Category: Washington D.C. News

Now that recreational marijuana use is legal for D.C. residents 21 and older, various business opportunities have emerged within the cannabis industry. Entrepreneurs hoping to benefit from the new legislation are working to create even opportunities. Thousands of residents attended the second annual National Cannabis Festival on April 22 at the RFK festival grounds in […]

Valencia Moody said she would appreciate a little consideration. Moody, a Waldorf resident, is blind, and relies on MetroAccess, a shared-ride, door-to-door service the Washington Area Metropolitan Transportation Authority (WMATA) offers to disabled riders who cannot ride buses or trains. In Moody’s view, one of the things WMATA needs to do is step up disability […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Actors Laurence Fishburne and Joe Mantegna will co-host this year’s Memorial Day concert in Washington. Laurence Fishburne attends the “Black-ish” FYC event at the Television Academy on Wednesday, April 12, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) The 28th annual concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol will be […]

The world will never forget the face of a brave widow who held her child during her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King’s, eulogy in 1965. There are others who can still remember her walking with her husband across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma after Bloody Sunday. And still, others who see her flanked with […]

The District’s missing person problem gained widespread attention when a misleading Instagram post went viral, prompting a national search for D.C.’s missing girls. But, left out of that were the missing boys. D.C. police report there are almost as many missing young men as there are missing young women. As of April 20 there have […]

For eight girls at Excel Academy Public Charter School, an all-girls elementary and middle school in southeast D.C., learning how to play tennis goes beyond proper footwork and working up a sweat. The lessons teach them about good sportsmanship, hard work, and good eating. They also teach the girls about building character. LaSandra Taylor, 11, […]

The Washington, D.C. Metro HBCU Alumni Alliance (DCHBCUAA), in collaboration with their community partner, Kaiser Permanente, will present a STEM workshop for minority high school students. This free workshop is scheduled for April 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Kaiser Permanente headquarters, 2101 Jefferson St. The HBCU Alumni Alliance is a non-profit […]

The People’s Climate Movement is scheduled to host a march on April 29 at 12:30 p.m. down Pennsylvania Ave to the White House. A line-up will form at 11 a.m. in front of the Capitol Building at 3rd and Jefferson, SW. Marchers will surround the White House and take powerful collective action to honor the […]

The American Bar Association (ABA), Chief Judges of the D.C. Superior Courts and the D.C. Court of Appeals are scheduled to hold a discussion on May 1 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the D.C. Court of Appeals Ceremonial Courtroom, Historic Courthouse, located at 430 E Street, NW. The event will include Linda Klein, […]

On April 14, the staff of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law’s Law Review held a symposium: “D.C. Democracy during the Time of Trump: 51 and 45!” Civil rights activist Wade Henderson, an advocate for D.C. statehood, teaches at the UDC School of Law. (Courtesy Photo) The one-day […]

Despite news that D.C. Council member Brandon Todd (D-Ward 4) is embroiled in a controversy over unsubstantiated donations and missing information, some Ward 4 residents seem willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Brandon Todd is facing accusations of campaign inconsistencies in his 2015 council bid reporting. (Courtesy photo) On April 7, the […]

The lines and anxiety within the Starbucks at Howard University’s bookstore showed little signs of lightening on April 17. An April 5 widely circulated anonymous critique of Wayne A.I. Frederick, Howard’s president, and Provost Anthony Wutoh, made by select members of the university’s faculty was causing concern over Frederick’s future with the university. Howard University […]