Washington Post: D.C. jail inmate dies after being found unresponsive in his cell
A 67-year-old inmate, who was being held on a misdemeanor credit card fraud offense, died at a hospital Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his cell, D.C. corrections officials said.
Washington Post: ‘I’ve never seen a dip like this’: After tax code change, food banks and charities…
Food banks and charities around the District, Maryland and Virginia are experiencing declines in donations — of money, of food, of clothing — this holiday season, crippling their ability to serve the needy, organizers say.
Capital Projections: Snakes alive edition
Capital Projections is The DC Line’s selective and subjective guide to some of the most interesting arthouse and repertory screenings in the coming week.
WHITE SNAKE
(GKIDS)
This new fantasy from the Chinese studio Light…
Washington Post: D.C. bill would honor 17th-century treaty by letting Native Americans fish for free
Julie Tayac Yates squinted at the sunlight dancing in the Anacostia River. Growing up,Thanksgiving preparations would start here, she said, along its banks.
DCist: Pastor Who Helped Shut Down D.C. Orphanage Riddled With Abuse Has Passed Away
Rev. Fred Taylor cared about children. He cared about them so much that in 1968, he became the founding executive director of For Love of Children, a D.C. nonprofit that has helped over 10,000 kids in need over more than five decades. And…
WTOP: A Thanksgiving feast — and more — is served to DC’s neediest
As many as 5,000 people flocked to the Washington Convention Center on Wednesday for a Thanksgiving meal as part of the annual Feast of Sharing event.
Washington Post: D.C. proposes closing Washington Metropolitan High, an alternative school
The D.C. school system wants to close Washington Metropolitan High, an alternative school that serves middle and high school students who struggled on traditional campuses.
Washington Business Journal: The Wharf Phase 2 fills roster of contractors
The developer of The Wharf has finalized the team that will build out the massive Southwest waterfront project’s second phase.
Washington Business Journal: Former Bowser deputy faces questions on RFK’s future in bid to…
Brian Kenner, once the District’s top economic development official, is facing questions around the future of RFK Stadium and the Events D.C. budget in his bid to re-join the agency’s governing board.
Washington Post: He was a part of his team’s turnaround. After his murder, his teammates made the…
Maurice Vaughn raised his fist and told his players to take a knee. The Dunbar High football team had just finished one of its final practices before Thursday’s Turkey Bowl, but its coach wanted to remind his players what they were playing…
WTOP: Row-house chop jobs are keeping DC’s housing inventory afloat
The D.C. region’s housing market continues to suffer from a severe inventory shortage, with the number of active listings around the region hovering close to 20% below this time last year.
District Links: Jack Evans declines to testify before DC Council on ethics; 26% DC child poverty…
Happy Thanksgiving Eve. Council member Jack Evans said yesterday he will decline to testify before the ad hoc committee next Tuesday.
UrbanTurf: Preservation League Plans to Add More Black History Sites to DC’s Inventory
Last week, the DC mayoral administration announced an online "heritage trail" of African American Civil Rights sites. Concurrently, the DC Preservation League (DCPL) is endeavoring to add more sites relevant to the 20th century Civil…
DCist: Why Googly-Eyed Brooms Have Sprouted Up Around D.C.
For about two weeks, D.C. cyclists have spotted a scattering of quirky-looking brooms on their morning commutes.
City Paper: What Laws Did Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans Potentially Break?
We asked a criminal defense attorney to weigh in.
Washington Post: With climate change, Washington may have entered era of more blockbuster snowstorms…
As Washington’s winter climate has warmed several degrees over the past 120 years, average snowfall has declined by about half a foot, from roughly 21 inches to 15 inches. Yet recent decades have also featured several of the biggest…
jonetta rose barras: Child poverty in DC is no myth
The numbers are staggering: 32,000 children are living in poverty in DC. When I heard those statistics earlier this month during the DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy’s conference on the “Young and Poor: The Trauma of Child Poverty,” I…
Washington Business Journal: Kimpton’s Topaz Hotel closes following acquisition by Douglas…
The Kimpton Topaz Hotel closed Monday, after the Dupont Circle hotel sold for for $33.1 million to Douglas Development.
Dancing into Yuletide: One ballet company stages ‘The Nutcracker’ with video projections, another…
Thanksgiving isn’t the only sign this week that the Christmas season is upon us, with the curtain rising on two incarnations of The Nutcracker ballet at DC theaters. An evergreen holiday tradition that originated in Russia in 1892, the…
Washington Post: Latest star ratings for D.C. schools show citywide improvement even as gaps persist
The District’s 206 public school campuses received their second star rankings Tuesday, and while the results highlighted improvements across the city, they also underscored the persistent achievement gap on standardized tests between…