Category: Washington D.C. News

Mayor Vincent C. Gray and D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown announced May 15 that a deal had been worked out in the city’s budget negotiations which would fund renovations for 24 playgrounds in the District. “Every child in the District should have a safe and inviting place to play,” Gray said. “Working together, Chairman Brown […]

Kenyan McDuffie, a former aide to Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, triumphed over a crowded field in a special election May 15 to replace scandal-plagued Harry Thomas Jr. as Ward 5 Council member. McDuffie won convincingly, claiming 10 of the ward’s 18 precincts and finishing no lower than second place in the precincts he did […]

Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced May 17 that his One City, One Hire program had connected 3,000 District residents with jobs; nearly a third of the way to the program’s goal of finding employment for 10,000 previously unemployed District residents . Approximately 40 percent of the hires are from Wards 5, 7 and 8, where […]

He was known as the Godfather of Go-go, the mustachioed baritone singer-songwriter-guitarist-bandleader who traveled the world on behalf of the music genre that became the hallmark of D.C. Chuck Brown, who is credited with creating the percussion-driven, rollicking call and response music, died at an area hospital May 16. He was 75. A relative of […]

The Century Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club held its 49th Annual Founders’ Day and Awards Luncheon, April 22, at the Washington Navy Yard and Catering and Conference Center. Approximately 200 guests were in attendance at this gala affair. Mayor Vincent C. Gray sent a letter of congratulations commending […]

The black church is still reeling from President Barack Obama’s announcement that he is in agreement with the legalization of same-sex marriage in America. Bishops, ministers, and pastors weighed in from pulpits around the country over Mother’s Day weekend, a majority not in favor of the decision, but still in support of another Obama administration […]

WASHINGTON — Dr. MalikaIssoufouMahamadou, the first lady of the Republic of Niger and president of the Tattali-Iyali Foundation, met with doctors and other clinicians with the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Monday as part of her continuous effort to upgrade health care for the citizens of her African nation. Dr. Mahamadou, who was greeted […]

In the spring of 2010, then-freshman marketing major Patrick Oseni came up with the idea for a philanthropic lifestyle brand after seeing an ad for Toms Shoes. Oseni liked Toms’ concept of giving back to children in developing countries with every purchase. Inspired by this he took the idea, adapted it and made it his […]

Montvale, N.J. – The PhD Project, an award-winning program to create a more diverse corporate America, announced that Project participant Russell Price, PhD, was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at Howard University, effective August 2012. He received his Ph.D. in Finance from Florida State University. Price is one of only 73 African-American Finance business […]

The Association of Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington plans to file a lawsuit against the District government for requirements to increase the percentage of DC residents for large construction projects. The organization claimed the hiring goals laid out in the current and revised DC First Source law are completely unrealistic and unattainable. “The goals […]

In spite of there being little overall change in the homeless population in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, homelessness inside the District nevertheless increased 6 percent from 2011, according to Homeless in Metropolitan Washington, a new report by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The report was released May 9 at the monthly meeting of […]