Students from four D.C. public high schools walked out of class earlier this week and met at the school system’s headquarters Monday because they’re angry about the way they say their teachers are being treated with impending layoffs recently announced by D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.
The layoffs are the result of the city council’s recent freeze of the school budget, which forced the students to also rally against Mayor Adrian Fenty, who said he was impressed with their show of civic action.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived, they found a small amount of marijuana in her car, impounded it and took her into custody on suspicion of defrauding an innkeeper and possession of the drug. According to the restaurant staff, Richardson “said she was from Mars and started speaking in a made-up language”. Restaurant owner Jeff Peterson said, “She did tell my valet at one point that she was here to avenge Michael Jackson’s death.”
Albert was beaten to death with long planks of wood and when he fell to the ground, he was stomped in the head. Prosecutors say Albert was “merely a bystander” as two groups of students from different neighborhoods fought. 
Johnson Publishing Company, the world’s largest African-American owned and operated publishing company, is seeking a buyer or investor for its flagship publication, Ebony, in an effort to secure the survival of the nation’s oldest African-American lifestyle magazine.
