Category: Washington D.C. News

Two members of U.S. Congress are among the supporters of a museum director’s campaign to upgrade a District of Columbia memorial-museum complex that highlights the contributions of Black soldiers. African America Civil War Memorial. The African American Civil War Memorial, at the corner of Vermont Avenue and U Street NW in Washington, D.C., commemorates the service of 209,145 […]

Congress Heights’ residents and community representatives told D.C. Council members Feb. 4 that Sanford Capital LLC, the property management company, had intentionally and criminally failed to provide basic services in their apartment buildings. (Howard University News Service) Angry Congress Heights’ residents and community representatives told D. C. Council members that the property management company responsible […]

Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is seeking re-election to his Ward 7 council seat. (Courtesy Photo) On Feb. 3, former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced he is seeking re-election to the council seat he held from 2005-2007. Gray said he can help Ward 7 reach its potential. “When people ask why I am returning to […]

Joslyn Williams (Courtesy photo) After 34 years of fighting employment inequalities in the D.C. area, the first Black president of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO said he decided to step down to fight employment challenges on a global level. “I felt it was time for me to try other things spend more time thinking and […]

Kenyan R. McDuffie (Twitter Photo) On Feb. 2 D.C. Council member and Judiciary Chair Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5) introduced a bill that would adjust the District’s approach to public safety. The new direction not only addresses crime after it occurs, but also treats some of the root causes of crime such as mental health. […]

Councilmember Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) joined D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Public Library executive director Richard Reyes-Gavilan Feb. 4 to announce the official launch of the city’s “Books From Birth” early childhood literacy program. The program was unveiled at the Children’s National Medical Center in Northeast D.C. “Books from Birth” is designed to foster […]

Charles Allen (Twitter Photo) Ward 6 is the only political jurisdiction in the District that covers all of the city’s four quadrants — Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast. The ward’s growing racial and economic diversity has elevated it from a political afterthought in the 1980s to one where political leaders make it a point to […]

Howard University student Jacob Maldonado examines the photos at the Homestory Deutschland exhibit, detailing the lives of Black Germans in both recent history and antiquity. (Photos by Shantella Y. Sherman) The photo exhibition “Homestory Deutschland – Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times,” created by the Initiative of Black people in Germany was unveiled at […]

The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is hosting its Annual Public Interest/Public Sector Fellowship Fair on Feb. 11 from 4:45 p. m. – 7 p. m. at 4340 Connecticut Ave NW in room 214. The event will host local organizations such as D.C. Department of Health, D.C. Dept. of […]

The Iconoclash program is sponsoring a panel at New York University’s Washington D.C. campus on Feb. 11 from 6:30 p. m. – 8 p. m. The panel will feature caricature cartoonists Steven Degryse, Kevin Kallaugher, Ann Telnaes, and Matt Wuerker who will discuss the acceptability of cartoons as they merge with political, religious, and other […]

Pepco Holdings, Discovery Education and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington will sponsor a Pepco STEM Club contest for over 100 science, technology, engineering, and math students. The contest will judge students on how well they design an energy transference device that transports water from a pint bottle into a cup. Dave Velazquez, […]

The Washington National Opera is premiering “Lost in the Stars,” the musical drama by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson at the John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater, 2700 F Street, NW, on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p. m. The musical is based on Alan Paton’s classic novel “Cry, the Beloved Country” and is set during […]