Petula Dvorak in The Post: Has a city powered by outrage run out of it for a 6-year-old with a…
Outrage. Washington, especially Washington in the age of Trump, is rarely short on outrage. And while the entire region has been in various degrees of apoplexy all summer over lying white guys in suits, three little girls couldn’t buy ice…
John Kelly in The Post: Like father, like son: Channel 4’s Mark Segraves keeps the beat for local…
It was the 1960s, and the Washington Evening Star’s nightlife columnist John Segraves happened to be working at the precise instant that the typical newspaper music critic was morphing from someone like him — short hair, white shirt, jacket…
DDOT Takes Steps to Build on Success of Dupont Circle Nightlife Pick-Up Drop-Off Zone
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August 23, 2018
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DDOT Takes Steps to Build on Success of Dupont Circle Nightlife Pick-Up Drop-Off Zone
Illegally Parked Cars Will be Towed Starting August 30…
Mayor Bowser Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Downtown Day Services Center to Support Individuals…
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August 23, 2018
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Mayor Bowser Announces $1.7 Million Grant for Downtown Day Services Center to Support Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
New Downtown Day…
jonetta rose barras: In Congress Heights deal, DC officials speaking with forked tongue
Citizens often are confronted with the nauseating reality that their government — elected officials and agency managers — speak with forked tongues, saying one thing and then doing something entirely different. That kind of unethical…
Danielle Burs and Walter Smith: Let’s move toward voting representation for DC with a self-help…
Across the country, millions of people are closely following and will be participating in the upcoming November midterm elections. Every seat in the House is up for election, as are one-third of the seats in the Senate. These elections will…
Theresa Vargas in The Post: ‘I hope that they find normalcy’: What a D.C. dad’s fight for his…
The 9-year-old just had to see her locker, one she had already envisioned decorating with wallpaper and glittery things, before she was ready to say goodbye to her father. The 12-year-old was a bit more hesitant.
Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on I-395 Northbound from C Street SW to New York Avenue Begin…
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August 21, 2018
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Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on I-395 Northbound from C Street SW to New York Avenue Begin August 27
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On Chuck Brown’s Birthday Today, Norton Announces ‘Chuck Brown Day’ Resolution
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August 22, 2018
On Chuck Brown’s Birthday Today, Norton Announces ‘Chuck Brown Day’ Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Chuck Brown’s birthday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced…
Natalie Wexler: Dire high school test scores show need for knowledge-based instructional approaches
While test scores in DC are inching up at lower grade levels, high-poverty high schools continue to post abysmal results despite a decade of education reform. Some are pinning the blame on poverty and racism. But many DC schools have yet to…
AG Racine Demands Landlords Explain Short-Term Rentals at 33 Residential Apartment Buildings
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The Parklands-Turner Library to Close Sept. 7 Through Sept. 9
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August 22, 2018
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The Parklands-Turner Library to Close Sept. 7 Through Sept. 9
(Washington, D.C.) - The Parklands-Turner Library located at 1547 Alabama Ave. SE will…
Kate Coventry and Simone Holzer: 22 years after federal changes to welfare, DC stands out as a rare…
Today marks 22 years since President Bill Clinton signed the federal welfare law that led to dramatic changes to programs in DC and the states. Across the country, this has resulted in hardship and an increase in extreme child poverty in…
Courtland Milloy in The Post: Barry Farm residents still fighting for their homes, even as many…
On a hot, hazy Saturday afternoon, members of the Barry Farm Tenants and Allies Association gathered for their monthly meeting outdoors, in the shade of a large oak tree, across from the place many of them used to call home. Their community…
Local teens find parallels between 1968 and 2018 to create new exhibit
The days following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968 were especially bleak in DC, as neighborhoods across the city erupted with riots, fires, and looting.
Fifty years later, local teenagers revisited that history as a…
Mayor Bowser Hosts the 3rd Annual Taste of the World Festival
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Mayor Bowser Hosts the 3rd Annual Taste of the World Festival
The Bowser Administration’s Department of Parks and Recreation Showcases the International Flavors of Washington, DC
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MPD patrol chief, winner of Cafritz Award, strives to set tone of respect for all
Chanel Dickerson has the strong will of an ox. As patrol chief for three of the Metropolitan Police Department’s six districts and in her previous positions with the agency, Dickerson has witnessed any number of heart-wrenching crimes.…
Ramona Edelin: Back to school with promise, possibilities
As students begin a new school year, the public charter schools that educate nearly half of all DC public school students continue to provide more choices and higher-quality options. And the benefits of these educational programs to…
First Phase of the I-295/Malcolm X Avenue SE Interchange Improvement Project to Begin on September 4
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August 21, 2018
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First Phase of the I-295/Malcolm X Avenue SE Interchange Improvement Project to Begin on September 4
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Washington Post Editorial Board: D.C. schools are improving slow and steady — and not enough
FROM THE uproar over graduation practices to the scandal over the improper high school placement of the schools chancellor’s daughter, there was plenty of bad news about the District’s public school system last school year. So it was…