Washingtonian: What Really Happened on Swann Street?
The police say protesters were kicking in doors. People who were there tell very different stories.
UrbanTurf: Where DC is Implementing Its First Slow Streets
While DC closed out May with blanket speed limit reductions across many "local" streets, Mayor Bowser and the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) are now taking another incremental step toward making streets more hospitable for…
WTOP: Bowser, DC Council respond to calls to defund police
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser responded Monday to criticisms and calls to defund the police that have been made by protesters marching through the District in the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody in Minneapolis.
DCist: D.C. CrossFit Gyms Step Away From Brand After Tone-Deaf George Floyd Tweet From CEO
Several local CrossFit gyms are criticizing brand CEO and co-founder Greg Glassman after a tone-deaf tweet invoking George Floyd. Some are severing ties with the brand completely, saying CrossFit has a history of discrimination.
DCist: What Black Lives Matter D.C. Wants To See Change, And Where The City Stands
The protests that have spread across the U.S. and brought thousands to D.C. streets in recent weeks all have a similar rallying cry: Black Lives Matter. It’s a simple and powerful statement of principle, but what does it mean in practice?…
City Paper: D.C. Bars and Restaurants Showed Up With Sandwiches and Support for Protestors This…
"It was about giving people the energy to commit to protesting for people who look like myself."
City Paper: Former Councilmembers Vincent Orange and Michael A. Brown Could Face Off For At-Large…
November's general election could be quite the show.
Petula Dvorak in The Post: Muriel Bowser and black women are going after Trump. And they’re winning.
It is a clapback so mighty, it can be seen by satellites.
Washington Post: Voices, lifted — In the nation’s capital, thousands gather to protest — and hope.
For more than a week, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C., to protest police brutality following the death of George Floyd. A city that felt occupied by federal authorities and National Guard troops…
Washington Post: From Zoom to the streets, students and schools find teachable moments in protests…
Nubia Gerima-Rogers is a black teacher in the black studies academy at the District’s Dunbar High School. When she noticed students posting on Instagram about the protests unfolding in the city, she offered to take them to a demonstration…
Axios: Coronavirus racial disparities on display in the nation’s capital
Low-income, majority-black neighborhoods in D.C. are getting hit hardest by the coronavirus — a reflection of racial and socioeconomic trends that have sparked mass protests only miles from these neighborhoods.
WUSA9: Go-Go music represents unique experience at DC protests
Go-go music has been heard through the streets of the District during protests that have now spanned 10 days, sparked by the killing of George Floyd.
Press Release: Councilmember Grosso to offer amendments to demilitarize and reduce MPD
News Release — At-large DC Council member David Grosso
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2020
Contact
Matthew Nocella
Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement from Councilmember David Grosso who will offer several…
Press Release: Mayor Bowser Announces Seven New ‘Slow Streets’ as DC Continues to Reimagine Public…
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor and the District Department of Transportation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 8, 2020
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser…
Press Release: American University Welcomes Its Inaugural Cohort of District Scholars
News Release — American University
Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2020) — Eleven high-achieving students from Washington D.C.’s public and public charter high schools have been selected as American University’s inaugural class of AU…
Press Release: DC Public Library Expands Curbside Pick-Up Locations to Each Ward
News Release — DC Public Library
For Immediate Release
June 8, 2020
Media Contacts: George Williams
Extended Hours Offered at Eight Locations
(Washington, DC) – Starting today, the Anacostia, Benning, Cleveland Park, Mt.…
The 74: D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee Talks COVID-19 Recovery Plans, With an Eye…
D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee is determined that district schools remain a stabilizing force for students as social unrest and a continuing global pandemic grip the capital and country.
WTOP: Arena Stage presents virtual summer slate ‘Looking Forward’
The D.C. theater community will likely be unable to perform publicly for the foreseeable future. So, Arena Stage is launching a virtual summer slate called “Looking Forward.”
DCist: Hundreds From Wards 7 And 8 Join Faith-Focused March To The Capitol
A day that culminated in a prayer session outside the U.S. Capitol and with a cameo by Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah began quietly for pastor Thabiti Anyabwile of the Anacostia River Church. In his basement in Anacostia, Anyabwile…
Washington Post: Mayor Bowser is besting Trump in tug of war over what ‘law and order’ means in D.C.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is winning her high-profile tug-of-war with President Trump over how to preserve what the president calls “law and order” on District streets.