Category: Washington D.C. News

There will be a screening of the l documentary “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” Jan. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute Auditorium, 3580 Joseph Siewick Drive. The film follows the stories of five brave women touched by HPV and cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is […]

The National Museum of African American History and Culture would like to hear from members of the African Diaspora community who live in the metro D.C. area. The museum is planning a project that will tell stories of contemporary Black populations in the U.S. to discover the perceptions of and expectations for the museum. Project […]

Thousands of area residents attended NBC4’s Health & Fitness Expo from Jan. 9-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Tens of thousands of D.C. metropolitan area residents converged on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Jan. 9-10 for a health expo that offered necessary tools to better physical, mental, […]

Barack Obama looks to the future, but does not mention statehood during his final State of the Union address. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Not everyone in the District was pleased with President Obama’s last State of the Union address.  While he spoke briefly about Americans having the right to vote with ease […]

More than 80 subway riders, who continue to battle smoke-related illness from last year’s Metrorail fire, filed lawsuits against system. Dennean Baker sat rocking back  and forth at the National Press Club Jan. 12, occasionally wiping a steady flow of tears.  He was one of hundreds of Metrorail riders trapped in a smoke-filled train in […]

The National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School in Southeast D.C. raised 16 percent of the funds needed to send a new class of students to participate in an education enrichment program this school year. The program seeks to expand student horizons and open up new opportunities for them to attend college and succeed. With […]

Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness offers insight into Dr. King’s legacy and her continued hopes for peace and justice amid a return to racial hostilities. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) One of the first things visitors to St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Northwest D.C. witnessed during its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration […]

Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will host an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program on Jan. 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Baird Auditorium located between 10th & Constitution Ave. NW. The “Looking Back, Moving Forward” program will feature Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Schomburg Center for Research in […]

Alpha Kappa Alpha’s Xi Omega Chapter will host “Pumps at the Park on Fourteenth” on Jan. 15 from 6-10 p.m. to celebrate its Founders Day and collect seasonal wraps of warm clothing for men, women and children!  The event will be held at The Park at Fourteenth, 920 14th Street NW. Admission to the event […]

The Public Broadcasting Station will premiere a new medical drama that is set in Alexandria during the Civil War. Come celebrate the PBS series www.alexandria.lib.va.us and Alexandria’s local history with a special series of speakers and events. The next events at the library will include a “Medicinal Alcohol in the Civil War” talk by Dr. Guy […]

After nine months of community engagement and two separate votes by the D.C. Council, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation on Dec. 30 to equip 2,800 Metropolitan Police Department officers with body cameras. Hailed as one of the most expansive body camera programs in the nation, the measure prioritizes public access to recordings, requires bi-annual reporting […]

D.C. has set its emergency weather plan into action for the first time this winter to save hundreds of homeless residents from dying from hypothermia. (Photo credit: Institute for Policy Studies) The District of Columbia activated its cold weather emergency plan for the first time this winter on Jan. 4. By doing so, the city […]