Gentrifiers have been trying to whitewash Black communities all over the country for decades now. However, one store in Washington, D.C., has unwittingly caused an uprising and now residents in the nation’s capital are fighting back in the best way ever.
Fox 5 DC reports, police are searching for a 15-year-old missing from Southeast, D.C. Danielle Nicole Wilson was last seen around 6:30 a.m. on Friday, January 25 in the 2700 block of Minnesota Avenue. Wilson is described as a Black female with a medium complexion. She is 5-feet-5-inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. She currently […]
A racist internet troll has settled a lawsuit filed by American University’s first black student body president after he helped a white supremacist website launch a vicious campaign of harassment and racial threats. The Associated Press reports that Evan James McCarty has agreed to submit to “anti-hate training,” as well as offering an apology in writing […]
A Washington, D.C., high school principal was recorded mocking a student’s sexual assault claim made last June, according to a lawsuit and an audio recording obtained by the Washington Post. The girl, who is not named by the post, allegedly went to Aqueelha James, principal of Roosevelt High School, to report a sexual assault. A male student […]
A police officer out of Washington D.C. has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old girl. Nathan Clinkscale, 25, was arrested and charged on April 30 for third-degree sex offense according to The Root. Police report that the mother of the 14-year-old girl found the two in the basement of her Maryland home. Clinkscale admitted to police that he engaged in “consensual” […]
There could be an arrest on Capitol Hill amid the Russian meddling investigation of the 2016 Presidential election headed by Robert Muller. As the deadline rushes close Roland Martin talks with federal prosecutors Glenn Ivey, Kwame Manly and Paul Hastings about Muller’s strategy in this investigation. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!
With the latest Republican health care overhaul teetering near collapse, one group, in particular, is watching with heightened anxiety. The debate in Congress is personal for many of those who gained coverage through Medicaid in the 31 states that expanded the program under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Alan Purser, who lives in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in some form, despite continued debate over whether they are improving student performance in reading and math. Of the states that opted in after the standards were introduced in 2010 — 45 plus the District of […]
The DMV – that’s D.C., Maryland and Virginia can now proudly call the Obamas part of the community. Looks like after 8 years in Washington, D.C., the Obamas ain’t going nowhere soon. Originally staying in the area to keep their youngest daughter Sasha at her prestigious private school, they now appear to be putting down […]
Self-avowed racist Richard Spencer was punched in the face by a protester during an on-camera interview following Donald Trump's inauguration.
On January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, thousands are expected to gather in Washington D.C., in yet another march for women's rights.
According to reports, not one Washington, D.C., band has applied to be a part of Donald Trump's inaugural parade.
