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Andy Moursund in The Post: Rename Woodrow Wilson High for Edna Jackson

Editor Mar 14, 2019
The March 11 Metro article “Pain of segregation renewed at Wilson High” discussed the name controversy at the District’s Woodrow Wilson High School. I graduated from Wilson in 1962, when there was but one African American student in our…

WTOP: Designing a day space for DC’s homeless population

Editor Mar 14, 2019
On a 30-degree day in early March, the basement of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, just blocks from the White House, was teeming with activity.

WAMU: Northern Virginia And D.C. Traffic Signals Will Help New Vehicles Catch More Green Lights

Editor Mar 14, 2019
Ever sit behind a driver that’s oblivious that a light has changed from red to green?

Washington Post: She escaped an abusive marriage. Now she faces eviction from her home.

Editor Mar 14, 2019
It wasn’t the first time the 45-year-old woman’s husband had verbally abused her. But last September, he “spiraled out of control,” she said. In front of their children in their Northeast D.C. living room, he threatened to stab her to…

Washington Post: District employee charged with welfare fraud, trading cash and sex for benefits

Editor Mar 14, 2019
A D.C. Department of Human Services employee is accused of accepting sexual favors and nearly $400,000 in cash in exchange for doling out welfare benefits valued at more than $1.4 million, according to court documents.

NBC4: DC Employee Accused of Taking Bribes, Sex in Exchange for $1.4M in Food Stamps and Benefits

Editor Mar 14, 2019
A D.C. government employee is facing federal charges for allegedly issuing more than $1.45 million in food stamps and welfare benefits to people in exchange for sexual favors and $380,000, court documents say.

Washington Post: D.C. officials issue new warnings about drug suspected to be K2 hitting the streets

Editor Mar 14, 2019
District emergency officials are issuing a new warning about dangerous batches of suspected K2 hitting city streets, saying medics responded to dozens of overdose reports this week.

City Paper: How Author Kwame Alexander Writes Children’s Literature That Everyone Can Read

Editor Mar 14, 2019
We spoke with the local author about how he got into writing, his work, and creating children's literature any age group can enjoy.

WTOP: Years after brutal beating, DC family shares story of finding normalcy

Editor Mar 13, 2019
A D.C. man who was brutally attacked more than six years ago while walking home from a Nationals game is working and living in D.C. again while coping with the challenges of living with a traumatic brain injury.

DCist: Now D.C. Can Help Rehab The Nearly 7,000 Acres Of National Parks In The City

Editor Mar 13, 2019
D.C. contains almost 7,000 acres of land controlled by the National Park Service, and up until now, the federal agency was charged with maintaining all of it, including the majority of the city’s neighborhood parks.

City Paper: New Bill Would Subject Charters to Same Transparency Rules as D.C. Public Schools

Editor Mar 13, 2019
“This is not exactly a cutting-edge idea,” says Councilmember Charles Allen.

WAMU: Dogged By Federal Investigation, D.C. Lawmaker May Face Recall Election

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Embattled D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) is facing a federal investigation into allegations of influence peddling, a likely reprimand from his colleagues, and calls for him to step down from the Council’s powerful finance…

Curbed: D.C. to close and replace 1867 Georgetown bridge over the C&O Canal

Editor Mar 13, 2019
A public meeting on the project is scheduled for March 14

Ike Brannon in The Washington Times: D.C. Metrobus app and reality out of sync

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Bus riders in Washington can use an app that estimates how long until the next bus arrives at any given stop. Its implementation has made commuting much more convenient for myself and thousands of other regular bus commuters.

Washingtonian: Busboys and Poets Opens in Anacostia with All-Day Dining and a Marion Barry Room

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Restaurateur Andy Shallal debuts the seventh location of his socially conscious cafe.

WAMU: ‘It’s OK To Be Gay’: One Migrant’s Journey From Nicaragua To D.C.

Editor Mar 13, 2019
A decade after leaving his parents’ home in Nicaragua for good, 22-year-old Alexander Flores Olivas is seeking asylum in the District.

Washington Post: GSA chief: Trump had no role in wanting FBI headquarters downtown

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Administrator says she is not aware of Trump intervening for his own financial interests, as Democrats allege.

Despite Growing Urgency, Long-Stalled FBI Headquarters Project Remains In Limbo

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Last month, an eight-pound piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, damaging a light fixture and an FBI employee's desk that he was lucky to not be occupying at the time.

WTOP: George Washington U. team wins DC funding for traffic app

Editor Mar 13, 2019
A team of George Washington University students and professors has won a $25,000 award from the District to continue developing an app that would provide D.C. drivers with real-time information on traffic congestion and crashes.

DCist: U.S. Attorney’s Office Will Pursue Retrial In Transgender Woman’s 2016 Murder

Editor Mar 13, 2019
Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds was 22 when she died at the hospital a week after being shot in Northeast D.C. Last week, after two years, a jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of two men charged in connection with her death. A Superior…
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