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From Howard to the White House? DC campus astir over Kamala Harris

Zoe Poindexter Jul 16, 2019 3,318
On the morning of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kamala Harris announced in a TV appearance that she was running for president in 2020. Her next stop was her alma mater: Howard University. Harris, the junior U.S. senator from California,…
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OpinionTransportation

Gordon Chaffin: What we can all learn from the Arlington runner who circled the entire Beltway

Gordon Chaffin Jul 16, 2019 668
You may have heard recently that some crazy Virginia man just ran around the whole Beltway. Well, his name is Mike Wardian, he lives in Arlington, and he’s a professional runner. Mike is actually an ultramarathoner, specializing in…
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District governmentNatural Environment

Flooding issues bring attention to one of DC’s first projects under new resilience strategy

Jake Maher Jul 16, 2019 960
As commuters abandoned cars to flash flooding a week ago while about a month’s worth of rain fell on DC in just an hour, residents saw “an example of what makes resilience planning so important,” according to the District’s deputy…
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District governmentFeatures

Cafritz Award-winning MPD language access officer strives to ensure all are heard

Andria Moore Jul 11, 2019 1,418
Given his joyful nature, it’s hard to believe Imhotep Newsome routinely works 15-hour days between a full-time job and volunteer tasks. Newsome’s job as the language access program manager for the Metropolitan Police Department is all…
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Built EnvironmentNews

Nearly 4 years after initial presentation, ‘Lady Bird’ project in AU Park still struggling to take flight at former Superfresh site

Cuneyt Dil Jul 11, 2019 4,109
A developer’s plan to build 219 residential units and new retail on the site of a long-vacant supermarket in American University Park is still nowhere close to groundbreaking, stymied by fierce resistance from some neighbors ever since its…
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HomelessnessOpinion

Amanda Misiko Andere and Nan Roman: The cure for homelessness is a home

Commentary Jul 10, 2019 1,198
In recent months, cities across the country have shared results of their annual homeless census, a one-day snapshot of residents experiencing homelessness that captures trends, guides strategic planning efforts and informs federal funding…
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OpinionTransportation

Gordon Chaffin: Mixed-use blocks like Monroe Street NE, not just commercial areas, need DDOT safety fixes

Gordon Chaffin Jul 9, 2019 901
A problem common to many busy DC roads presents a pervasive danger in Brookland on the 600 and 700 blocks of Monroe Street NE: New or fairly new residential buildings attract multiple delivery vehicles and trucks per day, while retail…
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FeaturesHomelessness

‘Under Patty’s guiding light, hundreds of people found healing’: Adams Morgan nonprofit says farewell to longtime executive director

Leah Potter Jul 8, 2019 681
When Patty Wudel first arrived at Joseph’s House nearly 30 years ago, she relished the warmth and love she felt from the people who immediately welcomed her into their community. As she prepares to leave her longtime post as…
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District governmentNews

In the midst of a heat wave, activists opposing ICE march through DC

Will Lennon Jul 6, 2019 769
Hundreds of community leaders, activists and immigrants joined together in Columbia Heights last Saturday to rally against raids in DC a week earlier by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The event was organized primarily by Sanctuary…
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ElectionsNews

Jack Evans welcomes old friends to Ward 2 Democrats’ slate of new officers

Jake Maher Jul 5, 2019 1,234
The day after FBI agents raided his home as part of an ongoing federal corruption investigation, Ward 2 DC Council member Jack Evans drew a warm welcome at the Ward 2 Democrats elections — and a positive result at the ballot box, with past…
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District governmentNews

Closed now for a third summer due to construction delays, East Potomac Pool set to finally reopen in 2020

Will Lennon Jun 28, 2019 3,136
Construction of the new East Potomac Pool in Ward 2 is back on track, with the facility set to reopen next summer after a series of lengthy delays transformed an expected one-year timetable into a closure spanning three swim seasons. The…
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NewsSchools

