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 ORIGINAL Loose Lips (Ken Cummins) is back ! Writing again for the City Paper during this year’s DC election season. Welcome back! (My welcome not to be interpreted as an agreement with all that he writes. ) washingtoncitypaper.com/article/781571…

Washington, D.C., has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, hitting Black workers hardest. Learn more about the impact on the labor market. washingtoninformer.com/racial-unemplo…

President Trump wants more classical architecture in D.C. But that desire recently reached a strange new place: a soon-to-be modernized elementary school on the eastern edge of Ward 7. Federal officials are stepping deep into local design decisions: 51st.news/dc-schools-fed…

Less than 48 hours until our HQ grand opening and Petition Parry 🥳 Food, fun, and community this Sunday at 1pm. Tell a friend, bring a neighbor and RSVP so you don’t miss out! #JoinRobertWhite

This is DC's first mayoral primary without an incumbent in a generation. I'm excited to be moderating the @DCAlphas' mayoral forum at Kramer Middle School on March 11th! Come speak directly to mayoral candidates, all of whom have been invited. Register: eventbrite.com/e/this-is-our-…

Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter hired at The Washington Post, donated $10,000 to recently laid-off guild members at the newspaper. washingtonian.com/2026/03/02/jou…

Erin Jackson the first Black Woman to win Olympic Gold Medal in Speed Skating

Rep. Gene Wu (D) goes mask off: "Non-whites share the same oppressor and we are the majority now. We can take over this country."

Due to the heavy ice, DC @MayorBowser has suspended enforcement of sidewalk snow removal requirement for residents and businesses. Those fines that were issued since Sunday will be waived. @nbcwashington

New - Eleanor Holmes Norton won’t seek reelection as DC delegate politico.com/news/2026/01/2…

Lynn Jones Turnpin responded to the critics in an interview today: “Support the Black Press. You can call me fake all you want to, honey. I’ve been doing this a long time.”

On this day in 1865, Confederate veterans established the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennessee. Devoted to white supremacy, the Klan became America’s most prominent terrorist group. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

This Pennsylvania barbershop boosts kids' confidence by paying young customers $3 to read stories aloud during haircuts, deserving endless retweets.

Myrlie Evers didn’t get a town hall on CBS. Betty Shabazz didnt get a town hall on CBS. Jackie Kennedy didnt get a town hall on CBS. Coretta Scott King didnt get a town hall on CBS. Ethel Kennedy didnt get a town hall on CBS. Why’s Erika Kirk getting a town hall on CBS?! @CBSNews

Here’s why Black farmers likely won’t see benefits of Trump’s $12B farmers relief thegrio.com/2025/12/09/her…

Don’t miss an all-day Reading Rainbow marathon this Saturday, Dec. 13 on PBS Retro!✨🌈 Spend the day with LeVar Burton and the story-filled adventures that inspire our imaginations.📚 📺 Stream PBS Retro on Roku, LG and Vizio.

Sen. Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO): "Why shouldn't we make health care tax free in this country? Why shouldn't we just exempt all health care from taxes? We did no taxes on tips, no taxes on overtime earlier this year. How about no taxes on health care?"

But the problem is, the RCV bill in DC also allows independents to run in Democratic primaries, allowing for conservatives that can’t win in a D city as GOP to swoop in and have influence just like Patterson’s SBOE predecessor. Surely, you’re a anomaly, but others not so much

Under Trump, 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. @DelanoMassey axios.com/2025/11/29/fun…

Quincy Wilson, Olympic Gold Medalist, Commits To The University Of Maryland For Track & Field buff.ly/ktkGzgL