Category: Washington D.C. News

Make a Splash Tour wants 800,000 children to learn how to swim this summer. (Courtesy Photo) As the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation kicks its annual late-night community pool events into high gear, swimming organizations are urging Blacks to learn how to swim.  With an estimated 70 percent of Black children unable to swim, […]

People exercise to live healthier lives. (Courtesy photo) Darleesha Taylor knows well the challenge of getting in shape and staying in shape.  The Northwest resident has spent the better part of her childhood fighting obesity – weighing nearly a hundred pounds while still in kindergarten. Though she remains introverted and shy around strangers, Taylor said […]

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Bowser and Restaurant Owner Virginia Ali cut the ribbon to officially open the new Ben’s Chili Bowl in Northeast D.C. on July 8.  (Photo by Rob Roberts)

The synthetic drug – K2 (www.spiceaddictionsupport.org) More than a year ago, reports began to surface nationally that synthetic – marijuana known on the streets as Spice, Scooby Snax, Bizzaro, or K2 – had caused an upswing in violent reactions, emergency room visits, and deaths.  Toxicologists noted then that the synthetic cannabinoids could contain as many […]

Federal City Shelter in D.C. (Photo courtesy of flickr.com) “It’s one thing to not be in your own home; it’s quite another to be in a place that’s uninhabitable,” Shondra Patrick told the AFRO.  Patrick and her family are among the 11,623 families in the District without permanent housing.  Faced with the realities of shelter […]

Kevin Sutherland was killed on Metro on July 4. (Facebook Photo) On July 4, Kevin Sutherland, an intern in for U.S. Rep. Jim Hines (D-Conn.), was stabbed to death after resisting a robbery attempt on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Agency’s (Metro) Red Line train. The incident was preceded by a June 7 incident, captured on […]

The Church of the Living God /P.G.T. (Pillar and Ground of the Truth) will host its 2015 National Holy Convocation from July 19 – 24 at the Hilton Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike. Bishop Jerry L. Maiden, senior national president, will deliver the message on July 23at 7pm. Local DMV church choirs and ministers will participate […]

The Washington Metro Investment Club is having an open house meeting on July 18 at the McCourt Bldg., 1 County Complex Court, The meeting will start at 4:00 p.m. The club meets once a month to discuss investments in the Stock Market. The Club was started in March 1992 and has made over 10 percent […]

The debut of Burning Desire To Be Touched, a work commissioned by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Avenue Southwest will occur on July 18 at 2 p.m. The performance art piece by Mwangi Hutter examines the desire for harmonious relationships. As part of the performance, two partners will reach out, touch […]

This photo provided by the Metropolitan Police Department shows Jasper Spires left), who has been arrested for first degree murder while armed for the stabbing death of Kevin Sutherland (right), 24, the first-ever homicide aboard a Metro train in the nearly 40-year history of the D.C. region’s subway system. (Metropolitan Police Department via AP and […]

This year concerned citizens, leaders, students and legislators from across the country will visit our nation’s capital for our 45th Annual Legislative Conference from September 16 – September 20. The theme is “With Liberty and Justice for All.” As we approach nearly a half century of hosting the leading policy conference on issues impacting African-Americans […]

Frank McComb will take part in a benefit concert for Cancer Research Institute at the Howard Theatre, 620 T St N.W. on July 21 at 8 p.m. The Howard concert will be McComb’s first visit to the venue since being invited by the late George Duke to perform for the theatre’s grand reopening event on […]