District Links: Top economic development official Brian Kenner leaving for Amazon; Events DC paid…
Happy Thursday. Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Brian Kenner is leaving for Amazon, WBJ scoops.
Yearly Archives
2019
ABC7: Somerset Prep DC Public Charter School accused of inflating school grades to pass students
“There are students who have been able to graduate without knowing how to read. Functionally illiterate,” one educator said.
Anna Landre, GU student and ANC commissioner, may step down due to insurance cuts
Two years into her education at Georgetown University and four months into her term as a member of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, Anna Landre expects that she will have to leave it all behind.
Landre — who has spinal muscular…
Washington Times: NASA honors ‘Hidden Figures’ heroes
Webcast, road renaming feature unsung black women in space program
Washingtonian: How Can We Preserve Go-Go’s History?
A museum and a digital archive are two ideas.
UrbanTurf: A New Look For Condos and Park at One of Union Market’s Largest Projects
At the top of the year, UrbanTurf reported on the plans for the next phase of the Market Terminal development near Union Market (map). Now, one of the residential buildings and its abutting park have a new look.
City Paper: Teacher and Ultrarunner: Why Gonzaga’s Ariel Laguilles Ran 400 Miles in Eight Days
“Running is just such a big part of my life. It’s part of my routine. It’s right up there with eating and breathing.”
WTOP: DC native’s performance art explores ‘Red Summer of 1919’ and racial injustice
It’s been 100 years since the “Red Summer of 1919,” which describes a block of time when racial violence and unrest broke out in different cities across the United States.
WTOP: Libraries collect unwanted electronics in DC’s push to improve recycling
It just got a little easier for D.C. residents to recycle unwanted electronic equipment.
ABC7: From behind the bars: A new exhibit in D.C. is featuring prisoners’ artwork
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — From behind bars in prisons all over the country, inmates through the Justice Arts Coalition are creating some amazing artwork that’s currently on display at RhizomeDC in Northwest D.C.
WUSA9: The new DC-sponsored app that will give you a free ride across the city
The District has a fleet of passenger vans picking people up in certain neighborhoods.
jonetta rose barras: time to rescue traditional public schools east of the river
The Ward 7 Education Council gathered last week to discuss DC Council member Charles Allen’s Public School Transparency Amendment Act 2019. As written, the proposed legislation would mandate public charter schools’ adherence to the same…
Washington Post: School placed on brief lockdown after gunshot shatters window
Teachers and students at Hendley Elementary were preparing for an end-of-the-year movie night when a bullet broke a window in the lobby of the building Wednesday afternoon.
Norton Says House Appropriations Bill Provides Back Pay to Federal Contractors in Keeping with Her…
June 12, 2019Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Says House Appropriations Bill Provides Back Pay to Federal Contractors in Keeping with Her Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today…
Norton Defeats Multiple Anti-D.C. Amendments in House Appropriations Markup
June 12, 2019Contact: Jack Miller
Norton Defeats Multiple Anti-D.C. Amendments in House Appropriations Markup
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) defeated multiple anti-home-rule amendments during the House…
Washington Post Editorial Board: The D.C. Council is playing chicken on funding. It’s awfully risky.
D.C. OFFICIALS have boasted for the past year or so that the city was among the fastest in the country in getting an upgrade of its credit rating to the top level. They patted themselves on the back for their sound fiscal management. But…
Washington Post: The stars of ‘Hidden Figures’ are now immortalized on street sign
They were called “human computers.” Now, the street outside NASA’s D.C. headquarters honors their legacy as the women who helped send humans to the moon.
Washington Post Express: The second annual By The People festival aims to be bigger, better and…
Starting Saturday, a very unusual broadcast will stream live to TVs at a downtown hotel and a Union Market event space. A mashup of music and videos — including talks by black intellectuals, news footage and home videos — “BLKNWS” aims to…
Washington Post: A museum canceled its Robert Mapplethorpe show — and decades later, it’s finally…
When the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s board of trustees met on June 12, 1989, the first order of business was a 1770 painting by John Singleton Copley. Its condition was fine, its cost was appropriate ($1.6 million) and its acquisition would…
Washingtonian: GoldLink Releases New Album “Diaspora” With Art Projections on U Street
DC visual artist Robin Bell projected the album art and "#DontMuteDC" on U Street Tuesday night.