Category: Washington D.C. News

The University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law is sponsoring a Law Review Symposium on April 7 from 10 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. The symposium will focus on the efforts of the historical Civil RightsMovement and the transition to modern fights for civil rights. The event will take […]

Ken Dudley is the new coach of youth track-and-field club DC Speed. (Photo by Breana Pitts) Ken Dudley just wanted to give his sons a competitive edge in youth football, so he signed them up for track and field with DC Speed, the premier youth track club in Washington, D.C. The club needed more coaches, […]

Metro trains arrive in the Gallery Place-Chinatown Metro station Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) In the wake of a recent day-long, system-wide closure of the region’s subway system that revealed massive health and safety concerns, officials of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced a strategy for repairs that may […]

A Northwest Washington, D.C., man on March 31 pleaded guilty to a charge of malicious disfigurement while armed, in connection with his violently attacking a woman with a knife Jan. 22 in Southeast D.C., according to the District’s U.S. Attorney’s Office. Meguiel Jackson, 36, pled guilty in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to […]

15-yr-old Davonte Washington. (Photo/GoFundMe) Hundreds gathered at the Deanwood Metro Station parking lot in Northeast Washington, D.C., the evening of March 30 to pay tribute to Davonte Washington, 15, who was gunned down at the station on March 26 in what D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier called a “senseless act.” The massive crowd was packed […]

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s new budget is is set for public hearings. (AFRO File Photo) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) recently presented her $13.5 billion budget for the District to the D.C. Council that includes $2.5 million for more police officers, $4.8 million for summer youth jobs and looks to take over the D.C. jail. On […]

On March 23, the Public Service Commission voted 2-1 in favor of the Exelon-Pepco merger, creating the largest utility company in the country. Chairman Betty Ann Kane cast the lone dissenting vote. The $6.8 billion transaction is official, with Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the U.S. Justice Department supporting it.  […]

The bill is sponsored by D.C. Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5). (Courtesy Photo) To address an increase in violent crime within the District, the D.C. Council recently unanimously approved a bill that includes a proposal to pay residents and some youth a stipend to not to commit crimes. The bill is now headed […]

A Howard University student, who is also employed as a resident assistant in the university’s College Hall South dormitory, was recently accused of sexually assaulting another Howard student. The accusations have unveiled concerns about a rape culture on campus, which has led to policy changes at the university. Scores of Howard student-protestors spilled into the […]

Phil Mendelson, chairman of the D.C. Council, wants residents to make sure they aren’t paying too much in property taxes. (Photo/philmendelson.com) On March 23 at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Ward 5 and on March 26 at the Anacostia Library in Ward 8, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) held his annual “Tax Town Hall […]

Bellamy is accused of being involved in the killing of a boy who was fatally shot on March 26 at the Deanwood Metro station in Northeast D.C. (Wikimedia Commons) The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police arrested 17-year-old Maurice Bellamy on March 29. Bellamy is accused of being involved in the killing of a 15-year-old boy, who […]

Smokey’s Barbershop & Oldies Amidst the new expensive condominiums, busy upscale bars and restaurants, and the city’s only streetcar, Black entrepreneurs on the once riot-torn H Street in northeast D.C., are working hard to cash in on the community’s new prosperity and dramatically changing landscape. For some, business is booming, but, others are struggling to […]