Karen Attiah in The Post: Ben’s Chili Bowl and the business of black survival
The country’s struggles with racial injustice and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have raised deep concerns about the survival of many black businesses. Perhaps no other business is as iconic to the District and civil rights history in…
Washington Times: Bowser, D.C. churches show support for protesters
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis visited the newly renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House on Sunday, a day after thousands of people had flooded the area to protest the death of George…
WTOP: Demonstrations continue in DC area following huge turnout
Demonstrators gathered for more protests Sunday throughout the D.C. region after huge crowds filled D.C. streets Saturday, with demonstrations expected to continue another week.
Associated Press: Longtime observers see violent change in Park Police tactics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Few have watched how the U.S. Park Police deals with protesters for as long and as closely as Ellen Thomas, an anti-nuclear activist who anchored a continuous sit-in vigil day and night on the pavement in front of the…
Washington Post: Faith community takes center stage as thousands again gather for 10th day of…
Acknowledging that their voice had been missing, the Washington region’s faith community stood front and center Sunday as thousands of protesters again converged in the nation’s capital in the 10th straight day of protests against racism…
DCist: On 10th Day Of Demonstrations Around D.C., Protesters Are Talking About What Comes Next
A day after D.C.’s largest protest yet against police brutality, demonstrators gathered once again in groups across the city on Sunday. But where Saturday’s massive crowds felt marked by celebration, today’s demonstrators have seemed…
Washington Post: Remembering the protests of 1971, when questionable tactics kept D.C. open
Local leaders may have been apprehensive when thousands of young people took to the streets of Washington, aiming to shut it down. Still, given its long experience with political demonstrations, the District prided itself on its crowd…
DCist: The New White House Fence Is Getting Covered In Protest Art
As the protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd ramped up in the past week, the administration of Donald Trump increasingly fortified the area around the White House.
Washington Post Editorial Board: The nation cannot tolerate a chaotic Election Day
AMID PROTESTS and coronavirus lockdowns, it is urgent that the nation not lose focus on another urgent priority: ensuring that everyone can vote safely in the fall.
DCist: Activists Added ‘Defund The Police’ To The New Black Lives Matter Mural. So Far, D.C.…
When Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a massive mural of the words Black Lives Matter, composed in bright yellow block letters that span a two-block stretch of road leading to the White House on Friday, she wanted to send a message to the…
Washington Post: Pentagon outlines withdrawal of troops from nation’s capital after Trump’s…
President Trump said Sunday he had ordered the National Guard to start the process of withdrawing from Washington, D.C., “now that everything is under perfect control,” as tens of thousands of people descended on the city for a weekend of…
Washington Post: Protesters paint ‘Defund the police’ right next to D.C.’s ‘Black Lives…
Just a day after D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser ordered “Black Lives Matter” painted down 16th Street NW to make a statement to President Trump, a group of Black Lives Matter activists made a statement of their own as an addendum to the…
DCist: National Guard Troops Will Start Withdrawing From D.C., Trump Says
The National Guard is heading out of town — or starting to, according to President Donald Trump.
Washington Times: Bowser praises D.C. protesters; gatherings around White House continue into…
"Today we say 'no.' In November, we say 'next.'"
Washington Post: As protesters gather in D.C., they wonder if their moment will endure
By noon, people were descending on the streets around the White House from all directions, a billowing crowd that included demonstrators hoisting “Black lives matter” signs and American flags.
Washington Post: Protesters pack nation’s capital
More than 10,000 people poured into the nation’s capital on the ninth day of protests over police brutality, but what awaited this sprawling crowd — the largest yet in Washington — was a city that no longer felt as if it was being occupied…
Washington Post: ‘Vicious dogs’ versus ‘a scared man’: Trump’s feud with Bowser escalates amid…
The first night of major unrest in Washington had exploded in chaos on May 29, with protesters and Secret Service officers battling outside the White House. At 8:30 the next morning, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her senior aides huddled on a…
CNN: Washington’s new Black Lives Matter street mural is captured in satellite image
Washington's new BLACK LIVES MATTER street mural is so huge, you can see it from space.
Washington Post: Brooke Pinto prevails in Ward 2 D.C. Council race, succeeds scandal-tainted Jack…
Brooke Pinto has secured the Democratic nomination to represent Ward 2 on the D.C. Council, rocketing from an unknown 28-year-old political newcomer to the likely successor to the District’s longest-serving lawmaker.
Washington Post: New halfway house for up to 300 men coming to Northeast Washington
A company that plans to open a halfway house for as many as 300 men in Northeast Washington won a $64 million federal contract Thursday after months of uncertainty about where D.C. prisoners returning home will live.