Category: Washington D.C. News

Howard University announces the start of the inaugural class for its new online degree – the online Executive MBA program. The inaugural class which includes executives and administrators started formal academic training this week after students completed an online orientation session in December. Students in the program will gain a comprehensive understanding of business, and […]

For the first time since 2004, the District’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade was in full swing once again.  After an eight year hiatus, the well received parade greeted the changing neighborhoods of southeast. The parade returned with the collaborative efforts of Washington Informer publisher, Denise Rolark Barnes, whose family helped launch the first […]

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, people like David and Miriam Sanders visited the national memorial on Independence Avenue despite the bitter temperature forcing residents to bundle up from head to toe. Men, women and children surrounded the monument, located between the Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson Memorials, snapping photos of each other and […]

Mariama Taifa-Seitu,17, a senior at School Without Walls, is teaching this time by highlighting the controversial issue of factory farmed meat production. Inspired in her freshmen year by a video she watched about factory farming, she was hooked that the way she felt about fast foods would change. Her vigilance to bring attention to this […]

Mayor Vincent C. Gray has reminded motorists with outstanding tickets to pay up before the city’s ticket-amnesty program ends Jan. 27. Under the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) program, drivers may pay older, outstanding parking, moving violations and photo-enforcement tickets issued before Jan. 1, 2010 without extra penalties. “Time is running out for citizens […]

A yoga studio and a longtime neighborhood-clothing store were among the recipients of the first round of grants announced by D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray in mid-January as part of the H Street NE Retail Priority Grant Program. The grants are intended to help stimulate small-business development and expansion along the H Street NE retail and […]

Joining key Maryland legislators with civil rights and community activists one day before the Maryland General Assembly reconvenes, national leaders of the NAACP met January 10 to position Maryland as the next state in the nation to do away with capital punishment. “We know that when you seek the death penalty instead of life without […]

In this political year, many are reminded of Iowa, a small state in the Midwest, which served as a launching pad for both President Obama as well as one of his Republican opponents, ultra-conservative Rick Santorum. Four decades earlier, Iowa also launched the remarkable career of James Mitchell, who came to the Buckeye State from […]

While most people focus on the political and social grievances against government and corporate greed from protestors at Freedom Plaza in what has become known at Occupy DC, several homeless Black women who have taken up residence there say the movement’s agenda doesn’t include demonstrating for the homeless or the needs of Black people. The […]

The Northeast Performing Arts Group in partnership with Survivors of Homicide and the African Heritage Dancers & Drummers hosted a candlelight vigil on New Year’s Eve in memory of the homicide victims of 2011. The event, started on Freedom Plaza 21 years ago when the murder rate averaged 400 annually, brought sad memories and joyful […]

Outside a former school on the 2300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, a male employee is selling oils and incense. Inside, immediately to the left, is a display about the Moors of Delaware; in the back of the room, near a left-hand corner is another display, about author Alex Haley’s great grandfather, Kunta […]

The D.C. Council is set to take up a bill introduced by Council Chairman Kwame Brown (D) to require all city high schools students to take college admission tests and apply to at least one college, vocational or trade school, even if they don’t intend to continuing education beyond the 12th grade. The bill would […]