WAMU: Lonnie Bunch III Set To Become Smithsonian Institution’s First Black Secretary
A new pilot is set to take the helm at the Smithsonian Institution.
Washington Post: Smithsonian names Lonnie Bunch III as new secretary, the first African American in…
Lonnie G. Bunch III — the dynamic founding director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture — has been appointed secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, becoming the first African American leader in…
Washington Times: Ted Leonsis, D.C. anxious to cash in on sports gambling
At a recent panel discussion entitled “The Future of Everything,” Ted Leonsis talked about how gambling is going to fundamentally change the way fans watch sports, whether they’re in the arena or watching from elsewhere.
Curbed: Public meeting on $20M Lamond-Riggs Library redevelopment set for June 12
Library officials will discuss initial design concepts and other project details
Washington Post: Middle-income seniors risk falling through cracks in housing market
Mary Gerace has lived in the District since 1963 and loves it. But at 73, she worries that someday she may become too frail to stay in the rent-controlled third-floor walk-up apartment in Glover Park where she has lived for 42 years. Then,…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: No job? No college? No plan? You’re in!
Hack. Hack. Hack. The tattooed ex-boxer hacked at the cutting board with a 10-inch chef’s knife. “No. That’s not right,” chef Carletta Fletcher said, taking the knife and grimacing at the juicy green swamp he’d made out of a roll of basil…
District Links: Public housing, Banneker-Shaw, United Medical Center top issues in budget vote;…
Good Tuesday morning. Today the DC Council votes for the final time on the fiscal 2020 budget. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson’s attempt to use millions from Events DC’s reserves to make urgent public housing repairs is still being…
DCPS chancellor visits Teacher of the Year’s classroom at Lafayette Elementary
A little over three months into his tenure as the DC Public Schools chancellor, Lewis Ferebee used Teacher Appreciation Week as a chance to shadow 2018 DCPS Teacher of the Year Lakeisha Brown and tour Ward 4’s Lafayette Elementary School,…
Kyndell Geddis and Crystal Smith: Why Banneker should relocate
Since 1981, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School has provided DC students with a great education. Banneker’s campus at Euclid Street and Georgia Avenue NW was originally built to serve as a junior high, but over the years it has been…
WTOP: TRASHED: Can the DC area clean up its waste problem?
Recycling isn’t exactly thriving in the nation’s capital. D.C.’s waste diversion rate (the percentage of waste diverted from the landfill or incinerator by recycling or other efforts) hovers around 23%. San Francisco’s rate is 80%, and…
WAMU: Tax Incentives For D.C. Tech Companies Poised To Be Slashed
An estimated $16 million per year would fund social services instead, under amendment expected to pass.
WAMU: 45 Washington-Area Students Compete In Scripps National Spelling Bee
Teddy Palmore had a decision. “I was deciding between one ‘T’ or two ‘Ts’ and I guess I decided right,” Palmore said.
Washington Post: 15-year-old killed Sunday was ‘beloved student’ at D.C. charter school
Maurice Scott broke into bashful smiles as he talked about the monuments and museums of his hometown in a video produced at Somerset Prep DC, the charter school in Southeast Washington where he was in ninth grade.
Deborah Simmons in The Washington Times: D.C. hospital plan is wacky
The D.C. Council could vote soon on funding two public hospitals at once.
The #DontMuteDC go-go protests aren’t done. They’re expanding.
Following the #DontMuteDC protests that helped bring DC’s homegrown go-go music back to the speakers outside Metro PCS at 7th Street and Florida Avenue NW — and this month’s #Moechella music rally at 14th and U streets NW that reinforced…
WTOP: Southeast DC charter school ups security after student fatally shot nearby
Police are actively searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Southeast D.C. teenager killed near his school on Sunday morning.
Washington Post: In the city where Memorial Day started, the District honors a World War II-era…
Memorial Day is when we honor those who wore a uniform and died defending our country. But here was Leroy Tonic, very much alive Friday afternoon at the District Building, the guest of honor in a ceremony thanking him for his service…
Washington Post Editorial Board: When will D.C. realize it doesn’t belong in the hospital business?
D.C. LAWMAKERS have finally decided to do something about the wasteful spending at the troubled public hospital in Southeast. We wish we could applaud the move to cap spending and eventually close the hospital, but it is long overdue and —…
Washington Post: Tens of millions in D.C. public housing repairs hang in budget dispute
An ongoing dispute between District lawmakers and the city’s chief financial officer threatens to derail tens of millions of dollars in proposed renovations to dangerously neglected public housing complexes.
Washington Post: Five new charter schools approved in D.C. despite concerns about vacant seats on…
Five new charter schools are expected to open in the District for the 2020-2021 academic year despite concerns that they could strain city resources and result in even more empty seats at existing middle and high schools that struggle to…