DCist: American Latino Museum Quietly Removed Videos Of Casa Ruby Founder From Exhibit
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino quietly removed content featuring embattled Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado from an exhibit focused on Latino history in the United States.
DCist: The Georgetown Transformer Sculptures Stuck In A New Battle For The Fate Of, Well, Themselves
A new fight is brewing over the fate of two massive Transformer sculptures placed by a Georgetown University neuroscientist outside his rowhome in the historic neighborhood, sculptures that, depending on whom you ask, have either delighted…
District Links: Incoming House member loses out on Navy Yard apartment due to credit history; DC…
In one respect, it's a local real estate story. In another, it's a personal finance story. It touches, too, on social issues highlighted by the limited supply of affordable housing in DC, particularly in certain neighborhoods. Yet it…
jonetta rose barras: Inside DC’s public housing hysteria
A fever broke out across the District earlier this week. It was unrelated to COVID-19 or any of its associated variants; it seemed to have affected some public housing leaders, their advocates and so-called progressive political…
WTOP: Metro GM ‘sick and tired of gun violence’ after shootings
After the second shooting at a Metro station in about 15 hours, Metro’s general manager says he’s had enough of gun violence inside and outside his system.
Washington Post: Final seats removed from RFK Stadium’s lower bowl as demolition continues
The city is still unsure of the site’s fate, but officials and athletes gathered to recall the stadium’s glory days
Washington Post: Metro board plans for a future with subsidized D.C. bus fares
Transit leaders did not mention the D.C. Council’s vote this week to make Metrobus fares free during their regular meeting
Petula Dvorak in The Post: It’s time to support the hidden workers who keep the 1 percent running
Gladys Sandoval picked their kids up from school every day, right on time.
Axios: Incoming Rep. Frost says he was denied D.C. apartment over bad credit
Maxwell Frost, the Democratic representative-elect for Florida's 10th Congressional District and the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress, said Thursday he was denied an apartment in the District of Columbia over bad credit.
Washington Post: Maxwell Frost, future Gen Z congressman, denied D.C. apartment over bad credit
Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.), the first member of the Gen Z generation elected to Congress, said Thursday that a company in Washington rejected his application to rent an apartment because of his bad credit score.
City Paper: MPD Assistant Chief Testifies On Behalf of D.C. Cop Charged With Murder
Testimony reveals Officer Terence Sutton was previously reprimanded for an improper vehicle pursuit.
WTOP: Last of RFK’s iconic orange seats to be removed
It’s the end of an era as the last orange seats will be removed and put up for sale at RFK Stadium during a ceremony with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday.
Washington Post: Metro board plans for a future with subsidized D.C. bus fares
Transit leaders did not mention the D.C. Council’s vote this week to make Metrobus fares free during their regular meeting
Washington Post: Burst of violence shakes Metro, riders as transit seeks recovery
Two shooting incidents in 15 hours left one person dead and four injured while sending chills across the system and region
District Links: DC officials mark progress in dismantling RFK Stadium; solar bill gets initial OK…
Mayor Muriel Bowser joined other dignitaries early this afternoon to mark the ceremonial removal of the last orange wooden seats from RFK Stadium's lower bowl.
Washington Post: D.C. attorney general files lawsuit against Amazon, alleging stolen tips
D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine on Wednesday announced that his office had filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Amazon, alleging that the e-commerce giant stole tips from drivers and deceived consumers about the tipping model.
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DCist: ‘Tis The Season To Take Those Campaign Signs Down
When holiday lights hang around lamp posts and half-inflated snowmen adorn front yards, it means it’s time for one ornament of Election Day Past to come down — campaign signs.
DCist: D.C.’s Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Alleged Stolen Driver Tips
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine announced today that his office is launching a lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly stealing tips from drivers. The lawsuit says the company used illegal and deceptive methods that “tricked” consumers into…
WTOP: DC Council gives initial OK to overhaul of DC’s troubled crime lab
The D.C. Council has given the initial OK to a measure overhauling the District’s troubled crime lab.
WTOP: DC sues Amazon over delivery driver tips
The D.C. Attorney General has filed a new lawsuit against Amazon, seeking penalties for misleading consumers and delivery drivers about customer tips.