DCist: ‘We’re In A Crisis’: Advocates Launch New Citywide Tenant Union
When Ronnie Jackson’s landlord put his building up for sale more than a decade ago, he said that he and other residents felt like they were kept in the dark about what would happen next.
Washington Post: A recent burst of violence in the District has left several people dead
Eight people have been killed during a spate of violence in the District in recent days, prompting outrage and concern from city leaders.
Statement from Councilmember Allen on recent gun violence
News Release — Ward 6 DC Council member Charles Allen
July 22, 2019
Contact: Erik Salmi
The following statement is from Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6), who chairs the DC Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public…
Curbed: Plans for D.C.’s first-ever language-arts museum receive federal approval
Planet Word is expected to open at the historic Franklin School building in 2020
District Links: Illegal guns, repeat offenders blamed after seven murders in four days; Post…
Happy Monday. At the mayor's press conference today on crime, a reporter counted seven murders in four days — a grim tally that recalls the violence of the 1990s and early 2000s.
WUSA9: ‘We did the right thing, but in the wrong way’ | DC developer apologizes for…
Developer talks about his role in gentrification and the new way of doing business in DC.
Curbed: Transportation officials to hold public meeting in D.C. ward with most 2019 traffic deaths
Half a dozen people have died as a result of crashes in Ward 8 this year
Statement: McDuffie on Recent Gun Violence
News Release — Ward 5 DC Council member Kenyan McDuffie
July 22, 2019
Contact: Jonathan McNair
Washington D.C. -- On Friday evening, the bodies of Hugh Washington and his seventeen-year-old son, Ahkii Washington-Scruggs, were…
Press Release: 50 Attorneys General Secure $600 Million From Equifax In Largest Data Breach…
News Release — DC Office of the Attorney General
July 22, 2019
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Settlement Includes $425 Million Consumer Restitution Fund; Potentially 350,000+ District Consumers Eligible for Relief
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Washington Post Editorial Board: The controversy surrounding D.C.’s sports betting contract is…
THE LATEST controversy over the District’s award of a lucrative sole-source contract is achingly unsurprising. D.C. has established a procurement system that is steeped in politics and parochialism, with the checkered history to show for…
Washingtonian: The Real Story of the Sans Souci: The Super-Exclusive DC Restaurant Where Even Mick…
An ode to the watering hole where Spotteds and the power lunch came to be
Washington Post Express: East of the Anacostia, even subsidized cabs are having trouble getting…
Every other weekend, it was the same routine for Lisa Smith, who shares custody of her two teenage sons with their father.
Washington Post: A dozen years later, a new life for an iconic D.C. greasy spoon
Developer Douglas Jemal made a commitment more than a decade ago that mollified the District’s crowd of historic preservationists, who were all atwitter that a new office building would require the demolition of what they deemed an…
Washington Post: A field in D.C. will soon be home to 5,000 solar panels. It’s all because of local…
Right now, it’s a large, empty field. But by next year, the five-acre plot in Northeast Washington will sprout about 5,000 solar panels, the largest ground array the nation’s capital has seen — a change wrought by local Catholic groups.
WTOP: 100-foot sundae sets DC record on National Ice Cream Day
As the region has been flirting with almost record-breaking heat, a crowd gathered at in Navy Yard to help set a different kind of record — D.C.’s longest sundae ever.
Theresa Vargas in The Post: At a house where the homeless go to die, she has been a constant for…
It is the plainest of wooden tables, the kind you probably wouldn’t examine closely unless you spilled something on it.
WTOP: Apollo 11 tribute features stunning projections onto Washington Monument
A show celebrating 50 years since the Apollo 11 moon landing captivated crowds on the National Mall Friday night by turning the Washington Monument into a towering movie screen.
Washington Post: ‘We’re tired of kids being shot.’ As family and community grieve, police search for…
Karon Brown, 11, and his brother Quentin had walked to the McDonald’s not far from their Southeast D.C. home to get their older sister a double cheeseburger, an order of french fries and a smoothie.
WAMU: A Bus From Southwestern Virginia To D.C. Is So Popular, The State Is Adding More Routes
Bus ridership in cities is down across the country — but one state route is thriving.
Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. is doing the right thing by ensuring baby changing tables are…
IMAGINE STRUGGLING to find a viable surface to change your baby’s diaper because the men’s restrooms around you lack this accommodation, then placing your changing pad on your very last resort: the restroom floor. This is the difficulty…