The family of Terrence Sterling, the man who was shot and killed by a Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officer after leaving a bachelor party earlier this month, recently held a press conference about the incident and their steps moving forward. Sterling’s family and their legal representation appeared before media members on Sept. 29 at […]
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D.C. Mayor Releases Video and Name of Shooting Officer
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) released on Sept. 27 the name of the officer who allegedly shot Terrence Sterling and a video of the incident. The officer is identified as Brian Trainer, 27, a four-year veteran of the police department. The video was released after protestors took to the streets in Washington, D.C. near New […]
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Bonds Pushes Housing Late Fees Cap
In what some label a bold move on behalf of D.C. tenants, the Council of the District of Columbia gave final consideration to legislation to limit rental late fee charges to no more than 5 percent of the monthly rent. This initiative, led by At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds (D), culminated during a September 20 meeting […]
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Neighborhood Commissioner Kicked Off Ballot
Jacque Patterson, one of the leading contenders for a District of Columbia’s Board of Education race, recently dropped out. He was unable to continue because of the number of invalid signatures on his candidate petitions. Jacque Patterson was ruled ineligible in the race for the D.C. Board of Education. (Courtesy Photo) Patterson, the advisory neighborhood […]
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4 Shootings in Riggs Rd. Area
An overnight shooting left a young man dead on Sept. 25 in Northeast, D.C. according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Police said the shooting happened early Sunday morning around 2:45 a.m. in the 400 block of Riggs Road, NE. Authorities responded to a call for gunshots in the area of Nicholson Street and Kensington Place. […]
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D.C. Residents Take Control of Rental Housing By Buying Building
A dilapidated affordable housing complex recently began renovation in Northwest D.C. after being purchased by tenants. Homestead Apartments in Northwest D.C. began renovations on Sept. 23rd. (Photos by Linda Poulson) On Sept. 23 tenants, housing officials, and city officials gathered to preserve affordable housing at Homestead Apartments, located at 812 Jefferson St. NW, in the […]
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D.C. Residents Gear Up to Vote
While the District of Columbia has always voted for the Democratic Party nominee for president since becoming an Electoral College jurisdiction in 1964, a group of political scientists recently urged city residents to cast a ballot in the Nov. 8 general election anyway. Clarence Lusane says the country is facing one of the most dangerous […]
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Presidential Debate Leaves Viewers Uneasy and Unmoved
HUNS – A watch party for the first presidential debate of 2016 in Busboys and Poets, filled with Democrat Hillary Clinton supporters, gave her televised clash of ideas with Republican nominee Donald Trump the feel of a boisterous Super Bowl party. Viewers jeered the opposing team, in this case Trump, applauded Clinton’s zingers and rebuttals and […]
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Sean Combs Spreads the Love with $1 Million Check to Howard
No matter how he’s addressed – Puff Daddy, Puffy or P. Diddy – Sean Combs still holds Howard University and Washington, D.C., close to his heart, which he demonstrated during a recent concert where the entertainment mogul donated $1 million to the school. Combs, 46, presented a $1 million check to Howard President Wayne A.I. […]
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Mendelson Re-Shuffles Council for White’s Entrance
Vincent Orange’s Aug. 15 resignation from the D.C. Council has resulted in several changes – the selection of Robert White to finish his term and a change in the Council’s committee structure. Orange was defeated in the June 14 Democratic Party at-large primary by Robert White, an activist who lives in the Brightwood section of […]
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Howard University Hospital Nets $4 Million Surplus
Howard University Hospital is in the black with a $4 million surplus after years of struggling to operate and be profitable. On Sept. 20 at the Founders Library, Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick announced that the hospital is going through a significant financial and operating rebound. The hospital is operating with a solid […]
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Role of Grandfamilies Cements Black Togetherness
Ingrid Holloway still remembers fondly arriving in D.C. in the 1960s after days of traveling on the Greyhound Bus from Shelby, Miss., the home of her grandparents. Barely fifteen, Holloway left behind an infant son – the product of a sexual assault – and many of the bad memories associated with poverty, Jim Crow, and […]
