Category: Washington D.C. News

Delano Hunter D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has appointed a rising political star to lead her office of public service. On Dec. 28, Bowser announced Delano Hunter as the new chief service officer of Serve DC, The Mayor’s Office on Volunteerism. The agency is charged with getting District government employees and residents involved in community service and […]

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (Twitter Photo) Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said that 2015 was a good year for her administration, but she wants to do more for District residents in 2016. In a wide-ranging interview with the AFRO on Dec. 21, Bowser discussed her initiative to completely end homelessness in the District in the near future, […]

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is a candidate for the 2016 presidential nomination. (Courtesy Photo) Democratic presidential contender U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders highlighted the importance of American tolerance of diverse religions and ethnicities at a recent meeting of religious leaders in Washington, D.C. Sanders met with two Muslim clerics, Imam Talib Shareef, president of the Nation’s […]

District residents have long supported fines for breaking traffic rules, especially those that endanger children and pedestrians.  A new D.C. Department of Transportation series of traffic controls, introduced by Mayor Muriel Bowser under a plan for enforcing public safety, entitled Vision Zero, has citizens questioning the reasonability of the strategies, however. For instance, drivers in […]

Police are still searching for suspects in a Dec. 10 shooting of two teenagers on a basketball court in Southeast D.C., said a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department on Dec.13. Lt. Sean Conboy said the offense took place in the 4400 block of F Street, SE. The shooting happened in the evening outside of […]

Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray was recently released from charges involving a 2010 campaign finance scandal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, fresh from a recent legal victory, hasn’t revealed to anyone what he will do politically next year. “We’ll see, won’t we,” Gray told the AFRO when asked whether he will […]

Opera singer Amanda Van Story Lewis D.C. native Amanda Van Story Lewis will perform in Baltimore in Jan. D.C.-born, Baltimore-raised soprano opera singer Amanda Van Story Lewis has pushed past racial diversity to reach her big break. “It’s like breathing pure air and you whole body is invigorated,” Lewis told the AFRO. “What attracted me […]

South view of Westfield Cemetery in Wadesboro, North Carolina. (Photo Coutesy of N.C. State Historic Preservation Office) More than a hundred D.C. residents and friends gathered at the Washington Navy Yard for a holiday gala in support of the The Westview Cemetery in Wadesboro, N.C. Earlier this year, on June 29, the cemetery was placed […]

Pathways in Education (PIE) – a California-based education organization – has withdrawn its request to open a charter school in the District, a D.C. Public Charter School Board leader said on Dec. 14. Earlier this year, the organization proposed a school to serve high-school dropouts and other at-risk students in Wards 7 and 8. The […]

The D.C. Public Charter School Board voted unanimously Dec. 14 to begin proceedings to revoke the charter of Potomac Preparatory Public Charter School after it failed to meet a series of academic targets. The D.C. Public Charter School Board voted unanimously Dec. 14 to begin proceedings to revoke the charter of Potomac Preparatory Public Charter […]

Endura Govan, owner of D.C.-based International Business Kids receives an award from the Rainbow Push Coalition. (left to right) Steve Smith, executive director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations &Telecommunications Project; Rev. Jesse Jackson, Eudura Govan and the event emcees. (Photo by Rob Roberts) The Rainbow Push Coalition discussed serious issues such as police violence and […]

Khelonji Bulluck is one of the winners of D.C.’s first-ever Mikva Challenge, a speech tournament on Dec. 8. (Photo by Jamaal Abdul-Alim) Banneker High School student Khelonji Bulluck didn’t need a microphone to say what he had to say Dec. 8 at a citywide “soapbox” tournament. The passion with which he spoke against the federal […]