Category: Washington D.C. News

As the landscape of H Street N.E. continues to change, some Black business owners are wondering where is the one thing that was supposed to set the H St corridor apart from other evolving neighborhoods in the city. They want to know what’s going on with the streetcars. Construction on the roads has been completed […]

On the last day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Aug. 17, D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) hosted an Iftar dinner at the Wilson Building. Joining the Mayor in presenting this event was the D.C. Muslim Democratic Caucus along with a distinguished list of co-hosts including the Council on American Islamic Relations, the […]

WASHINGTON – As commuters ride escalators to the street at the Gallery Place Metro station, a familiar song surrounds them. Then they see the busy Washington street and a small crowd at the corner of 7th and F streets NW outside the Verizon Center. People passing through the intersection nod their heads to the sound […]

Washington, D.C. education chief Kaya Henderson on Aug. 15 suspended an order that would require parents to verify their immigration status before enrolling their children in the District’s afterschool programs. “Effective immediately, I have told our folks (after school team and coordinators) to suspend/not enforce the citizenship requirement. If counsel concludes we need to, we […]

They called it “The Cut,” named for Jessup’s Cut, the community that straddled the B&O Railroad track that ran along the East Coast. But most people who referred to the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup by that nickname did so because of the maximum security prison’s controversial and often violent history. Closed since 2007, […]

Three days after the incident, Damon and Kim Hall seem visibly shaken to discuss it. “I have never had anything like that to happen to me,” said Kim Hall, 36, an attorney for the federal government. “I’ve had, you know, small racist things that people say, but never anything like this. She was yelling racial […]

A judge on Monday upheld the convictions of seven men found guilty in a 1984 murder of a woman who was found beaten and sodomized in a northeast Washington garage. D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg said the men, who argued their innocence in court earlier this year, had failed to present any scientific or […]

Legislators who advocate abortion rights for U.S. women added another victory July 31 as a bill to ban the procedure in Washington, D.C. after 20 weeks of gestation, failed to clear the House of Representatives. The D.C. Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, (H.R. 3803), was introduced by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and it failed, on […]

For much of his public life in the District of Columbia, Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry has been a polarizing figure in the city. As his career winds down, the group of people who supported Barry in his early days continues to support him now. A poll released in July by the Washington Post shows […]

Washington has been called the Murder Capital and the AIDS Capital. However, the District of Columbia overcame the first label. Now, some AIDS experts say that it is beginning to shake off the second one, too. “I want to dispel an urban legend that D.C. is the worst in the world,” Gregory Pappas, M.D., Ph.D., […]

In late June, The District of Columbia Housing Authority held a graduation ceremony for 24 senior residents at Garfield Terrace, 2301 11th Street N.W. The seniors were the first graduating class from the Connected Living program that focuses on digital literacy. It provides training and offers seniors living at the community access to technology, programming […]

It’s dusk on a summer Friday and a misty rain has slowed pedestrian traffic on U Street, NW. But though walkers are few, most of the trendy bars and restaurants on the street are packed. At Indulj, a restaurant and lounge near the corner of 12th Street, the tables are full and the bar is […]