Category: Washington D.C. News

The District’s commission charged with studying the problems of males in the city recently met to discuss how substance abuse is negatively impacting the lives of boys and men. The discussion is one of many being held to form an action plan early next year. The goal is to provide solutions to many of the situations […]

The utility that supplies residential and commercial customers in the District recently decided to apply to the city’s public service commission for a rate increase. Residents aren’t happy about it. Pepco, now affiliated with Chicago-based energy giant Exelon, filed for an $85.47 million rate increase with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia […]

The Natalie Williams Breast Cancer Foundation will hold a march in honor of Natalie Williams, a breast cancer survivor, on July 9 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The march will begin at the new Macedonia Baptist Church, located at 4115 Alabama Ave. SE and proceed to Capitol Hill/Upper. At 1 p.m. the “Welcome to […]

The Capitol Press Club will host an informative evening about “The Business of Communications: Succeeding as an Independent Writer” on July 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will be located at the Thurgood Marshall Center. The event is free and opento the public. Learn techniques from experienced journalists and further you’re knowledge in […]

The Raben Group will produce The March on Washington film Festival July 13 until July 23. The opening event, “Songs of the Civil Rights Movement,” will occur on July 13 from 6:30 p.m.- 9.p.m. at Metropolitan AME Church, 1518 M Street, NW.  Each day consists of something new and enticing in a different location of the […]

The utility that supplies residential and commercial customers in the District applied to the city’s public service commission for a rate increase. Pepco, which is now affiliated with Chicago-based energy giant Exelon, filed for an $85.47 million rate increase with the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia on June 30. The company said it […]

D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Kaya Henderson is leaving the system’s top job after five years at the helm. That means Sept. 30 will be her last day running the system of 111 schools. “Simply put, I am ready to take on new challenges, and I have complete […]

Robert White is the Democratic nominee for an at-large D.C. council seat in November. (Photo/robertwhiteatlarge.com) In one of the first interviews since winning the Democratic At-Large council primary, presumptive council candidate Robert White, who grew up in D.C., talked to the AFRO about being on the District’s legislative body and the upcoming Nov. 8 general election. White, […]

A Northeast D.C. resident was arrested June 24 for assaulting a woman aboard a Metro train, according to the Metro Transit Police. He turned himself in after authorities issued a warrant for his arrest on June 22. On May 24, Lawrence Nathaniel Harris, 25, was aboard a Largo, Maryland-bound Blue Line train when he allegedly […]

Elevated levels of lead and excessive lead contamination were recently detected in water fountains at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Downtown D.C. and six other neighborhood libraries according to a report released June 22. Fountains at Lamond-Riggs and Southwest sites, as well as sinks at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, exceeded the Environmental […]

Tierra Jolly represents Ward 8 on the D.C. State Board of Education. (AFRO File Photo) A group of elected leaders and community activists received a briefing on the District’s school modernization process. The Ward 8 Education Council, an organization of ward residents and leaders led by Iris Jacobs, held a meeting on June 27 at the […]

Signs along the Sixth Street between M and O, allow churchgoers to park at an angle to increase the number of available parking spaces. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) The handful of Black churches in the Shaw neighborhood surrounding the Convention Center have a combined history in the District of nearly 500 years. Long considered […]