Washington Post: The pandemic has hit restaurants hard, but experts say the ‘ghost food hall’…
In the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, D.C. restaurateur Aaron Gordon couldn’t sleep.
Press Release: Norton Releases Statement on Passing of Her Friend and Colleague, Civil Rights Leader…
July 18, 2020
Contact: Sharon Eliza Nichols
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was a colleague of the late Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) first in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee…
Press Release: Statement from Mayor Bowser on the Passing of Congressman John Lewis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 17, 2020
CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis.
“In this moment, it is difficult and…
WUSA9: Delays, indecision plague research into DC Police stop and frisk data
The Metropolitan Police Department and the DC Government have been promising review since September 2019.
WTOP: Bike boom brought on by pandemic includes nonprofits that refurbish bikes
Like retailers scrambling to fill the demand for new bikes, nonprofit Gearin’Up Bicycles in Northeast D.C. was experiencing a sales boom of its own.
WAMU: The Protesters In Black Lives Matter Plaza Want You To Know They’re Still There
It’s Wednesday, July 8, and the scene outside D.C. Superior Court is a mix of exhaustion and camaraderie. A group of about 15 protesters is doing what they call “jail support,” waiting for fellow activists who were arrested and jailed…
Washington Post: Monsanto to pay $52 million toward contamination cleanup in the Potomac, other area…
The Monsanto agricultural products company has agreed to pay $52 million to the District over the company’s alleged role in the contamination of the Potomac River and other local waterways for nearly 50 years during the 20th century, the…
Washington Post Editorial Board: Bowser presented a sound spending plan. Now the D.C. Council needs…
D.C. MAYOR Muriel E. Bowser (D) presented the D.C. Council with a sound spending plan to deal with the loss of revenue and continuing fiscal uncertainties caused by the pandemic. She canceled pay raises for city workers but avoided…
DCist: ACLU Asks The District And MPD To Mandate Officers Wear Masks
D.C. officials have long been urging that residents wear face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19, but now the local ACLU chapter is asking that they require the same of police officers.
Washington Post: They got tested for coronavirus. Now, they wait. Growing delays have put lives in…
A Capitol Hill woman canceled her vacation because she couldn’t get timely proof she wasn’t infectious. A biologist from Charlottesville threw caution to the wind and visited his elderly parents anyway. A young D.C. man, exposed to a sick…