Although Black History Month is coming to an end, Black Creatives gathered at Culture Coffee in Washington DC to discuss ways to keep the community thriving beyond 28 days. Whiskey Girl\’s Live discussion was moderated by blogger, and Spoken Word Artist @whiskey_grrl along with Visual Artist Traci L. Turner with performances by Black Assets, D. Baker, […]
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Watching the slow but steady transition of Ward 5 is heart-wrenching. Three-story houses go up in a month. Whole blocks vanish in a week. Landmarks are gone forever. That\’s the trend throughout DC. Ward 5 is no exception. But the real question is who\’s protecting us against the silent displacement taking place? With one large
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New York Avenue is one of the major corridors in Ward 5. It supports over 100,00 cars a day. Rapid and cargo rail roar through several times a day. And a growing bicycle community waits for some new pathways to take advantage of this thoroughfare. But a closer look at the overpass on Montana Avenue
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A somber and soggy Friday morning in Washington. Not quite fitting for an inauguration. Nonetheless, that could possibly be mother nature saying soon-to-be President Trump will \”Make America Great\”. Time to Make America Great Again Forty-five minutes past the eleven o\’clock hour, President Obama is shifting into his last moments. He will walk out of
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Moment Number 01 Coming in at the number one most memorable moment of 2016 is the \”DC bitch maybe gel with,\” that\’s right, not quite sure what that closed captioning means, but next year we will find out. The gag is that you\’re only as good as your last story, so at times I keep
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Moment Number 03 I\’d been waiting for this moment for three years, and this is a special moment too me so it comes in at number three, #TulumtaughtMe. While reading a magazine, an article about this town called Tulum, Mexico captivated me not because of it\’s destination, but because of my love for honey, and
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Moment Number 06 This moment was one of those literally, and figuratively too good to be true, so you must go out on location to experience if it\’s so real, and that\’s just what happened. Mindy Jo went to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Many American\’s were hoping that an episode of the Simpson\’s
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Not sure which book of the Holy Bible we\’re living in? It most certainly isn\’t the beginning. Maybe it\’s from the Old Testament of the King James version. Moreover, the Revelation is that many Americans are torn between politics, justice, and just trying to survive. Not to mention, make it to church on time. Let the choir
Let\’s continue exploring my perspective on the recent police shootings. In my opinion, I don\’t see how a single police officer has found guilty or even arrested because these incidents. In the Alton Sterling case I don\’t care what nobody says, he was not resisting arrest. The man was clearly already on the ground just confused
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I am a 16-year-old black male providing an African-American teenager\’s perspective on the Dallas shooting. In my opinion, it was just an assassination of police. Several police officers were shot and killed by Micah Xavier Johnson. A young man, upset about the recent deaths of African-Americans, decided to take matters into his own hands. Now me,
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