Updates

By Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin, The Nation When Muriel Bowser was sworn in last Friday as the new mayor of Washington, DC, she made clear in her inaugural address outlining her vision for...

By Gabrielle Newell This was the opening question of the 2014 National Convening of Black Workers Centers, a gathering that brought together labor activists from around the country.  I, along with 3 other ONE...

On December 16th, the DC Council staff will walk out in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.  But if Black lives matter then it means NOT cutting off TANF benefits to struggling Black mothers. If...

The DCFerguson movement and the residents of Washington, D.C. demand that D.C. City Council immediately pass a resolution taking a stand against the use of "Jump-Out" squads, a racially biased form of policing. "Jump-Outs"...

Walmart pushed its way into DC by offering good jobs for DC residents, even promising $13/hour wages. In December of last year, the first two stores opened up. Now, less than one year later,...

by: Christina Sturdivant Special to the AFRO An in-depth discussion about housing trends in D.C. was hosted by Elevation DC Magazine, Oct. 21. The conversation was an effort to explore the line between preserving...

After successfully demanding a meeting with Councilmember Muriel Bowser, the People’s Platform Alliance, including Mount Vernon Plaza residents, won a temporary reprieve from the management of Mount Vernon Plaza Apartments. Several residents received a...

By Sarah Anne Hughes, DCist About two dozen demonstrators attempted to enter Councilmember Muriel Bowser's office in the Wilson Building today to ask for legislation in support of their affordable housing plan, but were...

By Ben Kabuye The air isn’t different in St. Louis, but you breathe differently in the show-me-state. It is the tension riding the air after a Black boy’s body breathed its last. Michael Brown’s...

By Aaron C. Davis, Washington Post More than a dozen residents of a D.C. apartment building and advocates for the poor staged a sit-in Monday at the council offices of Muriel E. Bowser (D-Ward...