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District Faith Leaders Seek Increased Aid for ‘Least of These’
Originally published May 22, 2013

Over 80 Faith Leaders have asked the DC City Council to do more for the most vulnerable of the city's poor in this year's budget deliberations. Faith leaders have written and visited with City Council members urging efforts to alleviate poverty in the city.more More Arrow
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DC Council to Weigh Decriminalizing Pot Possession
by Associated Press
May 22, 2013 - Two D.C. councilmembers say they plan to introduce legislation that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana.more More Arrow

Councilmember Anita Bonds
Councilmember Anita Bonds Proposes No Property Taxes for Senior Citizens
by AFRO Staff
May 22, 2013 - At the next legislative meeting of the Council of the District of Columbia, Councilmember Anita Bonds (D-At-large) will introduce legislation titled, “Senior Citizen Real Property Tax Homeowner Relief,” which will allow residents who have maintained residency for 25 years or more to be exempt from real property taxes, if the homeowner is aged 80 years or older and earns less than $100,000.00 annually. more More Arrow

District Baby Doctor Charged with Child Porn
by AFRO Staff
May 22, 2013 - A Southeast Washington pediatrician has been charged with possession of pornography depicting children, officials said.more More Arrow

Housing For All
D.C. Tenants Speak Up for Affordable Housing
by Teria Rogers
May 22, 2013 - They came from points in the city where people aren’t enthralled with the boom that has led to an explosion in young, moneyed Whites who have changed the flavor of their neighborhoods and whose willingness, and ability, to pay sky-high prices for housing have left them wondering what they will do to live.more More Arrow

Kenyata Cooper, chemistry senior, completes a research project in Nairobi, Kenya.
Howard Students Take STEM to AFRICA
by Special to the AFRO From Howard University
May 22, 2013 - Thirty-two Howard University undergraduate students from science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields will travel to eight countries this summer to conduct research projects as participants in National Science Foundation-funded Global Education, Awareness and Research Undergraduate Program (GEAR-UP).more More Arrow

D.C. Man: Gets Four Years for Stealing Dog
by AFRO Staff
May 22, 2013 - Christopher Young, 18, of Washington, D.C., must have really wanted a dog. So much so that he snatched one in an armed robbery, authorities said.more More Arrow

Lavi$h
Rising Artist Lavi$h to Perform Live in D.C.
by Perry Green
May 15, 2013 - Lavi$h, one of the hottest rising hip-hop artists in the Washington, D.C.-Metropolitan area, will be performing live in the district for the first time in 2013. more More Arrow

Dean Snyder, senior pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.
Foundry United Methodist Church’s Senior Pastor to Retire
by AFRO Staff
May 15, 2013 - WASHINGTON, DC – Dean Snyder, senior pastor of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, DC, has announced that he will retire next year. He told the Foundry congregation on April 28 that he was announcing his retirement effective July 2014 so that local church and denominational officials “will have adequate time to consult about Foundry’s next senior pastor and we will be able to have a well-planned and coordinated transition.”more More Arrow

DCCC Left to right: Executive Director YaVonne Vaughan, Mayor Vincent Gray; Corporate Development and Strategic Partnerships Manger Michele Coleman
‘D.C. Goes Pink’ for Cancer Awareness
by Ariel Medley
May 15, 2013 - For the entire month of May, Washington, D.C. is going pink!more More Arrow

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