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 […]
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Washington D.C. Beleaguered Councilman Harry Thomas, Jr. Resigns
D.C. Council member Harry Thomas, Jr. (D-Ward 5) has resigned Jan. 5, becoming the first sitting D.C. Council member to be charged with a felony since the city’s home rule government was seated in 1975, after he was accused of embezzling more than $350,000 in government funds and filing false tax returns, The Washington Post […]
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Black Women Seek Independent Presence at Freedom Plaza
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 […]
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Candlelight Vigil Salutes the Fallen of 2011
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 […]
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Local Curator Aims to Educate with New Islamic Museum
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 […]
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Girls Rock Empowers Tweens
Three hundred 6-8th grade girls from the District, Maryland and Virginia spent a sunny Saturday inside Girls Rock, a free conference designed for emerging young leaders. Members of Xi Zeta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority of Washington, D.C. sponsored the program. They welcomed participants to Walker Jones Education Campus at 1125 New Jersey […]
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Despite a Few Losses, Norton Optimistic for 2012 Session
Following a tumultuous legislative year, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said she is optimistic that the 2012 congressional legislative session will see gains for the District. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives overturned several local D.C. laws, most notably barring the city from using its own funds to pay for abortions for poor women, and taking […]
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Occupy Washington D.C. to Share Space with Free-Market Group
Occupy Washington D.C., the group protesting corporate and economic greed and inequality, has received an extension from the National Park Service to remain encamped on Freedom Plaza until the end of February. The group’s original permit expired Dec. 30. However, the extension also mandates that a pro-free market group scheduled to hold a series of […]
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Centenarian Saluted
Family and Friends gathered in the home of Lucy B. Stewart Speller recently to celebrate her 107th birthday. Known as ‘Aunt,’ and ‘Sister,’ to many because she and her ‘hubby’ had no biological children but they were responsible for the success of so many. Students of Wesley and children of their friends eagerly recall the […]
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Friendship Public Charter School Students Earn Posse Scholarships
Friendship Public Charter School is proud to announce two students have won Posse Scholarships. This year’s winners are Adrian Bowie and Benjamin Bulluck. They will attend Sewanee: The University of the South and Lafayette College respectively. The recipients will receive four-year full-tuition scholarships from colleges that partner with the Posse Foundation. “Through hard work and […]
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Group Says Major Corporations are Funding Discriminatory Voting Laws
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – An online advocacy group, dedicated to strengthening the collective political voice of Black people and other historically disadvantaged, is calling for major corporations to stop funding a right-wing group that pushes for discriminatory voter identification laws. “For years, the right wing has been trying to stop Black people, other people of color, young […]
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Gray Signs Bill to Put Jobless D.C. Residents at Front of New Hire Line
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray signed a bill that would ensure that city residents receive priority for new jobs created by municipal financing and development programs. The District of Columbia Workforce Intermediary Establishment and Reform of First Source and Living Wage Act of 2011, signed on Dec. 21, mandates that all projects funded in whole or […]
