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DCist: Dave Chappelle Controversy Marks Latest Frustration For Some Duke Ellington Students And…

Editor Dec 3, 2021
There’s nothing funny about the controversy comedian and alum Dave Chappelle has stirred for the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown. Chappelle’s recent queerphobic and transphobic remarks sparked a major backlash, including…

Shelley Broderick, Jonathan Smith and Tyrone Hall in The Post: We have a plan to close the D.C.…

Editor Dec 3, 2021
Earlier this month, complaints by White people incarcerated in the D.C. Department of Corrections (DOC) for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection spurred an investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service into the conditions at the D.C.…

DCist: D.C. Attorney General Announces New Role As Affordable Housing Advocate

Editor Dec 3, 2021
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine wants to take a swing at housing policy.

DCist: D.C. Strongly Recommends People Wear Masks Indoors But Doesn’t Reimpose Mandate

Editor Dec 3, 2021
D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt issued a stern recommendation Thursday that people wear face masks indoors in public settings regardless of their vaccination status, as scientists race to understand what the Omicron variant of the…

UrbanTurf: DC Attorney General Takes Advocacy Approach to Affordable Housing

Editor Dec 3, 2021
As Karl Racine's tenure as DC Attorney General winds down, his office is taking a more proactive approach with affordable housing and zoning.

Washingtonian: A Totally Nostalgic, Not Entirely Practical Vintage DC Gift Guide

Editor Dec 3, 2021
Show your love with Commander Salamander buttons and Garfinckel's umbrellas.

WTOP: Free same-sex weddings (and beer) at City-State Brewing

Editor Dec 3, 2021
Dec. 18 will mark the 12th anniversary of the District of Columbia’s legal recognition of same-sex marriages, and D.C.’s City-State Brewing Co. plans a day of free wedding ceremonies at its taproom to recognize the date.

Washington Business Journal: D.C. issues mask advisory, but falls short of returning to mandate

Editor Dec 3, 2021
The District issued new mask guidance Thursday but did not reinstitute a mandate on face coverings that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser recently rescinded.

Washington Post: Nadeau drafts bill to halt homeless camp removal after second cleanup

Editor Dec 3, 2021
On Thursday, the city cleared an encampment at New Jersey Avenue and O Street NW despite calls by D.C. Council members to pause the program.

Washington Post: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema comes to Washington, D.C. — at long last

Editor Dec 3, 2021
There isn’t much that would entice me — a city dweller, born in the District — to regularly drive two hours round-trip into the far distant suburbs . . . for a movie. But Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the beloved Texas-based chain of hybrid…

Washingtonian: A Renowned Japanese Artist and Architect will Revamp the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden

Editor Dec 2, 2021
Hiroshi Sugimoto’s design will add more art, plants, and accessibility.

Associated Press: Biden helps light National Christmas Tree near White House

Editor Dec 2, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden helped light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday while remembering those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic and crediting the American people for his optimism.

WTOP: DC issues ‘mask advisory,’ but mandate will not return as of yet

Editor Dec 2, 2021
The District is issuing a “mask advisory” that recommends residents wear masks in indoor public settings, but is stopping short of reinstating its mask mandate as the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been identified in the U.S.

Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser recommends masks but stops short of mandate as omicron variant of…

Editor Dec 2, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser moved to beef up the District’s coronavirus response Thursday as the country braces for the impact of the emerging omicron variant, but she refrained from bringing back her recently rescinded indoor mask mandate…

WTOP: DC Council member proposes emergency bill to pause encampment clearings as another is taken…

Editor Dec 2, 2021
As D.C. cleared another encampment at New Jersey and O streets Northwest on Thursday, one council member proposed emergency legislation to pause such actions.

Washington Post: D.C. Mayor Bowser recommends masks but stops short of mandate as omicron variant of…

Editor Dec 2, 2021
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser moved to beef up the District’s coronavirus response Thursday as the country braces for the impact of the emerging omicron variant, but she refrained from bringing back her recently rescinded indoor mask mandate…

Washington Post: Redesigned Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden is finally approved

Editor Dec 2, 2021
The controversial revitalization of the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden was approved by the National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday, ending almost three years of negotiations among the museum, advocates and federal officials. …

Axios: D.C. clears another encampment amid calls for pause

Editor Dec 2, 2021
The District started clearing a large homeless encampment on Thursday morning, in the face of criticism from advocates and some council members who claimed many people living in the tents don’t know where to go next.

Washington Post: D.C. attorney general’s office takes on new role in affordable housing advocacy

Editor Dec 2, 2021
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine on Thursday announced his office will expand its scope to push for housing affordability, and is calling on the District’s Zoning Commission to make several changes that he says will help more…

Gregory Orfalea in The Post: A son of Anacostia is up for the Baseball Hall of Fame

Editor Dec 2, 2021
D.C.'s own Maury Wills is up this weekend for a long-stalled vote into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His election would be some end to a journey that began when Wills, a onetime Cardozo High School quarterback, played baseball barefoot with a…
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