After countless efforts from PTA members and community leaders, Garrison Elementary School and Francis-Stevens Education Campus are no longer slated for closure. Chancellor Kaya Henderson p...

  Howard University's Journalism Department is working with news organizations to record reports of gunfire in D.C. neighborhoods. Using crowdsourcing maps as...

  A non-profit organization film production company focuses on supporting other worthy non-profits by funding and donating promotional films. ...

  Prince George’s County Public Schools officials are attempting to come up with ways to address the growing problem of bullying. In the 2009-2010 school year, bullying in Prince George’s County schools increased with 488 reports to officials c...

  Schools administrators design zero-tolerance policies to eliminate acts of violence before they happen. Yet these policies dramatically affect children who are unaware that some bad behavior can damage their academic career and in extre...

  Residents and churches in the Logan Circle neighborhood in Northwest Washington have worked with city officials to temporarily at least ease concerns over parking congestion in the area, especially during Sunday morning worship hours. The two...

The Tate brothers, D.C. natives, offer young people business and other skills while serving ribs, greens and other foods at Inspire BBQ in the H Street NE DC corridor. ...

With its foundation laid, the National Museum of African American History and Culture is starting to take shape on its five-acre site near the Washington Monument. ...

Wednesday March 20 represented the 37th consecutive year Howard University has hosted the Special Olympics of D.C. Winter Games in unified basketball and individual motor skills. ...

Spring has finally arrived and the city of Hyattsville will hold its 1.3027171 Local Hyattsville will hold its  Tierra Cuffee Local http://www.hunewsservice.com/dance-place-renovations-set-for-summer-1.3026844 Sydney Farrar
Brookland DC Dance Center Expansion Begins in August

  Dance Place has launched its Moving Forward Campaign to expand its current space at 3225 8^th St. NE. Renovations start Aug 15. Dance Place...

  While school administrators around the country debate the merits of a new report by the National Rifle Association recommending that schools train and arm teachers and other staff, Prince Georges County Public Schools officials are taking a measu...

Although Larry Werner is not a member of the 5333 Connecticut Coalition, he has followed the controversy enough to feel compelled to speak up at the D.C. Council Performance Oversight Hearing for the Committee of Transportation and Environment. The...

Every Friday evening, members of the Criminal (In)Justice Committee gather outside of the Wells Fargo Bank on Georgia Avenue NW, for a two-hour demonstration calling for a boycott against what they say is the “modern day slave trade.” The committee...

Driving in her car on her way home one day, the image of a sign popped into Tiffany Newman’s head: “Our Marriage Was Once Illegal, Too.” The words meant something powerful, not only to Newman and her husband--an interracial couple--but also to the Dist...

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker’s proposal to take over the Prince George’s County school system has been met with protest a...

Darryl Darnell Henley laid in his casket, dressed in the same brown suit with tan detailing that he proudly wore to his high school prom. Gold, cursive letters spelled out his name on the Bible his hands cradled. Funeral assistants moved to lower the l...