Category: Washington D.C. News

The abundance of D.C. Metropolitan police patrolling the neighborhoods around Anacostia High School has strained relationships between students and authorities. This prompted community leaders, including Union Temple Baptist Church pastor Willie F. Wilson, to intercede. Officers and Anacostia High School students perform a skit demonstrating how best to de-escalate tensions between police officers and Black […]

On Dec. 3, 88 residents were awarded an upgrade, District of Columbia State Diploma from the city’s Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), at a graduation ceremony. The ceremony at the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University in Northwest D.C. was attended by 200 people. 2017 OSSE graduates. (Courtesy Photo-Fred Lewis of OSSE) […]

A number of D.C. residents have made it clear they didn’t like the process D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser used to select the next chancellor of the District of Columbia Public School System. On Dec. 5, D.C. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large), the chairman of the Committee on Education, held a public roundtable at the […]

The District of Columbia’s Police Complaints Board, the governing body of the Office of Police Complaints (OPC), issued a report Nov. 28 to Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Council of the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Interim Chief Peter Newsham, citing numerous complaints of foul language and misconduct among officers. Over the past […]

On Nov. 23, the renovated tombstone of the late Marion S. Barry was unveiled at the Congressional Cemetery in Southeast D.C. Former District first lady Cora Masters Barry was joined by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and two of her predecessors, Vincent C. Gray and Sharon Pratt, as well as D.C. Council members and 150 […]

The Metropolitan Police Department released video footage Nov. 18 of a person suspected in the Southeast homicide of a 40-year-old woman whose body was found in the woods. Police found the body at about 3 p.m. Nov. 8 when they were called to the 2600 block of Pomeroy Road, SE after receiving reports of a […]

Doug J. Patton, a behind the scenes political mover and shaker, has written an inside account of how White men helped Washington D.C.’s Black leaders get elected. The book, The White Guy in the Room, outlines the role he and others of his race played in the development of the District of Columbia’s and the […]

As the cold air sets in and the official start of Winter is only days away, area hair stylists have charted an increase in the number of Black clients experiencing hair loss and breakage. While climate-sensitive Black hair is not uncommon, many women are unaware of home remedies and precautions that ward off damage. Anacostia […]