Ravi K. Perry

There is no greater joy as a child than to play a small part in ensuring your parents’ legacy is never forgotten.

The Smithsonian Castle, the oldest building in the Smithsonian Institution’s museum complex, is open to visitors this summer during an extensive renovation project. wtop.com/dc/2026/05/smi…

New: @Janeese4DC just released an internal poll showing her up by 14 in the mayoral race: her lead stays at 12 even when they run a RCV simulation. This is quite the change from the public poll of the race, but I will say I’ve heard rumors of private polls with similar results.

NEWS: In the first public poll of the D.C. mayoral race, @CityCast_DC finds that @Janeese4DC has a five-point lead over @kenyanmcduffie, just outside the margin of error. But: Ranked-choice voting could help McDuffie more; he's ahead on getting voters' second rankings.

Wow! I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a candidate outright lie that unions endorsed him that actually endorsed his opponents and send it en masse to voters. What are the legal and financial consequences for this? @Vote4DC @tomsherwood @maustermuhle @cuneytdil

New: DC's campaign finance office is none too pleased with @AUDCRESEARCH, the dark money group running ads against JLG. After a former JLG staffer filed a complaint alleging it hasn't properly filed its disclosures, OCF wants it to fix those issues...or cease running ads.

I need y'all to understand that about 650,000 people are reported missing in the US every year, and most people are found relatively quickly. Black people go missing at a disproportionate rate, and Black cases are routinely deprioritized.

The Supreme Court’s claims that racial discrimination in voting is no longer a problem are contradicted by clear evidence. bit.ly/3QIYd5B

Not sure who all would make a list of my favorite people ever, but I know Ken Burns would be near the top of it.

Presidential approval at this point during election years that saw major midterm shifts and the ultimate House results for their party: Clinton '94: 51% (-52 seats) Bush '06: 38% (-30 seats) Obama '10: 50% (-63 seats) Trump '18: 42% (-40 seats) Trump '26: 37%

🇺🇸BREAKING: Louisiana Republicans just cancelled an active election. Ballots already cast. Votes already recorded. All of it thrown out to redraw maps and eliminate Black majority districts. Watch what democracy looks like when it’s being dismantled in real time. 👇

This is laughably absurd & another example of just bad reporting. There is no statistical difference between those two numbers, particularly at smaller narrow demographic sample sizes. To be clear, in the last 4 decades NO ONE has had worse numbers among Black voters than Trump

ICE take 10 year old boy to court to deport him—all alone without even a lawyer. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing—no one offered him a change for many hours. "I was scared because it was my first time in court," he said. Separated from his mom for 4 months now after she was detained during a traffic stop. Wilfredo and his mother are originally from Venezuela with a pending asylum case. ICE is now trying to deport him alone without legal representation to Ecuador—a country he's never been to and does not know a single person. He is temporarily staying with his mom's former boss in Houston, Texas.

Proud to have helped create and launch this amazing program: 12 Black women-led organizations.  Together we are turning the power of our networks into power for our people.  Registering voters, organizing our communities. One Million Black Voters Rising. #1MillionStronger #OneMillionBlackVotersRising

Janet Mills: “I’m running for just one term, because I’m going to go down to Washington and get shit done. We’ve got to institute term limits. Two 6-year terms for the Senate and six 2-year terms for the House of Representatives.”

Her name was Cerina. She was a mother of two. A dentist who graduated with honors. She loved to read, run trails, travel and spend time with her family. And like all too many women who become victims of domestic violence, her husband killed her. cbsnews.com/news/justin-fa…

“DC is the toughest place in the country to launch a new business…One-in-three will fail in the first year…compared to 20% around the country…The picture remains ugly for DC with 57% failing after five years and 72% failing after a decade.” >via @WTOP: wtop.com/business-finan…

JUST IN🚨: All felony charges against former Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore have been dropped. The judge ruled his mistress was NOT a victim of stalking — court evidence showed Moore was set up and police withheld key evidence.

As Maryland’s top Black leaders face heightened scrutiny from Sinclair-owned outlets, the debate over media bias and racial targeting intensifies. Read more #OnTheGrio thegrio.com/2026/04/10/sin…

This is pretty clever: Outsider mayoral candidate @RiniSampath, who says her campaign is focused on improving basic services in D.C., built a new prototype 311 app.

In Feb. 2026, UofL announced it would pause its Pan-African Studies graduate program. The decision has sparked concern from faculty, students, and scholars nationwide. Pausing Pan-African Studies at UofL isn’t just about “enrollment,” it’s about whose history, scholarship, and voices are valued. When programs that center Black identity are sidelined, we must ask: what message does that send? Education should expand truth, not erase it.