Category: Washington D.C. News

Walmart decided against building stores in Southeast D.C., causing a major ripple in several development deals in areas in desperate need of revitalization. Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray was livid while discussing the recent economic pullout of Walmart from several signed leases to build new stores east of the river. He described it as Walmart’s […]

D.C. resident Geraldine McCrae turned 100 on Jan. 15. (Photo by Valerie Russell) Family and friends gathered at Martin’s Camelot in Upper Marlboro, Maryland Jan. 16 to celebrate the life and accomplishments of longtime D.C. resident, Geraldine McCrae who turned 100-years-old.  McCrae was born in Guyana, South America on Jan, 15, 1916. By the age […]

Muriel Bowser takes the oath of office Jan. 2, 2015 while family members watch. (Photo by Rob Roberts) D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) released her first annual Accountability Report Jan. 11. The “Bowser Administration Transition Plan Accountability Report Year One Update,” addresses nine major topics that effect D.C., including arts, education, transportation, good government […]

Deontray Ingram, 22, was one of D.C.’s 162 homicides in 2015. His death is one of many that leaves community members concerned about the youth’s lack of sensitivity to violence. “It is very much appropriated now, and they are always fighting,” Fehema Johnson, 22, told the AFRO Jan. 16. She is on staff at John Tyler […]

(CannaShow Press Release) Washington, D.C. – February marks the one-year anniversary of cannabis legalization in D.C. and on February 20th the Capitol CannaShow is bringing together the movement’s key advocates, growers, and cannabusinesses at the renowned Mayflower Hotel in the first locally sourced cannabis summit. The District‘s cannabis scene is surging with entrepreneurial businesses like […]

There will be a screening of the l documentary “Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” Jan. 21 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute Auditorium, 3580 Joseph Siewick Drive. The film follows the stories of five brave women touched by HPV and cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is […]

The National Museum of African American History and Culture would like to hear from members of the African Diaspora community who live in the metro D.C. area. The museum is planning a project that will tell stories of contemporary Black populations in the U.S. to discover the perceptions of and expectations for the museum. Project […]

Thousands of area residents attended NBC4’s Health & Fitness Expo from Jan. 9-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) Tens of thousands of D.C. metropolitan area residents converged on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Jan. 9-10 for a health expo that offered necessary tools to better physical, mental, […]

Barack Obama looks to the future, but does not mention statehood during his final State of the Union address. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Not everyone in the District was pleased with President Obama’s last State of the Union address.  While he spoke briefly about Americans having the right to vote with ease […]

More than 80 subway riders, who continue to battle smoke-related illness from last year’s Metrorail fire, filed lawsuits against system. Dennean Baker sat rocking back  and forth at the National Press Club Jan. 12, occasionally wiping a steady flow of tears.  He was one of hundreds of Metrorail riders trapped in a smoke-filled train in […]

The National Collegiate Preparatory Public Charter High School in Southeast D.C. raised 16 percent of the funds needed to send a new class of students to participate in an education enrichment program this school year. The program seeks to expand student horizons and open up new opportunities for them to attend college and succeed. With […]

Dr. E. Gail Anderson Holness offers insight into Dr. King’s legacy and her continued hopes for peace and justice amid a return to racial hostilities. (Photo by Shantella Y. Sherman) One of the first things visitors to St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Northwest D.C. witnessed during its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration […]