Category: Washington D.C. News

With the potential for a new President that strongly supports statehood for the District of Columbia – both Clinton and Trump are supporters – as well as a new Congress expected in November, Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has begun priming the pump to reinvigorate the D.C. Statehood movement. Following a meeting of the Constitutional Convention […]

Gary Butler is a former advisory neighborhood commissioner. (Courtesy Photo) Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray handily won the June 14 Democratic primary over D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander. However, former Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Gary Butler wants to make sure residents have an option in the general election. Butler recently resigned his position as […]

The District of Columbia continues to rank first in the nation for reaching low-income children with summer meals. According to Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation, an annual analysis by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), more than 22,000 low-income children in the District received summer meals on an average day in July 2015 – […]

Authorities say a Metro Transit Police officer fatally shot a man who fired at officers near a Metro station in northeast Washington, D.C. D.C. police said, in a statement, July 5 that Metro Transit Police officers investigating a large crowd setting off fireworks near the Deanwood Metro station late Monday spotted a man holding a […]

The District’s commission charged with studying the problems of males in the city recently met to discuss how substance abuse is negatively impacting the lives of boys and men. The discussion is one of many being held to form an action plan early next year. The goal is to provide solutions to many of the situations […]

The utility that supplies residential and commercial customers in the District recently decided to apply to the city’s public service commission for a rate increase. Residents aren’t happy about it. Pepco, now affiliated with Chicago-based energy giant Exelon, filed for an $85.47 million rate increase with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia […]

The Natalie Williams Breast Cancer Foundation will hold a march in honor of Natalie Williams, a breast cancer survivor, on July 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The march will begin at the new Macedonia Baptist Church, located at 4115 Alabama Ave. SE and proceed to Capitol Hill/Upper. At 1 p.m. the “Welcome to […]

The Capitol Press Club will host an informative evening about “The Business of Communications: Succeeding as an Independent Writer” on July 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will be located at the Thurgood Marshall Center. The event is free and opento the public. Learn techniques from experienced journalists and further you’re knowledge in […]

The Raben Group will produce The March on Washington film Festival July 13 until July 23. The opening event, “Songs of the Civil Rights Movement,” will occur on July 13 from 6:30 p.m.- 9.p.m. at Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, NW.  Each day consists of something new and enticing in a different location of the […]

The utility that supplies residential and commercial customers in the District applied to the city’s public service commission for a rate increase. Pepco, which is now affiliated with Chicago-based energy giant Exelon, filed for an $85.47 million rate increase with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia on June 30. The company said it […]

D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson is leaving the system’s top job after five years at the helm. That means Sept. 30 will be her last day running the system of 111 schools. “Simply put, I am ready to take on new challenges, and I have complete […]

Robert White is the Democratic nominee for an at-large D.C. council seat in November. (Photo/robertwhiteatlarge.com) In one of the first interviews since winning the Democratic At-Large council primary, presumptive council candidate Robert White, who grew up in D.C., talked to the AFRO about being on the District’s legislative body and the upcoming Nov. 8 general election. White, […]