Category: Washington D.C. News

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) urged the D.C. Council to provide more job training and employment opportunities to District residents through the Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program. Established in 1979 to introduce low-income youth, ages 14-21, to the workforce, Bowser hopes to have the eligibility age permanently increased to include those up age […]

President Donald Trump’s executive order to punish sanctuary cities – those that protect and offer asylum to undocumented immigrants – could cut federal funding for the District. City agencies, including public schools, health, and social services agencies, utilized primarily by Black residents, could be negatively impacted. Protesters march near the White House in Washington, protesting […]

Democrats in the District of Columbia are rattled by the result of last year’s presidential race. At the Jan. 28 meeting, at the Capitol View Library, the Ward 7 Democrats discussed the state of the party. There were strong comments on why the Democrats lost the White House. Ed Potillo is the chairman of the […]

About 200 people gathered at the Temple of Praise in Southeast, D.C. on Jan. 27 for the funeral service of Vivian Marrow, according to Marrow’s sister. Marrow, 68, a wheelchair bound resident, was murdered on Jan. 16 after being caught in the crossfire of a neighborhood shooting in Southeast, D.C. Vivian Marrow, a disabled woman, […]

Trouble sparked recently when a Maryland high school principal openly criticized his school’s cheerleaders’ performance, calling it “too ghetto.” Springbrook Cheerleaders (PHOTO CREDIT: website of the Springbrook High School’s Athletics Department) According to news reports, Art Williams,  principal at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, Md., allegedly described the cheerleaders’ routine at a basketball game […]

Two schools in the District of Columbia are $5,000 richer and even more money may be forthcoming. Verizon named Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science and the School Without Walls winners of the ‘Best in State’ in the telecom company’s Innovative Learning App Challenge. The schools could win another $15,000 and partner with […]

A wheelchair bound woman and beloved member of the community was killed Jan. 16 after being caught in the crossfire of a neighborhood shooting in Southeast, D.C., police said. According to police, Vivian Marrow, 68, was rolling her wheelchair to a nearby grocery store when she was shot on the 2400 block of Elvans Road, […]

The leader of one of the District of Columbia’s top public high schools was recently honored for being the best in her profession. On Jan. 24, Anita Berger, principal of the Benjamin Banneker Academic High School, was selected the District of Columbia Public School’s “Principal of the Year.” District public school officials surprised her with […]

As she stood amongst hundreds of thousands of women, men and children who came to Washington D.C. Jan 21 to advocate for women’s rights, former D.C. First Lady Cora Masters Barry reflected on the words of a local female icon of the Civil Rights movement. Several local leaders, as well as leaders from throughout the […]