Metro to Vote on Budget Without Late-Night Service

Metro’s board of directors plan to vote on a $3.5 billion fiscal year 2020 budget Thursday without a fare increase and keep the current Metrorail hours intact. One controversial item the transit agency proposes is a $1 million pilot program to work with ride-sharing...

Black Leftists Lead Call to Dismantle AFRICOM

Members of a Black anti-imperialist collective say people of African descent have been misinformed about the true nature of the United States’ seemingly benevolent military presence in the motherland, currently manifested through U.S. Africa Command. As the unified...

Residents, Activists Embrace Community Control over Police

In what has been a recurring cycle, a slew of gun-related violence in D.C. and subsequent conversations about public safety have spurred calls from residents and council members alike to flood the most affected communities with police officers and confiscate as many...

Legal-Rights Training Session Draws Large Crowd

Class was in session at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law this weekend, but it was not a typical class nor were the attendees actual students. Over 100 people sat attentively in a lecture hall, Saturday, Feb. 11, for a “Know Your...

Unanswered Questions Linger in Alonzo Smith Case

On May 1, also known as May Day, six months would have passed since Special Police officers allegedly murdered Alonzo F. Smith, a D.C.-area teacher’s aide, on the grounds of Marbury Plaza Apartments, perched on a hill on Good Hope Road in Southeast. … Read the...