By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray served on the Council before being mayor and most recently has held the seat of Ward 7 Council […]
Category: D.C. Government
Local Actions Taken While Science Develops
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com The nation’s capital is still suffering from the novel coronavirus with more than 3,000 District of Columbia residents having tested positive for COVID-19. […]
Emancipation Day During COVID-19 Crisis
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Despite the pall of COVID-19 hanging over the nation’s capital, where more than 2,100 people have tested positive for the virus, 72 have […]
Vote Safe D.C. Campaign Launch
By Briana Thomas Special to the AFRO On March 27, the D.C. Board of Elections launched a campaign to encourage residents to utilize voter mail-in ballots for the upcoming elections […]
Council Unanimously Passes Relief Bill for Residents
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Conducting a virtual meeting for the first time in its 45-year history, the District of Columbia Council unanimously passed its second COVID-19 relief […]
Mayor’s Top Aide Dies of COVID-19
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com According to the D.C. Health Statistics Summary, 401 District of Columbia residents have tested positive for COVID-19, 106 people have recovered and nine […]
The Joint Center Commends Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Appointing Kemba Hendrix as Executive Director of the U.S. House Office of Diversity & Inclusion
WASHINGTON — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies commends Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for appointing Kemba Hendrix as executive director of the newly established U.S. House […]
Issues, Not Candidates, Drive Black Women’s Votes
By Donna Lewis Johnson and Micha Green Special to the AFRO On March 4, the day after Super Tuesday, the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) released its seventh annual report on […]
Allen Proposes Metro Subsidy
By Imani Wj Wright Special to the AFRO On March 4, D.C. Council member Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) introduced the Metro for DC Amendment Act of 2020, a proposal that […]
Mapping the Count: Census Week of Action
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To ensure all are counted, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is inviting you to take part in the Census Week of Action […]
GoGo to Become D.C.’s Official Music
By Malik Obee, Special to the AFRO The conga drum of the GoGo sound has been the beat of Washington, D.C. for over 50 years. From the Washington Nationals adapting […]
Mfume, Klacik Win Party Primaries for Elijah Cummings’ Seat
By BRIAN WITTE and REGINA GARCIA CANO, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Democrat Kweisi Mfume and Republican Kimberly Klacik won the special primaries Tuesday for the Maryland congressional seat that […]