Category: Washington D.C. News

The program consists of a range of discussions that encompass efforts to rebuild the city, post-rebellion, and the challenges to Newark, N.J.’s past and current leadership. This event will be held on July 26 from 4pm-8:30pm in the Oprah Winfrey Theatre inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave., NW. […]

On Saturday, July 1, 2017, George B. Murphy III  of Washington, D.C., died surrounded by family and close friends. He was 72. Murphy was born in Washington to Lillie Jones Murphy of Columbia, S.C., and George B. Murphy Jr., of Baltimore, Md. He is the great-grand son of AFRO American Newspapers founder John H. Murphy, […]

The Senate is considering “The Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017” that would gut much of Obamacare. According to the latest score of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, this legislation would leave 22 million Americans uninsured by 2026. While many Republicans want to repeal Obamacare, they are having problems convincing the American people that giving […]

Beyond the busy city streets, populated sidewalks and air pollution, children are offered an opportunity to explore, fish and practice archery at a summer camp. However, these children are diagnosed with asthma and the program provides them an opportunity to experience summer camp and learn how to control their illness. “There is a need for […]

The city recently celebrated the groundbreaking of the first new family homeless shelters, designed to restore dignity and provide wrap-around services to District residents who have lost their homes.  Located on Fifth Street Northwest, the groundbreaking marked a critical step in D.C.’s effort to close and replace the D.C. General Family Shelter. And while the […]

A Southeast man was taken to the hospital on July 5 after being shot by a police officer in Northwest, police said. Kenneth Burley, 28, was struck by gunfire in the 700 block of Park Road, NW after allegedly raising a gun toward an officer, according to Metropolitan Police Department reports. According to the police, […]

Sporting a smile and accompanied by his devoted wife, Dorothy, former D.C. Del. Walter Fauntroy was one of the last people to leave the sanctuary of the Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast D.C. on July 9. It has been 13 months since the Civil Rights icon and the city’s first delegate to Congress, returned […]

Could the next Serena Williams or Arthur Ashe be hiding in the District of Columbia? The D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) is determined to find out by looking for kids to groom for tennis, especially those living in low-income parts of Washington, D.C. DPR held a free citywide tennis celebration July 8 at […]

On July 3, D.C. (D) along with Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles announced the winners of the 2017-2018 out-of-school-time grant competition. The 40 winning organizations serve more than 21,000 students in the District before and after school and on weekends. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration recently issued grant money to 40 non-profit organizations that […]

On July 6, D.C. Councilmember Brandon Todd convened a hearing on upgrading the District’s board that studies Black life in the city. Todd, a Ward 4 Democrat and chairman of the Committee on Government Operations, presided over a public hearing on two bills: The Office on African American Affairs Establishment Act of 2017 and Commission on African […]

D.C. Council member David Grosso recently convened a public meeting on the policies of the Trump administration and how should the city respond to them. Grosso, who is an independent at-large council member, held the meeting at the Columbia Heights Education Campus on July 10 with an audience of 50 people. Grosso said the city […]