On the 57th anniversary of her grandfather’s historic “I Have A Dream” speech at the March on Washington, Yolanda Renee King — the civil rights chief’s granddaughter — gave her personal impassioned speech at the Lincoln Memorial Friday. She’s solely 12 years previous. And like her grandfather, the younger King eloquently urged a brand new technology — her personal — …

A bunch of younger Black Lives Matters protesters harassed a number of white diners in Washington, DC, on Monday evening for not raising their fists in solidarity. One of the dramatic scenes, which has since gone viral, was captured by Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle and posted to Twitter. The video exhibits a crowd of younger, primarily white demonstrators intently …

All Washington, D.C., public schools will start the 12 months just about on Aug. 31 till at least Nov 6., Mayor Muriel Bowser’s workplace introduced Thursday. The announcement comes after the mayor final week tightened masks necessities and imposed a quarantine on vacationers arriving within the district from coronavirus hotspots. Students who would not have Internet entry or a pc …

Congressional leaders from either side of the aisle praised the late Democratic Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the battle for equality and voting rights within the US, on Monday as his casket arrived within the US Capitol to start his lie in state within the Capitol rotunda.. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi known as Lewis the “conscience of the Congress” …

The grandfather of an 11-year-old boy shot useless throughout a Fourth of July celebration in Washington, DC, has lashed out on the Black Lives Matter motion, charging that adherents don’t care about “black-on-black crime.” “Everybody’s just saying, they’re tired, tired of shootings in the community. Everybody’s running around here like they’re Uzi-toting, dope-sucking psychopathic killing machines,” stated John Ayala, granddad …

House Democrats introduced Tuesday that they’ll maintain a vote on DC statehood next week — in what probably would be the first time a chamber of Congress approves making the nation’s capital metropolis the 51st state. The invoice is anticipated to cross simply on June 26 with overwhelming Democratic assist. But it would die simply as certainly with opposition within …

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer promised that a bill granting statehood to Washington, DC, could be introduced to the House ground this 12 months. “DC must be granted statehood,” the longtime Maryland congressman said in a statement this week. “The residents of the District must be granted the same protections as their fellow citizens in neighboring states.” Hoyer additionally used …

Washington, DC, will shutter a lot of its downtown streets Saturday in preparation for mass protests — only a day after the town’s mayor shone a literal highlight on her choice to rename the streets across the White House “Black Lives Matter Plaza.” Mayor Muriel Bowser added gentle projections to the world, shortly after the brand new moniker was painted …

Is Ebola about to make a comeback? Washington Dulles International Airport has employed part-time crew to display vacationers for the virus, according to the DailyMail.com. The Northern Virginia Emergency Medical Services Council informed the information outlet the entire jobs for screeners marketed by authorities contractor Caduceus Healthcare in August have been stuffed. It’s unclear if Dulles beforehand employed Ebola screeners. …