Category: Washington D.C. News

The Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, 1816 12th Street, NW, is scheduled to host an official Call to Action celebration on May 17 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in honor of the 63rd anniversary of the historic the U.S. Supreme Court Brown vs. the Board of Education decision on May 17, 1954. The occasion will recognize and […]

A federal lawsuit against Howard University alleges that the school’s failure to swiftly respond to reported rapes on campus led at least one suspect to rape another student. In addition, rape victims who said they were left suicidal from the sex assaults charge that the school did not help them and even let a resident […]

Jerri Evans keeps her mother’s vision of living a healthy lifestyle alive through a chain of green juice and food shops she opened in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Jerri Evans (far left) and Khnum “Stic” Ibomu (far right) along with other Toyota Green Initiative coalition members join Mia Phillips, national manager of multicultural brand […]

As America grows increasingly divided and Americans grow increasingly isolated from each other, Repair the World is scheduled to hold a One America Movement launch party on May 16 at 5:30 p.m. to promote a vision for a more unified, inclusive and connected society. The party will be held at 2101 L St., NW on […]

Hugh Price, former president and CEO of the National Urban League, is the author of This African American Life. He is holding book signing at the Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Avenue NW, on May 15 at 6 p.m. and at Bus Boys and Poets, 2021 14th Street, NW, on May 17 at […]

A national organization is set to begin an initiative that makes solving hunger only a mail box away. On May 13, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will hold their annual nationwide food drive. D.C. area postal workers, all volunteers, gather at the Capitol Branch of the National Association of Letter Carriers on May […]

On April 26, President Trump announced his tax proposal and the reaction of Washington D.C. residents was swift. “I’m not paying more taxes than corporations,” John Fanning, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Ward 2, told the AFRO bluntly. The aims of the Trump tax plan, according to Whitehouse.gov, are to grow the economy and create jobs, […]

In a move to better emphasize its expansion and mission of representing the Black culture, Radio One recently changed its name to Urban One. According to a press release, the official name change is in conjunction with the Silver Spring, Md.-based station’s 18th anniversary of its IPO on May 5.  According to the Washington Business […]

A Maryland man has died after being injured in a Southeast shooting in the 3500 block of Stanton Road that left another victim in critical condition. Homicide victim Michael Derricote, Jr.. (Courtesy Photo/Metropolitan Police Department flyer) On April 30, Michael Derricote, 26, from Upper Marlboro, Md., died after being seriously wounded in a Southeast shooting […]

JOAN BOWSER “When I think back to my childhood days in North Michigan Park in NE, I often wonder how my mom did it all. She is a wife and mother of five children. While working full-time, she enrolled in classes at the University of the District of Columbia. But no matter what, in everything […]

In an attempt to influence younger people to live healthier, a D.C. festival fused Hip Hop culture with environmental sustainability, exercise, and healthy eating. Swae Lee, one of the brothers in rising rap star group Rae Sremmurd, during their show at the Broccoli City Festival on May 6. (Photo by Charise Wallace) The Broccoli City […]

The recent vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, has District leaders and residents uneasy about what happens next and how that will affect the city. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said despite what happens with the AHCA, the District would find a way […]