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New Report: Proposed FY 2020 Budget Falls Short on Racial Equity

Press Release Apr 24, 2019

Contact: Simone Holzer New Report: Proposed FY 2020 Budget Falls Short on Racial Equity The proposed DC budget for fiscal year (FY) 2020 will reinforce gentrification and displacement of Black residents, and fails to take meaningful…

City Paper: The Long Journey of Dave Salovesh’s White Ghost Bike

Editor Apr 24, 2019

D.C. has a track record of failing to make streets safer after motorists kill cyclists and pedestrians. Will the death of an uncompromising bicycle advocate be any different?

WTOP: Family of man killed in 2018 crash with DC fire truck sues department

Editor Apr 24, 2019

The family of a driver who died in a crash with a speeding fire truck is suing D.C.’s Fire and Emergency Medical Services department.

WTOP: DC, nearby counties receive failing grade for healthy air

Editor Apr 24, 2019

The D.C. area is used to earning high marks on health ranking reports, but when it comes to the health of the air, the region is failing.

District Links: D.C. Policy Center says budget plan doesn’t directly tie tax hike to housing;…

Cuneyt Dil Apr 24, 2019

Good Wednesday morning. Green Teamer and ex-DC Council member Bill Lightfoot is representing the family of a driver who was killed by a speeding fire truck suing the District.

Natural Environment

Lowell School to co-host climate change institute that dovetails with humanities curriculum

Sophie Austin Apr 24, 2019

Two years after introducing a new curriculum that uses the humanities to teach sixth-graders about climate change, DC’s Lowell School is looking to help others replicate the program. “I was looking for a topic in social studies that…

Washingtonian: Who Are the Richest People in Washington?

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Once a government town, DC is now home to extreme wealth. Who the billionaires are, how they live, and what it means for the rest of us.

Curbed: Renovated MLK Library to feature artwork by D.C. public school teacher on large glass walls

Editor Apr 23, 2019

The walls will display protest buttons and King-related items as individual dots that form a bigger image

WAMU: After Cyclist Death, District Looks At Quicker Fixes To Florida Avenue

Editor Apr 23, 2019

A crash that killed a cyclist over the weekend on Florida Avenue NE in D.C. is spurring new consideration for the road.

Washington Post: Teachers at a D.C. charter school are trying to unionize, in a rare move

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Employees at a D.C. charter school are attempting to unionize, a rare move that would make the 115 teachers and staff members the biggest union of charter school workers to ever form in the District.

Washingtonian: Don’t Panic: Greek Deli Is Reopening After Bathroom Debacle

Editor Apr 23, 2019

The health department temporarily closed the carryout for not having a restroom within 500 feet

Washington Post: D.C. lawmakers push road safety bills after fatal crashes

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Drivers struck and killed a cycling activist and a pedestrian over Easter weekend.

City Paper: Health Department Closes Greek Deli on 19th St. NW For Lacking ‘Easily…

Editor Apr 23, 2019

"They gave us from Thursday up until Monday on a holiday weekend, Easter weekend, to remedy the situation."

DCist: A Food Co-op Is Being Developed By And For Residents Of Wards 7 And 8

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Wards 7 and 8 have more than 150,000 residents, and only three of the city’s 49 grocery stores. (For comparison, Ward 7 has just as many grocery stores—two—as a 0.1 mile stretch of Columbia Heights.)

WAMU: D.C. Requires That Schools Offer Free Breakfast, But Not All Kids Are Getting It

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Under D.C. law, every student in the city’s public or public charter schools must be offered free breakfast. But a new report from the nonprofit advocacy group D.C. Hunger Solutions found that while D.C. Public Schools are close to…

DCist: D.C.’s First Antiracist Book Festival Wants To Launch The Next Generation Of Social Justice…

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is already fielding requests from people who want to attend next year’s Antiracist Book Festival.

Curbed: D.C. plans to accelerate process for rental housing inspections, starting in May

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Under new changes, fines for housing code violations would be levied more quickly than now

WTOP: Latest deaths on DC roads prompt council action

Editor Apr 23, 2019

The latest round of deaths on D.C. roads is prompting a renewed push for safety changes from the D.C. Council.

Washington Post: A sudden and spectacular spring awakening in Washington, illustrated

Editor Apr 23, 2019

Spring has sprung rapidly this year in Washington. Snow is history, and greenery has exploded, overwhelming the cold, bleak landscape in just a few weeks.

WTOP: With a focus on outdoors, Georgetown House Tour returns for 88th year

Editor Apr 23, 2019

The pièce de résistance inside one of Christian Zapatka’s recent home renovations isn’t a large-scale painting or an ornate lighting fixture. The highlight is a continual wall of floor-to-ceiling steel and glass windows that separate the…

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Allister Chang and Raul Echevarria: The economics underneath DC’s childcare system are breaking down

Jun 22, 2026 36

This month, the DC Council voted to reverse most of the mayor's proposed cuts to early childhood programs, adding roughly $60 million to the Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund and nearly $50…

District Links: Council set to vote tomorrow on revised budget plans; DC breaks ground on long-awaited Crummell…

Jun 22, 2026 6

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson today released the text of the revised fiscal year 2026 budget legislation slated for consideration tomorrow, as well as an amended version of the FY 2027 Local Budget…

jonetta rose barras: Where is the power center of the new/old political era?

Jun 19, 2026 293

DC Council Chair Phil Mendelson may not seem a Yoda doppelganger: He lacks pointy ears; he is also considerably taller and much younger than the Star Wars Jedi Master. What’s more, compared to the…

District Links: McDuffie concedes mayoral race to Lewis George; Silverman set for council return; old machines…

Jun 18, 2026 20

Mayoral hopeful Kenyan McDuffie this morning conceded the Democratic primary to Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, who has 52.87% of the vote in the updated tally released this afternoon by…

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