Category: Washington D.C. News

The National Black Public Relations Society and the D.C. Chapter of Black Journalists will host a “So You Think You Can Pitch” event June 16 at Agency Chief, 1800 Massachusetts Avenue NW from 6:30 p.m. to 8: 30 p.m. Participants can learn tips and tricks for pitching media across different platforms. Panelists will include Jarvis […]

Nonprofit organization Beta Omega Social Services will hold its Annual Father’s Day Jazz Brunch June 19 at the Kellogg Conference Center on Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave. NE, from noon to 3 p.m. Tony Richards from WHUR will host the event. Entertainment will be provided by Phaze II. Tickets cost $60 for adults and $12 […]

On Father’s Day, June 19, at 10 a.m. at the Silver Spring Civic Center, 8525 Fenton Street, workout with celebrity trainers Michelangelo Bance (Fitness Gratitude) and Tiffani Jenkins (Game Changer Development), Fit Fathers founder Kimatni D. Rawlins, the Baltimore Ravens’ Kyle Arrington and 12-year-old fitness guru Jodi Evans who will lead the youth exercise activities. Enjoy games, […]

The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and federal agents on June 7 announced the seizure of 80 pounds of heroin along the Benning Road Corridor in Southeast D.C. According to police, four search warrants were served and 10 people were arrested in the operation. The heroin has an estimated street value of approximately $4 million, […]

Washington, D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary Chair Kenyan McDuffie speaks at a hearing. (AFRO Photo/Linda Poulson) Washington, D.C. residents turned out in overwhelming numbers for a June 2 public hearing by the city council’s Committee on the Judiciary on a bill that would reform the District’s juvenile justice system. The Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment […]

Smokey Robinson performs at the 12th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert held at The Novo by Microsoft on Thursday, May 19, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins and Gavin DeGraw will headline the annual July Fourth concert outside the U.S. Capitol. Organizers announced the lineup […]

The Backyard Band now attracts a more sophisticated, peaceful audience. (Courtesy photo) Go-go music, which started as D.C.’s own version of funk, has come a long way since its humble beginnings during the 1970’s. For decades, go-go bands usually performed anywhere from empty banquet rooms to bingo halls. Natives of the District, Md. and Va. […]

AFRO endorses Vincent Orange for the At-large Council Seat. The AFRO sent questionnaires to candidates in the D.C. Council At-large, Ward 7 and Ward 8 races. After evaluating the responses from the contestants in each of these contests, the paper has decided to endorse the candidates in the following races: The AFRO endorses D.C. Council member Vincent […]

Leon T. Andrews is a Ward 4 candidate for the D.C. Council. (AFRO File Photo) D.C. Council member Brandon Todd, an ally of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, is fighting a tougher than expected battle to keep his Ward 4 seat from a former opponent. The Democratic Party primary is June 14. Leon T. Andrews Jr., who competed […]

Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee for president. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Black District Republicans aren’t excited about their presumptive presidential nominee and don’t plan to push District statehood at their national convention next month. The Republican National Convention will be held in Cleveland from July 18-21 at the Quicken Loans Arena but some District […]

Following the announcement that D.C. parking meters would increase to $2.30 per hour, several machines were found broken or vandalized. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Several parking meters throughout Southwest D.C. were knocked from their pedestals with the money removed which seems to allegedly be a response to the D.C. Department of Transportation’s June 1 […]