WASHINGTON INFORMER: The Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure blocking the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA). That measure will go before President Joe Biden (D), who said he wouldn’t veto it. While some District residents lamented the […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: State Superintendent Christina Grant, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Chancellor Lewis Ferebee and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) recently converged on Cardozo Education Campus to announce the expansion of a citywide high-impact […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: Several weeks after District public school teachers ratified their retroactive contract, the D.C. Council started deliberating on the long-awaited document that includes pay raises and other stipulations about benefits and planning time. The […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: In the aftermath of two daytime shootings that left three schoolchildren critically injured, D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) has issued a call for an immediate cease-fire between warring neighborhood crews […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: District elected officials ranging from Mayor Muriel Bowser to members of advisory neighborhood commissions took their oath of office Monday at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest before an estimated crowd […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: This fall, the college enrollment decline that started during the pandemic slowed down. Data released by National Student Clearinghouse showed a 1.1% decline, compared to 6.6%, or close to 1 million students, in the beginning months […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: A group that includes community organizers, a workforce development expert and a father of a murdered youth is calling for peace during the holiday season. These men have also revealed plans to, once […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: As District residents continue to reel from the trauma of poverty and violence, dozens of local organizations have joined forces to host events this week that promote unity, clarity and thought and various […]
WASHINGTON INFORMER: October marks the 20th anniversary of the D.C. sniper attacks, which not only claimed 10 lives and had the D.C. metropolitan area under siege, but brought the late Charles Moose to national prominence […]
For years, legions of young people enrolled in the Young Money Managers program not only learned about financial literacy but taught what they’d learned to their peers during the summer, all while conducting research about […]
