Washington Post: UDC names scientist and HBCU leader as its new president
Maurice Edington, a chemist, comes to the D.C. institution from Florida A&M University
Yearly Archives
2023
jonetta rose barras: Slavery’s all over us, all over America
Before my friend and activist Tony De Pass died of colon cancer, he often boasted, during frequent and blistering critiques about the intelligence deficit of America’s political class, that he owed his intellectual heft to the excellent…
Washington Post: As ridership grows, Metro begins to lay out plan to secure funding
The transit agency is projected to be short more than $700 million next year because of fares lost to telework during the pandemic
DCist: This Week’s Air Quality Was The Worst In Decades. For People Experiencing Homelessness, There…
In conjunction with its first Code Purple air quality alert in decades, D.C. is advising residents to shelter indoors– a refrain all too familiar after the COVID pandemic. But not everyone has the luxury of having a place to shelter, with…
DCist: End Of The Line? Proposed Eastward Extension Of D.C. Streetcar Delayed Again
It was just about seven years ago that D.C.’s first streetcar in decades started running again, shuttling passengers along a 2.4-mile stretch of H Street and Benning Road NE. But a long-promised 2.2-mile eastward extension to the Benning…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Punk’s not dead — especially not at the library
In D.C., the slam-dancing culture of punk is captured in archives and served up live
DCist: Climate Change Is Making Smoky Days More Likely In D.C.
We’ve seen the photos from the West Coast for years — orange, smoky skies, everywhere from San Diego to Seattle. Now it’s happening here in the eastern U.S. as well, and scientists say this is probably not a one-off: bad air days are…
DCist: Bowser Taps San Francisco Health Official To Lead DC Health
Dr. Ayanna Bennett has been tapped to lead DC Health, Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office announced Thursday. She will replace Dr. Sharon Lewis, a DC Health veteran who had been leading the agency in an interim capacity following the departure of…
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser names new D.C. Health director after year-long search
Ayanna Bennett, a pediatrician and health equity officer in San Francisco, will succeed LaQuandra Nesbitt, who resigned last July.
DC left millions unspent from federal grants to end homelessness
DC returned over $10 million in federal grants intended to fund programs aimed at ending homelessness from 2017 through 2021, according to data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and The Community Partnership…
District Links: Elevation to ‘Code Purple’ for unhealthy air quality brings closures,…
The unhealthy air quality in the District due to smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted modifications to DC government operations for the afternoon, the mayor's office announced.
Washington Post: D.C. plan to issue 5,000 security cameras to drivers draws ACLU rebuke
The ACLU criticized the program, which would give cameras to delivery and ride-hailing service drivers, as a dangerous expansion of government surveillance
Washington Post: D.C. reaches 100 homicides at the earliest time in the year since 2003
Three fatal shootings Tuesday night and early Wednesday in Southeast and Northeast Washington — including one of a 63-year-old woman — pushed D.C.’s homicide count to 102, the earliest point in the year the city has recorded 100 killings…
DCist: D.C. To Give Rideshare And Delivery Drivers Free Dash Cameras
Delivery and rideshare drivers in D.C. will be eligible to get free dash cameras through a new government program, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Wednesday. The city will use a $500,000 donation from DoorDash to buy about 5,000 dash…
DCist: D.C. Elections Take Center Stage On Capitol Hill, With GOP Bill Set To Target City
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives vehemently disagreed on Wednesday over whether D.C.’s current elections are a model for the rest of the country — or if Congress should use the city as an example by imposing…
Washington Post: House GOP floats rewriting D.C.’s election laws in latest hearing
House Republicans examined D.C. election laws Wednesday in their latest hearing digging into the city’s affairs, an opportunity for them to advocate for stricter voting laws in the deep-blue city.
DCist: Ex-Moon Rabbit Workers Will Get Their Union After Wharf Hotel Agrees To Recognize Bargaining…
D.C.’s Wharf InterContinental Hotel has agreed to voluntarily recognize its employees’ union after cards are checked, which will include workers from the now-shuttered Moon Rabbit restaurant, according to their bargaining agent UNITE HERE…
DCist: D.C.’s Air Quality Is In Code Red. Here’s What You Should Know
The air quality in the D.C. region reached Code Red — or worse — on Wednesday morning, meaning it’s unhealthy for the general population to be outside, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to waft over the area.
DCist: D.C. Council Passes 6% Cap On New Rent Increases At Many Apartment Buildings
The D.C. Council unanimously passed an emergency bill Tuesday capping many new rent increases at 6% starting July 1, bookmarking lawmakers’ frantic volley this spring to legislate around historic increases in rent prices.
District Dig: What Was And What Shall Be
The Bowser Administration commits to a transformative vision for redevelopment of 14th and U