Anacostia Mourns Loss of Two Activists
Darnell Bradford-El: 1946-2019
Members of the Moorish Science Temple of America, ministers of the Nation of Islam, community activists from the civil rights movement, educators...
Malik Lloyd, DC’s Inline Skating Ninja
Malik Lloyd, an unassuming, lanky lad from Ward 7, is now making black history as a world-class inline skater and instructor. For those who...
Activists Give Hope to Victims of Gun Violence
Ryane B. Nickens, a native of DC’s Ward 8, is no stranger to gun violence. When she was just eight years old, she saw...
DC Environmental Legislation Brings Changes in 2019 and Beyond
While DC’s Clean Energy bill was the most far-reaching environmental legislation of 2018 – ensuring that the District runs on 100 percent renewable energy...
A Marshall Plan for Trauma
“We’re only now becoming facile in the language of trauma,” said DC Attorney General Karl Racine, who is heartened by the District’s progress. “This...
Supporting Women Reentering the Community
Henry Ford once said, “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” For many returning citizens coming home from prison,...
Training DC Residents in Clean Energy
These days, energy efficiency and renewable energy are powering DC. While providing solar and wind energy to homes and offices, they are also creating...
‘Pathways 2 Power’: These Aren’t Just Kids
How It Started
After the deaths of two classmates, students and faculty at the Southeast charter school Thurgood Marshall Academy (TMA) were at a loss.
In...
Ketcham Elementary School Principal Awarded Principal of the Year
When Mayor Muriel Bowser spoke on stage at Ketcham Elementary School at 15th Street and Good Hope Road SE last month, for a rally...
A Traumatic Failure: DC Public Schools Neglect Mental Health
“I have to meet this guy and have sex with him. If I don’t, then he and his friends are going to rape my...
