a seminar with students and adults that centered on housing discrimination in the […]

With an influx of students varying in age, race, gender, and body type, Bikram Hot Yoga studios are some of the most inclusive places for yogis to lay their mats in the Washington D.C. region. At many yoga studios throughout the city, Kendra Dibinga is the sole Black person in the room. With her Bikram […]

Despite making up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, Black Americans continue to be the most likely group to be targeted and killed by police. A 2017 police violence report found that Black people were more likely to have been unarmed and less likely to be threatening someone when killed by police. As of […]

Brazil Diggs, an Eastern Senior High School student, dreams of becoming a professional dancer. On Feb. 2, the 16-year-old asked professional athletes and women in sports if her “frenemies would eventually try to worm their way back into her life” and ride her coattails. “I feel that if I became famous, they would want to […]

Though D.C. lost its “Chocolate City” moniker several years ago, city leaders say they’re working to ensure African-American residents can not only live in the city, but prosper. On Feb. 24 at noon, Mayor Muriel Bowser and multiple city agencies, including the Mayor’s Office on African-American Affairs, are hosting an event focused on the advancement […]

Brookland Manor is set to be re-developed into a more upscale housing complex and residents have mixed feelings about that. Brookland Manor is a 20-acre, 19-building housing community that is located at the corner of Rhode Island Ave., N.E. and 14th Street., N.E. in Ward 5. Brookland Manor is located close to the economically-booming Rhode […]

As the country remembers the centennial celebration of the United States’ involvement in World War I, and honors African American participation in Times of War, Ryan Reft, co-curator of the Echoes of the Great War exhibition, will take guests on a tour of the activism and aspirations of African American service personnel during World War […]