Category: Washington D.C. News

Museum Square residents are the latest to face potential eviction in the District’s ongoing gentrification efforts. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman ) The expiration of an affordable housing contract with Chinatown’s Museum Square apartments is the latest in a series of large scale housing developments throughout the country, slated to evict tenants unable to pay […]

Natalie McGriff’s comic book “The Adventures of Moxie Girl” is helping to build self-esteem and vocabulary skills of Black girls. (Courtesy Photo) “I didn’t like my hair and I didn’t like to read,” were the first words 8-year-old Natalie McGriff spoke during a recent interview with the AFRO.  Fortunately for McGriff, her mother’s intuition and […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Power companies Exelon and Pepco have come to an agreement with District of Columbia regulators on a proposed merger. A press conference announcing the settlement was planned for Tuesday afternoon. The city had previously rejected the companies’ proposed $6.8 billion merger. In late September, the city and companies said they were trying […]

California Attorney General Kamala Harris (Twitter Photo) WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris, the California attorney general and the early odds-on favorite to become the state’s first Black U.S. senator, returned to her Howard University roots during homecoming week to raise money and reconnect with her sorority members, longtime friends and supporters. Harris, who political experts say […]

Nailah Clay, owner of Koumani Holistic Hair Designs. (Courtesy Photo) Washington, D.C. native Nailah Clay is more than a hair stylist. “I consider myself a holistic hair designer,” she told the AFRO on Sept. 8. While taming kinks and curls for natural hair clients, Clay stresses the importance of healthy lifestyle habits and mentalities so […]

An African dance group performs a cultural dance at the D.C. Africa Festival. (Courtesy Photo) Mei Turay emigrated to the United States from Sierra Leone as a young boy with his family more than 30 years ago and settled into the District’s Columbia Heights neighborhood with ease. His cultural identification quickly took on that of […]

At a recent conference on abortion rights, access to contraceptive and comprehensive sexual education, there was a focus on the role of Black women’s roles in fight for reproductive justice. The “In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Summit” was held Sept.25-26 in D.C. at the FHI 360 Conference Center, 1825 Connecticut […]

Photographer Don Baker speaks to students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Photo by Christina Sturdivant) Native Washingtonian, Don Baker came from very humble beginnings. He graduated from Anacostia High School in Southeast and lost both his parents by age 19. By 21, Baker and his brother garnered a passion for photography and […]

On Oct. 16, 1995 many converged on the Mall in Washington D.C. Twenty years later, challenges remain. (Photo by JD Howard) The 20th anniversary commemoration of the Million Man March, with the theme of “Justice… or Else!” will take place on Oct. 10 on the National Mall in the District. Nation of Islam Minister Ishmael Muhammad, […]

Oct. 1 Howard University Alumni & Friends Scholarship Golf Classic Lake Presidential Country Club, 3151 Presidential Golf Club Dr, Upper Marlboro, Md. 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. LGBTA Renaissance Reception The Founders Library, Browsing Room, 500 Howard Place NW 6:00pm – 9:30pm Oct. 2 ESPN’s His & Hers Live Broadcast Blackburn Center Ballroom, 2397 Sixth […]

The African American Civil War Museum, whose mission includes teaching valuable lessons in freedom, civil rights and justice, will host a free teacher’s open house party on Oct. 8 from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. The free event will include music, educational resources, refreshments and door prizes. To RSVP contact the African American Civil War Museum […]

Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) introduced a bill that would require D.C. workers to live in the District. (Photo credit: D.C. Council ) On Sept. 22 D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), introduced a bill, “The Jobs for D.C. Residents Amendment Act of 2015,” that would require employees of the Fire and Emergency […]