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Yearly Archives
2019
Washington Post: D.C. lawmaker Brandon Todd ramps up reelection campaign, draws first challenger
The protege of D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is gearing up to defend his seat representing the mayor’s Northwest Washington home turf.
WTOP: In wake of Trump comments, DC archbishop calls for ‘respect for all’
Responding to recent comments by President Donald Trump about Baltimore and a group of four congresswomen, Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory said Thursday that “the growing plague of offense and disrespect in speech and actions must…
Press Release: DDOT Launches 12-Week Research Pilot to Analyze Pick-Up and Drop-Off Demand at Nine…
News Release — District Department of Transportation
August 1, 2019
Media Contact
Lauren Stephens
(Washington, DC) — Today, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) begins a 12-week research pilot analyzing commercial…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Releases 54 Month Progress Report
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
August 1, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
Progress Report Highlights How the Bowser Administration is Creating New Opportunities for Washingtonians in All Eight Wards and at…
Capital Projections: Difficult cats edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
DAVID CROSBY: REMEMBER MY NAME
(Sony Pictures Classics)
As a founding…
District Links: 13 schools hailed for narrowing achievement gap; challenger enters Ward 4 race;…
Happy Thursday. Across the city, 13 schools, including both traditional public and charters, are closing the achievement gap 10 times faster than their peers — and a local education advocacy group says the success could spread by…
Washington Post Express: Don’t sleep on this Smithsonian quilt exhibit
If you love traditional American quilts for their simplicity, usefulness and thrift, you are going to hate the National Museum of American History exhibit “Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts From the National Collection,” which opened Tuesday.…
DCist: Former D.C. Assistant Attorney General Is Running Against Brandon Todd In Ward 4
Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd is the first incumbent to file his paperwork for the 2020 elections. And as of Thursday, the first challenger for the seat has entered the race, too—former D.C. assistant attorney general Janeese Lewis…
Press Release: 2nd Annual Bold Improvement Awards Recognize 13 DC Schools Where At-Risk Student…
News Release — EmpowerK12
To help educators support at-risk students better, EmpowerK12’s new report draws on lessons from fast- improving charter and district-run schools
MEDIA CONTACT: Massie Ritsch
WASHINGTON (August 1,…
City Paper: Janeese Lewis George Looks to Unseat Ward 4 Councilmember Brandon Todd
The first-time candidate is counting on support from progressive voters and public financing.
Washington Post: After decades, a freeze frame from D.C.’s old Biograph Theatre is back on display
Alan Rubin calls the Biograph Theatre a 29-year film festival. From its opening in 1967 to its closure in 1996, the movie house in a former Nash automobile dealership on M Street in Georgetown was a home for eclectic, independent films you…
Associated Press: National Cathedral condemns Trump’s ‘racialized rhetoric’
WASHINGTON (AP) — In unusually forceful language, the leadership of the Washington National Cathedral condemned what it called the “racialized rhetoric” of President Donald Trump and directly compared him to 1950s anti-Communist demagogue…
jonetta rose barras: A meditation on DC’s Killing Fields
So many places to die in dc
in a car
on the bus
on the corner
with a mother
only a whisper away…
Those are words from a poem titled “Dying” that I wrote in the 1980s. I pulled it out this week after learning of the murder…
Washington Times: District landlord sued for exposing tenants to lead paint
Washington Attorney General Karl A. Racine is suing the landlord of a Southeast apartment building for exposing tenants to toxic lead paint.
City Paper: Little Salon Makes Its Way East to Anacostia
The roaming art event tries to establish a Southeast presence.
The Georgetowner: It’s Official: Graham Holdings Owner of Clyde’s
Graham Holdings Company announced July 31 that it has acquired Clyde’s Restaurant Group. The purchase price was not disclosed, according to the company.
Washingtonian: “This Need Not Be Our Normal”: Why Washington National Cathedral Published Such a…
“The racial overtones are clear, and they are building," says Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.
Curbed: Confederate statue near Judiciary Square should be removed, D.C. delegate says
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton proposes a congressional bill to relocate the statue
Washington Business Journal: Done deal: Graham Holdings closes on purchase of Clyde’s…
It's official: Clyde's Restaurant Group, a 56-year-old institution in Greater Washington's restaurant scene, is now a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Co. (NYSE: GHC).