Category: Washington D.C. News

On Sept. 30, two marches – the March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women — included men and women from several different racial and ethnic backgrounds, marching in unity, to the DOJ to advocate for Black women and racial equality. (Photos by Rob Roberts)

On Oct. 7, from 11 a.m.-  7 p.m., and on Oct. 8, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., churchgoers are invited to attend St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral’s 54th Annual Fall Bazaar, 3500 Massachusetts Ave., NW.  Participants will be able to experience Eastern European food, books and gifts, and tours of our beautiful cathedral. (Courtesy Photo/gofundme)

The last outdoor costume event of the season is scheduled to be held at the Brookland’s Farmer’s Market, located at  716 Monroe St., NE, on Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon.. Enjoy the crisp air as you create hats and necklaces for children in hospitals and care facilities. The event is free to attend. […]

The Day of Dignity is a family program that provides free food produce, hot meals, school supplies, family activities, and entertainment. The event is scheduled to be held on October 7 at America’s Islamic Heritage Museum, located at  2315 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, SE, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Capitol Hill Jazz Foundation’s mission is to serve the Washington D.C. jazz community by providing a weekly jam session, an annual jazz festival, and arts advocacy on behalf of D.C. jazz musicians. The Capitol Hill Jazz Fest, will occur on October 7 at Garfield Park — 2nd St., SE & F St., SE.  The […]

American University has released photographs and video footage of a suspect they say distributed 10 racist fliers bearing the Confederate flag, cotton stalks and the phrase “Huzzah for Dixie” around the university’s Washington, D.C. campus earlier this week. This photograph shows one of the 10 racist fliers bearing the Confederate flag, cotton stalks and the […]

Jeannette Mobley hopes to return Ward 5 Democrats to the place of prominence they once held in Washington, D.C. politics. Jeannette Mobley recently elected President of Washington D.C.’s Ward 5 Democrats (Courtesy Photo) Mobley was sworn in as President of the Ward 5 Democrats along with her fellow officers at a Sept. 25 meeting at […]

Ellis Caudle is not ashamed to admit that he used and sold drugs on and off for most of his life—until he entered the District of Columbia Superior Court Drug Intervention Program last year. Caudle, 58, graduated from the program on Sept. 20, and the Maryland man is hopeful his story of redemption inspires others […]

D.C. Council member Brianne Nadeau, who is White, will face a challenge from another Black resident. Sheika Reid recently announced she is running for the Ward 1 council seat Nadeau currently occupies. Sheika Reid, a native Washingtonian, has announced her bid to run for the Ward 1 Council seat. (Courtesy photo) On Sept. 17, Reid […]

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District’s delegate to the U.S. Congress, was honored with a scholarship and fundraising dinner bearing her name. (Courtesy photo) The D.C. Federation of Democratic Women announced that a scholarship and a fundraising dinner have been started in the name of the District of Columbia’s member of the U.S. Congress. “We have […]

The U.S. Census Bureau released a vital, and troubling, examination of the nation’s economy, using new statistics on income, poverty, health insurance and more than 40 other areas through the agency’s American Community Survey.  Of gravest concern, according to the Census report, was the sharp decrease in income and increase in poverty among Blacks. There […]

Several hundred grieving family members and friends of 16-year-old Zaire Kelly held a “Celebration of Life” vigil at the Thurgood Marshall Academy in Southeast, Washington D.C. Sept. 25 to remember a young man they described as “exceptional.” 16-year-old Zaire Kelly was fatally shot during a robbery attempt in Northeast D.C. on Sept. 20. (Courtesy Photo) […]