Category: Washington D.C. News

The National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS) and NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries joined forces to present “Aquarius 2010: If Reefs Could Talk,” a program designed to educate students on their connection to the ocean. On Oct. 12, Bancroft Elementary School students participated in this program that allowed them to travel deep into […]

Peggy Cooper Cafritz, owner of the Northwest Washington mansion that was gutted by fire last year, is suing the District of Columbia. The prominent arts patron, who founded the Duke Elllington School of the Arts, filed the $30 million lawsuit against the city’s water department claiming that inadequate fire hydrants and low water pressure prevented […]

Some University of the District of Columbia faculty members, upset over stalled contract negotiations, are saying that with the matter at a standstill, they are no further ahead now than they were three years ago when negotiations began. According to group spokesman Mohammad El Kawas, a biology professor at the city-operated, open-admissions university, its labor […]

Since the day Lisa Muschette was born 24 years ago, she has lived with a personal secret, one considered so dark by society that even she didn’t know about it until age 10. Her mother knew. Her father knew. But Lisa’s secret was so taboo that they did not dare to whisper it to others, […]

Washington, D.C. motorists are headed for record numbers of citations for talking and texting while driving. That’s the conclusion of District of Columbia police who reportedly issued 11,088 cell-phone-related citations through September of this year. If the pace continues, officers could dish out almost 15,000 tickets by year’s end. Use of phones is prohibited while […]

Alleging a decades-long system of discrimination surrounding the discipline and promotion of African- American firefighters and EMS workers, a group of current and former employees has taken their concerns public by filing a 31-page class action lawsuit against the city’s fire department. The D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, which has become known […]

A new facility touted as part of a modern day solution to serious health care problems—particularly in areas where there is a shortage of providers— has opened inside the CVS pharmacy in the Benning community. The MinuteClinic health care center, located in Ward 7 on the 300 block of 40th St. N.E., is the second […]

A portion of the smallest quadrant in Washington, D.C., is about to undergo a transformation that could serve as a model for similar waterfront redevelopments across the country. But according to a minority organization that has worked tirelessly to ensure that a Benjamin Banneker memorial is included in the $1.5 billion project along the waterfront […]

A society is what is celebrates—that’s why it’s no wonder that the United States has regressed in terms of its global education standing, said entrepreneur Lawrence Bock. “If we celebrate Lindsay Lohan, we generate a lot of Lindsay Lohan wannabes,” he told the AFRO. “We don’t celebrate science and engineering and that’s one of the […]

The City Council of the District of Columbia has approved a measure that would require the Board of Elections and Ethics to hold a special election to fill a vacancy occurring in the office of mayor, City Council chairman or Council member on the first Tuesday, following 60 days after a respective vacancy has been […]