Coronavirus

That’s probably the question many landlords and utility companies asked as the DC Council took action this week that confirmed the public health emergency will end July 25. However, legislators extended Mayor Muriel Bowser’s authority…

As an early childhood educator in DC, I thought I would be eligible to sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine this week. It's a promise Mayor Muriel Bowser made earlier this month. Early childhood educators have been working to keep their centers…

DC elected officials, including Mayor Muriel Bowser and council Chairman Phil Mendelson, seemed roused by revenue estimates recently released by Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey DeWitt. The city had enough money in December to instigate an…

In 2020, 180 District residents passed away while homeless, a 53% increase from 2019. Twenty-three of them died of COVID-19. On Dec. 21, the annual Homeless Memorial Vigil — organized each year by the People for Fairness Coalition —…

This year is the first in recent memory that dancers of The Washington Ballet won’t be performing The Nutcracker live. Many professional dancers had their first real stage experience in The Nutcracker. For professional company members and…

It’s been said that Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is the most-watched dance piece on the planet. The 36-minute, one-act choreography has been a centerpiece of that extraordinary company’s repertory for decades. Similarly, The Nutcracker, with…

COVID-19 shut down everything in the arts. At the Washington Glass School, my studio was strongly impacted, all classes were canceled, and all of our public art projects were put on indefinite hold as the DMV enacted lockdown restrictions,…

The COVID-19 crisis reinforces the need for inclusive, accessible programs for public health and public benefits. Fortunately, the District is almost ready to launch a new program that will help.  DC’s new Universal Paid Leave Program…

We are living through a shared experience that marks our days and affects our world in profound, pervasive and lasting ways. The COVID-19 pandemic will be a personal and historical point of reference, and we are grappling with effects that…

We recently celebrated Emancipation Day in Washington, DC, the nation’s capital — also known as Chocolate City due to the strong and vibrant Black community that has lived, worked and shaped the culture of the city on both sides of the…

It is heartbreaking — and perhaps unsurprising — that the rate of confirmed COVID-19 cases is now 16 times higher for people incarcerated in DC’s jails than in the general District population. That disparity is not acceptable and not…

If anyone running for elective office this year in DC promises to expand existing government programs, turn and walk away. Do not give a second thought to marking your primary or general election ballot for such a fantastical thinker. The…

I spent last week exploring the disturbing connection between COVID-19, race and class, and speaking with experts about how it could be broken. Doing so won’t be easy, that’s for sure. Recent statistics from New York City, Chicago,…

The COVID-19 pandemic has community members rightfully focused on their safety and protection. But this public health crisis has eclipsed some very important events that are on the books in DC: the upcoming elections. The primary election…

The DC Lineup was created to build community within the District. We’re a citywide news source that highlights neighborly events like PTA meetings and community festivals. During the second week of March, our initial list of things to…

As residents continued into week four of social distancing, the DC Council unanimously passed the COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Act of 2020 last week during its first-ever virtual meeting. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the bill…

The DC Council mandated last week in its COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Act of 2020 that the DC Board of Elections mail a ballot request form to every eligible voter for the June 2 primary and the June 16 Ward 2 special election.…

Rather than performing Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center this week as originally scheduled, the dancers of The Washington Ballet are among those stuck at home due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The performances have been…

“It seems like August,” I said recently to a Lyft driver who was taking me to my retina specialist for yet another of those God-awful injections. “What do you mean?” she asked. Many drivers of for-hire services don’t live in the city; they…

As COVID-19 spreads across the District, stakeholders are warning that the coronavirus outbreak within DC Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities could have a detrimental and far-reaching impact not just on its inmate population but…