Category: Washington D.C. News

Jeffrey Moore was shot in the face. The trauma from his ordeal caused mental health challenges while taking numerous medications. The resulted: He was incarcerated. “At some point people will have mental health challenges, especially with problems they face in life,” he said. Moore is getting assistance from University Legal Services (ULS), helping him transition […]

Gregory Dean is the former fire chief of Seattle. (Photo/seattle.gov) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) told residents on March 2 that Gregory M. Dean, the recent fire chief of Seattle, is her choice to lead the District’s fire and emergency medical services (FEMS) department. Despite his interest in being permanent, interim fire chief Eugene Jones was let go. […]

The Pre-K Student Discipline Amendment Act of 2015 bans suspensions and expulsions for 3 and 4-year-old children in D.C. Public Schools. (Courtesy Photos) In recent years, time outs, trips to the principal’s office, and in-school suspensions in the District have given way to full suspensions and expulsions as early as pre-kindergarten. Going forward those suspensions […]

Mayor Bowser speaks with D.C. residents on ways to improve the city’s budget. (Photo by Shannen Hill) The mayor of the District, in the process of creating her first budget, sought the views of residents in three wards, asking what the District’s priorities for fiscal year 2016 should be. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) held public engagement forums […]

The late Edward Brooke was the first Black elected U.S. senator and state attorney general. (Courtesy Photo) The late Edward Brooke, who served as the first popularly-elected Black in the U.S. Senate, will be remembered in the District this month. Brooke, a D.C. native representing Massachusetts in the Senate from 1967-1979, will be honored by […]

Ayanna Dallas Howard University’s Ayanna Dallas is one of the rising stars of her generation. As the winner of the Kennedy Foundation’s 2014 Miss Collegiate DMV Scholarship Pageant, and the recipient of over $27,000 in scholarship funds, Dallas has shown that hard work and persistence pay off. Born and raised in Upper Marlboro, Md., Dallas […]

SiriusXM’s Joe Madison SiriusXM’s Joe Madison achieved the historic goal of a 52-hour marathon broadcast he had set his sights on and raised more than $150,000 for the construction of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, the final museum planned to be built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Airing […]

Eighteen candidates are running for Mayor Muriel Bowser’s empty Ward 4 city council seat. The special election is on April 28. Glova Scott Name: Glova Scott Age: 59 Occupation: Overnight Stocker at Walmart Party: Socialist Workers Party Why are you running? It offers an opportunity to reach out in a very broad way about the […]

Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, is launching a new talk radio show. Outspoken civil rights leader Barbara Arnwine is taking to the airwaves with a weekly news talk radio show on Radio One’s WOL 1450 AM, which airs in the Washington, D.C. area, beginning March […]

Musical legend Irma Thomas (AP Photo) Musical legend Irma Thomas, the soul queen of New Orleans, La., shared her musical talents with D.C. residents at The Howard Theatre Feb. 26. “It is a gift from God and I do love to sing,” she told the AFRO in an email. This year alone, Thomas has received […]

The District Court of the District of Columbia along with DC Bar will host the 16th annual Youth Law Fair on March 21 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the D.C. Superior Court, H. Carl Moultrie Court House, located at 500 Indiana Avenue N.W. The event is free and all high school students are […]

The Goethe-Institute Washington, The German Cultural Center located at 812 Seventh St. N.W. will show the film The Spy Who Came in from the Cold on March 2 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $7 for general admission, $4.50 for seniors, students and military. Tickets can be purchased at www.goethe. de/washington. For more information, call 202-289- […]