Poor air quality may have more impact on the health of vulnerable communities
By Courtney Curtis, Marymanita Mensah, Johnathan Morales, Daniel Oloju, Shaunavahn Reid, Janae Wilson and Anthony Yang
Global warming is a worldwide problem, but it is felt more acutely in some places than others.
Maranda Ward says…
District Links: Local officials relish late win for control of RFK campus; Senate adjourns without…
The District's efforts to obtain long-term control over the RFK Stadium campus appeared doomed — until a last-minute scramble and early-morning action in the Senate reversed the outcome, leading to the potential for a new Washington…
District Links: Opioids kill older Black men in DC at a higher rate than in other areas; Anacostia…
The Anacostia Watershed Society has issued its annual "State of the Anacostia" report card, with an overall grade of D+ that represents the highest mark in the study's 10 years.
jonetta rose barras: Trayon White Sr. is still a DC Council member, seriously?
Call it the “Saga of Trayon White Sr.”
The DC Council has been considering since August how it should punish the Ward 8 legislator for his blatant violations of the legislature’s Code of Conduct and a variety of local laws. This…
District Links: RFK campus transfer in limbo with collapse of spending bill; renderings show…
Just two days after the DC Council gave final approval to the District's deal with Monumental Sports & Entertainment to modernize Capital One Arena, Mayor Muriel Bowser today took part in a ceremonial "hammer swing" to mark the…
District Links: Bowser hails inclusion of RFK campus in stopgap spending bill; council OKs juvenile…
Mayor Muriel Bowser has a bit more reason today to express confidence that visions of a lively entertainment district with housing, recreational space, waterfront parkland and a new Washington Commanders stadium will come to fruition on…
District Links: Spending bill reportedly includes transfer of RFK campus to DC; late deal avoids…
The newly negotiated stopgap spending measure — slated for consideration in the Senate and House this week, pending a final agreement — reportedly includes a provision to transfer control of the sprawling RFK Stadium campus to the…
District Links: Council panel votes 11-0 to back expulsion of Ward 8’s Trayon White;…
The DC Council will consider expelling Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr. early next year after a 11-0 vote this morning by the committee charged with investigating whether there was "substantial evidence" of ethics violations in…
District Links: DC proposes to redo voting for two ANC districts on AU campus after ballot mix-up;…
The DC Council yesterday released a photo "50 years in the making" that features two-thirds of the officials elected to citywide office under home rule and four-fifths of those who are still alive.
jonetta rose barras: How would eliminating the federal Department of Education affect public…
Some DC government officials, private-sector education researchers and advocates with whom I spoke during the past week seemed unfazed by President-elect Donald Trump’s expressed desire to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. During…
District Links: Probe finds ‘substantial evidence’ of violations by Trayon White;…
The DC Council's ad hoc committee yesterday afternoon released its investigators' report on the bribery and residency allegations against Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White Sr., with a meeting scheduled Monday at 9:30 a.m. for members to…
Art as a call to action: William Gropper’s bold critique resonates post-election
Did William Gropper leap into the future, or have we been pulled back into the past? Are we truly progressing as a society, or merely cycling through the same struggles in new forms? Seeing William Gropper: Artist of the People, a recently…
District Links: Groundbreaking today for $18M expansion of tennis center in Ward 8; probe tracks…
Mayor Muriel Bowser is slated to break ground this afternoon on an $18 million expansion of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center — a facility backed by the U.S. Tennis Association and long shepherded by Cora Masters Barry, the center's…
District Links: House hearing on DC budget veers from federal work-from-home policy to MPD security…
As of this morning, it's no longer been 15 years or so since DC's mayor testified before the House appropriations subcommittee with authority over the DC budget — including the federal portion that funds the local courts and determines…
District Links: Bowser highlights crime reductions compared to 2023 and 2019; DC courts renew call…
As 2024 draws to an end, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith are highlighting reductions in various categories of crime compared to last year and to five years ago, linking the favorable trends to policy changes…
District Links: DC Water drops boil-water advisory in Northeast DC; council bill seeks to boost…
DC Water this morning lifted the boil-water advisory in effect since Tuesday for about 2,800 affected customers in several Northeast DC neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River.
jonetta rose barras: Is DC’s health care system at risk?
DC residents and their political leaders are understandably anxious about Donald Trump’s second presidential term. They are also disturbed by the fact that the Republican Party has gained control, albeit narrow, of the Senate and House.…
District Links: Council extends budget timeline in hopes of avoiding another late submission; DC…
The DC Council this week adopted a schedule for consideration of the fiscal year 2026 budget, agreeing to an April 2 submission date from the mayor in an effort to avoid the kind of disruptions that characterized the process last spring.
Andrea Thomas: An economic storm is battering low-income DC families
In a period of just four years, DC families have gone from unprecedented levels of economic security — thanks to pandemic aid programs — to a point where thousands are overwhelmed by unaffordable rents and food prices, with few options for…
District Links: Council exempts restaurants, bars from ban on cashless retail but opts against…
With the District's long-delayed ban on cashless establishments set to take effect Jan. 1, the DC Council voted yesterday to approve emergency legislation exempting bars, restaurants and entertainment venues that have a liquor license or…