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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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 […]
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D.C. Council Clears New Ethics Bill
A sweeping ethics bill has cleared the D.C. Council in a 12-to-1 vote ending six months of wrangling amid a series of investigations over financial and ethical improprieties that have plagued city government, but critics said the new law still isn’t tough enough. The measure was sent Dec. 20 to Mayor Vincent Gray, who the […]
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Local Artists Continue Kwanzaa Through Song
Created to give African Americans a holiday that promotes culture and inspires greatness in the family and community, Kwanzaa emerged in 1966 when first introduced by scholar and distinguished author, Dr. Maulana Karenga. Out of a time where African Americans were fighting to exercise even their basic rights to vote and make a living, Dr. […]
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Black Males Target of Racial Profiling in Public Housing
Several civil rights attorneys have banned together to address a growing problem that targets young Black males in the District because of race, age and gender. At a press conference on Dec. 19, victims of barring notices on public housing properties and their legal counsel spoke about the trend that in many cases keeps them […]
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Lincoln Theatre Saved, Community Board Out
A $1.4 million scheduled capital improvement project for the Lincoln Theatre was announced by DC Mayor Vincent Gray on Dec. 20. This follows several other major changes including dismantling its community-based board. In October, it was announced that the theatre was strapped for revenue, the city refused to put money into the existing design and […]