In the struggle to improve educational outcomes for African-American boys as a whole, the most important battles must be fought during the first nine years of their lives — a […]
Author Archives: Jamaal Abdul-Alim
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Gas Prices Put the Brake on Local Businesses
Not so long ago, Northwest D.C. florist Karen Woods could plan to spend about $100 per week on gas to make whatever deliveries she needed to make in the region. […]
Chocolate City Goes the Milky Way
Chocolate City? Not anymore. That’s because while the District of Columbia’s overall population has grown for the first time in 60 years, the city’s Black population has shrunk, putting the […]
New Early Childhood Education Facility Announced
In an effort to stave off academic losses by reaching children during their earliest years, D.C. officials and philanthropists have teamed up to construct a $12 million facility in Ward […]
Boyd Gives Update on Black Farmers Settlement
Although President Barack Obama signed a measure two months ago meant to fund the settlement of a longstanding case known as the Black farmers lawsuit, no payout is in sight […]
Intrepid Black Journalist, Civil Servant Dies
When veteran journalist Samuel Yette started writing a provocative book that dealt with plots within the federal government to contain, control and destroy the U.S. Black population, he gave his […]
Advocates Demand Funds to Lessen Youth Incarceration
Using revolutionary rhetoric, chants and African drums, a national network of juvenile justice advocates gathered for a rally in Washington, D.C., this week to call on Congress to put money […]
Gun Buyback Whittling Away at Crime
Fifteen fewer guns are on the streets of Washington, D.C., thanks to Got Guns?, a Metropolitan Police Department program that offers cash rewards to anonymous callers who give police tips […]
D.C. Youth Detention Facilities Crowded
Despite widely-heralded reforms of Washington, D.C.’s juvenile justice system, youth advocates recently decried the increase in District youths being locked up for low-level offenses, and alleged the youths were being […]
District’s Lawsuit Secures Relief for D.C. Churches Victimized
In a recent sermon on how God can set things aright, the pastor at Rock Creek Baptist Church said the church had been released from all debts stemming from an […]
Ex-Offenders Seek Clean Employment Slate
The box next to the question on job applications that asks whether a person has ever been convicted of a felony could soon become a thing of the past under […]
Union Endorsements Carry Weight
High unemployment rates and other economic woes continue to haunt Washington, D.C. and Maryland voters as the Sept. 14 primary elections draw near. Under these conditions the endorsements of one […]