Category: Washington D.C. News

One of the first orders of business for the Republican-controlled House was to strip D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of her limited voice on the floor of the House. Shortly after the chamber convened Jan. 5, Republican leaders of the 112th Congress withdrew Norton’s right to vote when the House is convened in what is […]

In an applause-laden message of hope, unity and even courage, Vincent Gray took the oath of office this week to become the sixth mayor—since Home Rule—of the District of Columbia. But during the 10-minute speech before a beaming crowd of 3,500 well-wishers, who gathered for a slate of inaugural festivities Jan. 2 at the Washington […]

For many people, it’s a way of giving thanks, of acknowledging a sacred season by means of giving back to the community. But philanthropy should not be confined to just the end of the year, advocates say. “It’s a day to day for us, not just Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it’s a lifestyle,” said Gwen […]

D. C. police have recorded their first homicides of the new year. As of early this week, the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was still investigating the fatal shooting 16-year-old Bryant Morillo, which occurred Jan. 2 in the 4500 block of New Hampshire, N.W. Morillo lived in Hyattsville, Md. According to an […]

About 300 students who attended classes at the Takoma Education Campus in Northwest Washington which was gutted by a fire over the holidays, will temporarily resume their studies Jan. 3 at Meyer Elementary School, according to an announcement by District of Columbia Public Schools interim chancellor, Kaya Henderson. Henderson said that while other options were […]

Cases of the 12-year-old girl that had been in the custody of a man who turned her into a prostitute and the murder of two girls killed by their adopted mother are prime examples of how the sealing of information from public scrutiny can be detrimental to children placed in foster care, according to two […]

At-large Councilmember Michael Brown, chairman of the Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, has provided a report to his Council peers that details system-wide problems related to the District’s high rate of unemployment. According to Brown, who presented the “Special Report on the State of the District’s Workforce Programs,” various problems related to the city’s […]

Mayor-elect Vincent Gray has named five persons to positions in education and other areas of the new administration that takes over Jan. 2. During a Dec. 22 press conference, Gray announced his choices for two education posts—Hosanna Mahaley, as state superintendent of education, and De’Shawn Wright as deputy mayor for education. Mahaley has worked for […]

The District of Columbia is a town known for being front and center when it comes to a good front page story. And to outsiders not accustomed to what it’s really like to live and work in the nation’s capital, things in this cosmopolitan enclave can be downright confusing and even comical, as evidenced by […]