Jamila Bey
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Cecilia ‘Cissy’ Marshall, Widow of Thurgood Marshall, dies at 94
Cecilia “Cissy” Marshall, a former NAACP legal secretary and widow of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, died Tuesday Nov. 22. She was […] → Read More
Slain UVA Players Were Returning From Trip To DC
The man accused of killing three members of the 2022 Cavaliers football team and injuring two others on campus Sunday night (Nov. 13) in Charlottesville, Virginia, is in custody. Former […] → Read More
An Update on Mayor Bowser’s Strikeforce on Black Homeownership
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s ambitious plan to add 20,000 Black homeowners to the District by 2030 will benefit from by her successful bid for a third term as mayor. Her proposed 2023 budget contains $26 million to support the effort. → Read More
White House Mourns Migos Rapper Takeoff
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shared the president’s condolences to the families and loved ones killed in recent gun violence. In addition to recent fatal shootings in Newark, Kansas […] → Read More
Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, Pastor of Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, Dies at 73
Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, pastor of New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church, and former president of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, died Friday (Oct. […] → Read More
New Art Museum To Open in SW: The Rubell
The Rubell Museum, the District’s newest museum of contemporary art, opens this Saturday in the former Randall Junior High School in SW. art Curators Don and Mera Rubell renovated the space into a 32,000 square foot gallery, […] → Read More
Keeping 'Our' Home Demands Planning
In her book, My Legacy Personal Planning Portfolio: Leaving a Legacy Instead of Leaving A Mess she outlines the things families need to do to insure their biggest asset doesn’t wind up being their biggest financial regret. → Read More
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Invested to the Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson on Friday was formally invested as the first Black woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice. → Read More
30 Day Curfew for PG County Minors in Effect This Friday
Prince George’s County residents aged 17 and younger will have a midnight curfew starting Friday Sept. 9, was announced in a press conference today by county Executive Angela Alsobrooks. The […] → Read More
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Coming This Fall
In a win for the nearly 45 million Americans who need hearing aids, the devices may be purchased over the counter starting in October. → Read More
Jordan Brand Announces 20-Year Partnership with Howard University
Legendary baller Michael Jordan’s Jordan Brand and Howard University are launching a 20-year partnership. The public will have the chance to see the official debut at Howard’s Game Zero on […] → Read More
Father and Son Convicted of Killing Ahmaud Arbery to Serve Federal Life Sentences
The Georgia father and son who claimed they thought a Black jogger in their neighborhood was a burglar before chasing and shooting him dead have been sentenced in federal court to spend the rest of their lives behind bars. → Read More
FBI Raids Donald Trump's Florida Resort
The FBI on Monday executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. → Read More
Rage Against the Machine Merges Politics and Music at the Capitol One Arena
Politics on Full Display Run the Jewels performed as opening act. In a show fans waited some two and a half years to see, Rage Against the Machine brought its […] → Read More
Fewer Black South Africans Owning and Managing Businesses
Despite the push to increase the numbers of Black-owned businesses in South Africa, the numbers are in decline. → Read More
Monkeypox Vaccination Clinic Opens in Ward 8
The city’s third monkeypox vaccination clinic is set to open on Monday, August 1. DC Health is encouraging residents to pre-register for a monkeypox vaccination appointment. Tomorrow, Friday, July 29, […] → Read More
Republicans Want Dads to Pay Child Support From Conception
Overview: Suffering criticism after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Senate and House Republicans are introducing legislation they say will help moms and babies. Republicans in the Senate and […] → Read More
House Democrats Want DC Mayor to Have Authority Over National Guard
House Democrats Say DC's Mayor- Not the President Should Control the D.C. National Guard The governors of Maryland and Virginia tried to help get National Guard troops to the Capitol […] → Read More
White House Warns On New COVID Variant
The BA.5 Sub Variant is the Fastest Growing Strain of the COVID Virus Even vaccinated people and those previously infected seem to have lesser resistance to this variant. Dr. Ashish […] → Read More
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass addressed the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. In what is one of his most widely known speeches, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of […] → Read More