Volunteer makeover creates new STEM lab to inspire ‘a love of learning’ at Anacostia’s Ketcham Elementary

Gabrielle Wanneh Jun 26, 2019 1,029
Ketcham Elementary School in Ward 8’s historic Anacostia neighborhood just turned a cluttered old library room into a bright new STEM lab, replete with new iPads, robots and 3D printers — all thanks to a partnership with two regional…
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District governmentNews

Guests tear up as standout DC government workers get recognition at 18th annual Cafritz Awards event

Andria Moore Jun 26, 2019 1,026
With standing ovations and teary eyes, guests at the 18th annual Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards Ceremony last week celebrated “everyday heroes” in the DC government, including a fire sergeant and his cadaver dog. Honored…
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OpinionSchools

Molly Whalen: Multiple school closings are exacerbating DC’s failure to properly educate students with disabilities

Commentary Jun 24, 2019 2,597
It’s often said that failing to prepare is preparing to fail. Unfortunately, that can all too often be said of DC’s education leaders — and the latest instance, occurring right now, has extreme consequences for the city’s most vulnerable…
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District governmentHomelessness

HUD Secretary Ben Carson on hand to congratulate seven housing voucher recipients in DC who just became homeowners

Jake Maher Jun 24, 2019 2,257
At a recent celebration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson personally congratulated the most recent class of seven new homeowners for successfully completing the DC Housing Authority’s little-known Home…
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OpinionSchools

jonetta rose barras: Playing fast and loose with at-risk education funds

jonetta rose barras Jun 20, 2019 909
It’s understandable that some DC residents might feel as if they’ve been cast in a remake of Groundhog Day. In that 1993 film, Bill Murray’s character keeps waking up to the same day, replete with the same remarks and the same behavior by…
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Arts and CultureFilms

Short film starring DC students explores ‘pushout’ in high schools

Will Lennon Jun 19, 2019 1,587
Half out of breath, Teonna rushes through the front door of her high school. She throws her bag and jacket onto a conveyor belt, which ushers her belongings toward an X-ray machine. She asks a classmate for the time and is relieved to…
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OpinionSchools

Iris Bond Gill and Suzanne Wells: DC needs an education vision for equity and efficiency

Commentary Jun 19, 2019 1,428
In what has become an annual rite of spring, the DC Public Charter School Board (PCSB) last month approved the opening of five new charter schools: one elementary, two middle and two high schools. From 2012 to 2018, the board approved the…
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News

GU student and ANC member reaches deal with New Jersey, insurance provider for care she needs to return to DC

Jake Maher Jun 18, 2019 395
Anna Landre — Georgetown University student, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E member and disability rights activist — will be coming back to DC in the fall, after all. Landre reached an agreement Friday with her insurance provider…
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Built EnvironmentDistrict government

Construction in AU Park kicks off long-planned $500 million initiative to bury vulnerable Pepco feeder lines

Cuneyt Dil Jun 18, 2019 1,937
Seven years after a derecho downed trees and power lines in DC and the region, Pepco started work this month to bury high-voltage utility lines in the outer neighborhoods of the city — a project envisioned in the aftermath of the powerful…
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The House Appropriations Committee is slated to act Tuesday or Wednesday on the fiscal year 2027 funding bill that includes DC appropriations — as well as a slate of DC-related budget riders.

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The Republican-run House Appropriations Committee this morning released the text of a proposed fiscal year 2027 funding bill that includes appropriations for DC — with the broad array of riders…

District Links: Mayor says she expects to invoke 15-day emergency to extend curfew zones; Pinto apologizes for posting…

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With current legislative authority for expanded juvenile curfews set to expire at midnight, Mayor Muriel Bowser said today that she's likely to declare a 15-day public emergency in order to…

District Links: White calls for Pinto to withdraw from delegate’s race over release of personal info; BZA lacks…

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Robert White — one of two sitting councilmembers vying to become the DC's next delegate to Congress — is calling on his Ward 2 colleague Brooke Pinto to drop out of the race after her campaign posted…
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