Street Names

A D.C. lawmaker wants to form a government commission to conduct a sweeping review of symbols, markers and street names across the city that could be considered offensive.

The street outside NASA headquarters could soon be named for the pioneering black women scientists depicted in the film "Hidden Figures."

A liberal political action committee on Tuesday placed an unofficial “Khashoggi Way” street sign outside the Saudi Embassy in Northwest to protest the presumed involvement of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oct. 2 murder of…

While the D.C. Council will not take up legislation next session to ceremonially name the block of the Saudi Arabian embassy for murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, some D.C. citizens have taken the matter into their own hands. As of…

Despite the unanimous support of the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans, the resolution to call the D.C. block where the Saudi embassy resides “Jamal Khashoggi Way” will not move forward at the D.C.…

A neighborhood advisory panel in Washington that typically focuses on liquor license applications and other local concerns is inserting itself into the international furor prompted by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last month at…

A local Advisory Neighborhood Commission is planning a vote on Wednesday for a resolution to designate the block of New Hampshire Avenue NW where the Saudi Arabian embassy sits as “Jamal Khashoggi Way,” after the journalist who U.S.…

LONDON — It was a gut-punch of an evening. Speakers at a memorial service here on Monday night for the slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi included lifelong friends, human rights activists, fellow journalists, academics and his fiancee…