City Paper: As D.C. Prepares to Reopen, What Will We Incorporate Into Our New Normal?
The pandemic exposed fault lines and places of possibility. Here’s what we might keep from this radical period of change.
Yearly Archives
2021
City Paper: A New Grant for Local Artists Creates “Community Supported Art”
The program from Rhizome DC and Guilded: A Freelancers Cooperative repurposes the community supported agriculture model for local artists and art lovers.
City Paper: Roughly Two-Thirds Of D.C.’s Health Care Workers And First Responders Are Vaccinated
Employers of health care workers and first responders continue to encourage, not require, more workers to get the shot.
WTOP: Washington Improv Theater offers virtual laughs until in-person events return
D.C. entertainment venues can return to full capacity on June 11, but if you need something to tide you over until then, check out the newest virtual events by the Washington Improv Theater.
New York Times: White House Is Said to Quietly Push Change to D.C. Statehood Bill
The deliberations over the long-shot bill center on three Electoral College votes the Constitution gives to the seat of government.
jonetta rose barras: Breaking out and dancing in DC
Let’s all shout “Hallelujah!”
Earlier this week, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the lifting of most public health emergency restrictions at facilities across the city on May 21, providing the road map to recovery that business…
Peter Bolton: Why I reject retrocession for DC
Last year, I had an unexpected immersion into DC politics that exponentially increased my knowledge of the issues facing the District. When I contacted the DC Statehood Green Party (whose nominees I have always voted for) to inquire about…
WTOP: DC Attorney General calls for ‘immediate’ change in leadership at troubled crime lab
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is calling for a change in leadership at the troubled Department of Forensic Sciences.
Washington Post: Released early after a murder conviction, D.C. man is charged in new homicide
Darrell Moore was 16 when he and a gang of young robbers barged into a Northeast Washington apartment in 1994 and terrorized a group of women and children, fatally shooting a teenage girl as she knelt in prayer and wounding her mother and…
City Paper: No Sign of Relief
Ward 4 campaign sign confiscation kerfuffle comes to a dead end
WTOP: ‘We are up to speed’: With DC crime lab sidelined, gun evidence goes to ATF…
Within days of the D.C. crime lab having its accreditation to perform forensic testing suspended last month amid an ongoing investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it stepped into action, hauling a…
Press Release: DC Health Announces Vaccination Options for DC Residents 12 and Older
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the DC Department of Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 12, 2021
CONTACT:
Susana Castillo (EOM)
Dr. Kimberly Henderson (DC Health)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, DC Health…
Associated Press: Phylicia Rashad to lead Howard College of Fine Arts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Famed actor Phylicia Rashad is returning to her alma mater as the new dean of the Howard University College of Fine Arts.
DCist: Amid Rising Road Deaths, Bowser Pledges $10 Million For More Speed Cameras And Street…
With traffic deaths happening at the fastest pace in recent years, Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that she’s dedicating $10 million to add speed cameras across D.C. and make changes at dangerous intersections.
Washington Post: Howard University names actress and alumna Phylicia Rashad as dean of College of…
The actress behind Clair Huxtable is returning to her alma mater, as a dean.
Washington Business Journal: Bowser’s $25M bailout for UMC triggered control board oversight. Here’s…
United Medical Center, the District-owned Ward 8 hospital that has limped by for years with city support, could soon see cuts under a new control board — because this time, it can’t go back to lawmakers for more funding.
DCist: D.C. Councilmember Calls For ‘Complete Overhaul’ Of Unemployment Insurance System
A D.C. Council hearing kicked off Wednesday morning on an intense note. At-Large Councilmember Elissa Silverman said, “I am simply done with excuses. I’m done with it.”
WTOP: Homelessness in DC region is lowest since Point in Time counts began
The D.C. region’s Point in Time count conducted in January reveals a 15% decline in homelessness since last year’s count, according to a briefing for area leaders on Wednesday.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: Children in Ivy City have already waited too long for a place to play
Before Ivy City got an organic grocery store and a Target and a children’s play space for families who could pay, a round-faced 12-year-old boy pleaded with the D.C. Council to turn a long-abandoned school in his neighborhood into a…
Washington Blade: 100th anniversary celebration of Dupont Circle fountain set for May 17
GWU student creates tribute video