Shaniah Boyd is among the Black and Latina girls missing in Washington, D.C., police say.
Much of the mainstream media has failed to cover missing Black and Latinx girls in the nation's capital.
Zoey Carles, a 12-year-old African-American girl, has gone missing in South Carolina.
On January 21, 2017, one day after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, thousands are expected to gather in Washington D.C., in yet another march for women's rights.
D.C. school officials rejected the ACLU's claim that Ron Brown Prep would begin enrolling female students. The organization is battling to get females admitted to a school designed for males of color from low-income families.
Faced with D.C.'s sky-rocketing rent and surges in the price of living, Tyree's mother lost her job. The family was forced to make the difficult decision to move into the shelter, which houses around 243 people.
Alonzo Smith, 27, was detained by two security guards in his apartment lobby in Southeast D.C. in November. The Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call about an assault and found Smith handcuffed and unresponsive while in the custody of two security guards known as the "special police."
Starting a rap career was never in the cards for D.C. rapper Yung Gleesh.
