The Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum will present Juan Williams, FOX news political analyst and “Fox News Sunday” panelist, as the featured speaker for the museum’s 26th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. program on Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Williams’ remarks addressing the topic “King Alive: His Dream Lives on Today” will be followed by dialogue […]
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Local Woman Honored for Service
A newly released report from Washington Area Women’s Foundation provides in-depth data on the status of women and girls in the District, Prince George’s and Montgomery counties in Maryland; Fairfax and Arlington counties in Northern Virginia and the city of Alexandria. The report, “2010 Portrait of Women & Girls in the Washington Metropolitan Area,” found […]
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Republicans Strip D.C.’s Voice and Vote in House Action
One of the first orders of business for the Republican-controlled House was to strip D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of her limited voice on the floor of the House. Shortly after the chamber convened Jan. 5, Republican leaders of the 112th Congress withdrew Norton’s right to vote when the House is convened in what is […]
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District’s Era Under Gray Officially Begins
In an applause-laden message of hope, unity and even courage, Vincent Gray took the oath of office this week to become the sixth mayor—since Home Rule—of the District of Columbia. But during the 10-minute speech before a beaming crowd of 3,500 well-wishers, who gathered for a slate of inaugural festivities Jan. 2 at the Washington […]
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Economic Times Demand Giving Beyond the Holidays
For many people, it’s a way of giving thanks, of acknowledging a sacred season by means of giving back to the community. But philanthropy should not be confined to just the end of the year, advocates say. “It’s a day to day for us, not just Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it’s a lifestyle,” said Gwen […]
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D.C. Homicide Continues Downward Spiral
D. C. police have recorded their first homicides of the new year. As of early this week, the homicide division of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was still investigating the fatal shooting 16-year-old Bryant Morillo, which occurred Jan. 2 in the 4500 block of New Hampshire, N.W. Morillo lived in Hyattsville, Md. According to an […]
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Meyer Elementary Opens as Relocation Site for Takoma Education Campus
About 300 students who attended classes at the Takoma Education Campus in Northwest Washington which was gutted by a fire over the holidays, will temporarily resume their studies Jan. 3 at Meyer Elementary School, according to an announcement by District of Columbia Public Schools interim chancellor, Kaya Henderson. Henderson said that while other options were […]
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Child Protection Advocates Seek Open Records, Proceedings
Cases of the 12-year-old girl that had been in the custody of a man who turned her into a prostitute and the murder of two girls killed by their adopted mother are prime examples of how the sealing of information from public scrutiny can be detrimental to children placed in foster care, according to two […]
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Journalists’ Roundtable Christmas Party
Isabel Wilkerson discusses her critically acclaimed book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Dec. 18, at a holiday party of for the Journalists Roundtable at the Washington, D.C. home of Paul and Anita Delaney. Delaney, a former New York Times senior editor, is the winner of the 2010 Lifetime […]
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Students from Bowie State to Study Abroad in Ethiopia
The Bowie State University College of Business is instituting the first study abroad program to Ethiopia by a University System of Maryland Institution in January 2011, according to a press release issued by the Prince George’s County school. The trip will incorporate visits to private business firms, government agencies, the headquarters of the African Union […]
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Montgomery County Domestic Partner Benefits Law Effective Jan. 1
Beginning Jan. 1, the Equal Benefits Law, also known as the Domestic Partner Benefits Law, becomes effective in Montgomery County. Under the Equal Benefits Law, county contractors or subcontractors who are employers must provide the same benefits to an employee with a domestic partner as those provided to an employee with a spouse. Benefits may […]
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Workforce Development Report Offers Unemployment Solutions
At-large Councilmember Michael Brown, chairman of the Committee on Housing and Workforce Development, has provided a report to his Council peers that details system-wide problems related to the District’s high rate of unemployment. According to Brown, who presented the “Special Report on the State of the District’s Workforce Programs,” various problems related to the city’s […]
