Sagging is the hip thing to do amongst the youth today. Hanging their pants below their buttocks and walking with a sway that looks like a baby that has messed in its pamper. Revealing their underwear, and for the most part, not wearing a belt is very unpopular to adults across the country. I personally […]
Gentrification has four main aspects to it. First there is the culture and character of the gentrified community. Often enough, the community is changed architecturally with its structures, landscaping and standards of how the community should behave. Secondly, there are the demographics which consist of an increase in evictions of low-income families, increase in rent
Without a question, Washington, DC has been known for some unfavorable reasons in the past, The Murder Capitol being one of them. Another name DC was popular for as well was Chocolate City. This name was established because no matter what part of DC you were in, the Black community was thick. From North West
A year ago, TheDCvoice.com launched with its first post called \”There\’s Always a Beginning\”. Since then we have continued to grow and publish and find our voice. Now we are adding podcasts to our voice. Today marks another milestone as we expand the ways we pursue our mission to become the unifying voice in Ward
I currently attend Kingsman Public Charter School, formerly known as Options Public Charter. I am an eleventh grader. Every morning, before entering the building, our bags are checked, we are wand and we have to take our shoes off. I feel like I\’m going in to a jail and I personally think that\’s outrageous and
My experience publishing for the DC Voice was great. I got to learn new things, how to use certain tools, and got to express the way I felt on certain topics. It really was fun to do that because the way that I feel on a certain subject or matter might effect how someone else
Recently Dr. Ben Carson made a statement during his speech that \”If people really knew the history of Margaret Sanger they would think differently about the organization.\” Margaret Sanger is the founder of Planned Parenthood. She opened up the very first birth control clinic in the United States which eventually led to her arrest for
As we all know, there have been a lot of controversial things going on in the African-American community. There are places that post about this stuff, but here are the things that are trending in the top African-American newspapers and websites. Aframnews.com wrote a post about how the movie \”Straight Outta Compton\” exposing lack of
Recently ,over my vacation to Miami, I went to the movie theater to watch a film. I chose the movie Southpaw. The movie starts out with a champion boxer on top of the world. He has a beautiful wife and one daughter who he grinds for in life. I really liked the film because it
Dear Ward 5 Community: Our children are the future and need your help being safe on their way to school this fall. Please join volunteers and the Executive Office of the Mayor on the first day of school for our visibility events to educate drivers to slow down to keep our children safe!
