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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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…
Alyse Graham in The Post: D.C. Water steps up
Regarding the Aug. 17 Metro article “D.C. Water to overhaul alerts after July missteps”: Can we pause to recognize and applaud municipal accountability and leadership at work?
jonetta rose barras: Spinning the numbers
It appears District of Columbia education leaders and elected officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser, have conspired to deliberately mislead the public about the academic achievement of public school students on this year’s standardized…
Harry Jaffe on NBC4: Mayor Bowser Below Grade In Running DC Schools
As giddy students and nervous parents begin the new school year in D.C. on Monday, it’s the perfect time to deliver report cards on Mayor Muriel Bowser, the elected official in charge of our public schools.
Washington Post: In race to retain DC At-Large Council seat, Silverman seeking to knock challenger…
D.C. Council member Elissa Silverman on Monday sought to knock a challenger off the November ballot, alleging that the opponent’s nominating petitions include nearly 4,000 invalid signatures. S. Kathryn Allen, the challenger who is backed…
Petula Dvorak in The Post: ‘The last time I held her’: How a homeless musician reclaimed the love of…
Ruth Ann was finally back in his arms. “May 7, 2017,” he said. “That was the last time I held her.” In the year and three months he’d been apart from Ruth Ann, his hands went a little janky. They’d been together for 24 years, so holding her…