City Paper: How the D.C. Police Department, DOJ, and D.C. Attorney General’s Office Shield…
Rigid rules and policies hide the bad behavior of D.C. cops from the people they're paid to protect.
City Paper: The Coronavirus Pandemic in a D.C. Public Housing Complex
With multiple deaths related to COVID-19 occurring in an 18-unit public housing building, tenants clean and care for their own building.
DCist: D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen Calls For $15 Million Reduction To Proposed Police Budget…
After facing calls from activists to defund the D.C. police, Ward 6 D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen proposed $15 million in cuts to the department’s proposed budget Wednesday.
Washington Post: District sues Polymer80, manufacturer of ‘ghost guns,’ alleging illegal sales,…
Attorney general takes consumer protection approach to keeping untraceable guns out of D.C.
jonetta rose barras: Paging Emmett Fremaux
After listening last week to DC Board of Elections (BOE) chair Michael Bennett and executive director Alice Miller trying to explain the chaotic mess they made of the June 2 primary, I wondered, Where is Emmett H. Fremaux Jr.? The…
DCist: Across The City And On The Highway, Peaceful Protesters March Throughout D.C.
After two nights of tense clashes, protesters shut down a major highway as they peacefully marched through the city Wednesday night.
WTOP: DC education leaders seek name change for Woodrow Wilson High School
Amid rising demands for racial justice, D.C.’s elected education leaders are calling for a name change at Woodrow Wilson High School — the city’s largest public high school in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest D.C.
WTOP: DC protests roll on despite fencing, barricades
Protesters again gathered at Black Lives Matter Plaza in D.C. on Wednesday, despite fencing and a line of guards placed at Lafayette Square.
Washington Post: D.C. lawmaker proposes cutting $15 million from police budget, forcing council…
Facing calls by activists to defund the police, a D.C. lawmaker on Wednesday proposed stripping the department of $15 million and forcing Police Chief Peter Newsham to undergo a council review next year to keep his job.
Washington Post: Nine arrested Tuesday night as police, protesters skirmish outside White House…
Nine people were arrested Tuesday night in skirmishes with authorities across from the White House — including one man who also had been arrested the day before, police said Wednesday.