Washington Business Journal: American University gets final OK to move forward on major campus…
American University can now officially move forward with its 2021 campus plan, with the formal blessing from the D.C. Zoning Commission.
Washington Post Editorial Board: Metro is sliding toward a budgetary cliff
Washington’s transit system has been kept alive during the pandemic, barely, thanks to federal relief funds. That life support — about $1 billion in the current fiscal year, split about equally between operating and capital funds — will…
DCist: 9:30 Club, Other I.M.P. Music Venues Drop Vaccine Requirements
A handful of D.C. music venues, including all the venues under the I.M.P. umbrella — 9:30 Club, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Lincoln Theatre, and The Anthem — have dropped their vaccine requirements to attend shows.
DCist: D.C.’s Domestic Violence Services Organizations Say They Face Budget Shortfalls Amid…
Koube Ngaaje, the president and CEO of the District Alliance for Safe Housing, says she feels like her organization has been facing three pandemics: “COVID, domestic violence, and the racial reckoning that we are all living in, with a…
UrbanTurf: A Proposal to Add 81 Townhouses to a Michigan Park School Site
Another Northeast DC institutional site is poised for a large new townhouse development.
City Paper: Anita Bonds Says She’s Never Heard of D.C.’s Massive Housing Voucher Waitlist
The longtime housing committee chair scandalized advocates with comments during a recent hearing.
District Links: American, George Washington reinstate campus mask mandates; Lerner family considers…
Mask requirements are in effect once again at American and George Washington universities as of this morning.
Washington Informer: Howard Nurses Call for Safety, Adequate Pay in Their Strike
Throughout much of Monday, a multitude of nurses conducted a strike and picketed outside of Howard University Hospital (HUH) in the latest round of ongoing efforts to secure a contract that addresses concerns about adequate pay,…
Washington Informer: Public Employees Union Backs Robert White for D.C. Mayor
District Council 20 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees recently announced its endorsement of Robert White to be the next mayor of D.C.
Axios: New Smithsonian exhibit examines the erasure of Barry Farm-Hillsdale
In 2019, the last remnants of the Barry Farm-Hillsdale settlement, a post-Civil War Black community established by the Freedmen’s Bureau southeast of the Anacostia River, was demolished to make way for new development.
Between loneliness, capitalism and immigration, ‘Against the Wall’ has a lot to say about life
“Whoever says you can’t live in two places at the same time is dead wrong” is my favorite line in Alberto Roblest’s recently published book of short stories, Against the Wall. Capitalizing on themes of loneliness, power and self-discovery,…
DCist: Cleveland Park Apartment Building Sued For Alleged Housing Discrimination
Another D.C. apartment building is being accused of housing discrimination after it allegedly turned away low-income applicants who hold rental assistance vouchers.
Cheryl Cort in Greater Greater Washington: Will affordable housing needs overcome some neighbors’…
When the owner of Dance Loft on 14’s building announced plans to sell the building at 4618 14th Street NW, the local performing arts non-profit organization didn’t start looking to move. Instead, the leadership of the Dance Loft envisioned…
Associated Press: Lerner family exploring selling MLB’s Washington Nationals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Lerner family that has owned the Washington Nationals since 2006 is exploring the possibility of selling the Major League Baseball franchise.
Washington Post: American, GW universities among latest campuses to reinstate masks
At least four Washington-area campuses have returned to former coronavirus policies as cases rise
Washington Business Journal: Ted’s Bulletin homes in on new D.C. location as part of broader…
Ted’s Bulletin is planning to open at NoMaCNTR, the mixed-use development near Union Station formerly known as Storey Park, as part of a larger regional expansion strategy.
WTOP: Channel 9’s Bruce Johnson remembered with praise, laughter
A 2 and 1/2 hour funeral service for legendary broadcast journalist Bruce Johnson was filled with praise for what he did on-camera during his decades covering the news in D.C., along with praise for what he did off-camera as a friend,…
WTOP: American University, GW revive indoor mask policy
Two D.C. universities are revising their indoor mask policy amid an uptick of coronavirus cases.
Washington Post: The Lerner family will explore selling the Washington Nationals
The family of real estate magnate Ted Lerner, which 16 years ago purchased the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball and oversaw a rebuilding process that eventually resulted in a World Series championship, has begun the process…
Washington Post: The FBI wants to stay in D.C., but Congress has already said goodbye
FBI leaders have been vocal in recent years about their desire to keep the agency’s headquarters in the nation’s capital, where they have quick access to the Department of Justice and stand as a public-facing symbol of law and order.