Category: Washington D.C. News

Members of the Our DC activist group staged two protests Oct. 15, one to highlight the findings of a report from the University of California, Berkeley, that found that taxpayers lose when fast food workers are forced to seek public assistance to take care of their families and another to demand that companies increase worker […]

The Washington D.C. NAACP Branch will host their Centennial Freedom Fund Banquet themed “Honoring Our Legacy, Celebrating Our Next Generation,” which will be held on Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Washington Hilton. At this event, the organization will recognize legendary and rising civil rights leaders in the District. Tickets are $100 and Tables […]

Public Access Corporation of D.C. (DCTV) will host their 25th Anniversary Illumination Celebration on October 26 at Brooks Mansion in the Brookland neighborhood. DCTV is a membership-based, non-profit, public access television network. The event will be hosted by Kojo Nnamdi and will feature an evening of live music, food trucks and an award ceremony for […]

The Penn-Branch Citizens Civic Association in S.E. D.C. will host a Halloween Hayride on Oct. 27 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. All rides will be $5.00 for each child and adult. Participants will board on to the vehicle on the corner of Texas and Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. Also, there will be a Halloween Fun House […]

The District of Columbia’s top elected officials, both Democrats, find themselves siding with House Republicans in one of the oddities of the battle over the federal government shutdown. D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Oct. 9 that the federal shutdown threatens D.C. unfairly, cutting off access to millions of […]

Robert Paul Dickey, a well-known Washington D.C. pediatrician, pleaded guilty to possession of child-pornography Sept. 12. Dickey, 74, was arrested in May after local authorities became interested in Dickey in connection with child pornography on April 3. Dickey’s e-mail address was connected to the download of 14 pornographic images, according to the criminal complaint. The […]

On October 3, The So Others Might Eat organization (SOME) presented a mural in honor of Mayor Vincent C. Gray in gratitude for his support of additions to FY13 and FY14 Budgets that will help thousands of District residents to improve their lives. Youth residing in SOME’s affordable housing worked with artist, Kyle Holbrook, Executive […]

In honor of National Domestic Violence Month, the YWCA National Capital Area recently launched its first domestic violence campaign. The “I Speak Up Because…” campaign allows people in the D.C. area from all ages, backgrounds and genders to voice why they choose to speak up against domestic violence. The responses are posted on the YWCA’s […]

As local residents continue to struggle to put food on the table, the historic Alfred Street Baptist Church reached out, Sept. 28, to lend them a helping hand. Partnering with ALIVE (ALexandrians InVolved Ecumenically), the church distributed free groceries to 1,400 families in the community. The 2nd annual Feed the 5,000 service project provided the […]

Three former managers of one of the city’s charter public schools allegedly diverted at least $3 million in taxpayer funds to enrich themselves with the assistance of local news personality J.C. Hayward, according to a lawsuit filed by city officials Oct. 1, The Washington Post reported. The suit alleges that the three managers engaged in […]