Undesign the Redline Explores the Racist Housing Policies that Shaped Upper Northwest
Do you know the story of how the land for Fort Reno Park and Alice Deal Junior High School (now Deal Middle School) was allocated? The land originally housed the Reno community, a majority-Black section of Ward 3. But in the 1930s, D.C. used eminent domain to forcibly remove almost 400 families living in the…
Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere
Tuesday was an extra cold day in the freezer aisle of Foxtrot, a bougie grocery store chain with multiple locations in D.C. The grocery retailer abruptly shuttered all of their locations across D.C., Chicago, Austin, and Dallas with little notice to employees. Foxtrot’s owners, Outfox Hospitality, released a quick statement as they shut down all…
Employees at The Wydown Are Forming a Union to Address Concerns with Management
Cooks, bakers, and baristas at both Wydown coffee shop locations in D.C. have filed an intent to form a union after they say their concerns about mismanagement and mistreatment have gone unaddressed. According to the Instagram page for Wydown Workers United, the employees claim that “management has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disregard for the…
Protesters Occupy Lockheed Martin Building in Arlington
A group of pro-Palestinian activists in Crystal City chained themselves together, and then to the lobby doors of the offices of Lockheed Martin, a security and aerospace product manufacturer that has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. The protesters began with a march Monday morning starting at Boeing’s corporate headquarters on Long Beach Drive…
D.C. Men Accused of Climbing Through a Drive-Through Window During March Carjacking and Robbery Spree
Three D.C. men have been indicted on charges related to a carjacking and robbery crime spree that lasted multiple weeks and involved one of the men climbing through a McDonald’s drive-through window in a failed attempt to steal the cash register, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. The spree…
Nobody Will Name the Dirty Stinking Cheaters Who Tarnished Red Bear’s Wednesday Trivia Night
A bunch of jerks looking to score a free Koozie and stupid stuffed bear or something managed to commit one of the seven deadly sins of D.C.* while at the same time smearing the Queen of Country. News broke via Jacob Rubashkin, deputy editor for Inside Elections, on X last week about a trivia cheating…
Costumed Fox and Cameraman Scandalize Golden Triangle BID
Patrons, residents, and property managers of the Golden Triangle, you can all relax. The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District has the fox situation under control. Reports have been filed. The authorities have been notified. Phew. Around 11 a.m. on what we suspect was Wednesday, April 10, someone in a fox costume, accompanied by a one-person…
D.C. Police Release Body Cam Footage, Identify Officer Who Shot Deion Hinnant
Newly released police body camera footage of the nonfatal shooting of Deion Hinnant shows the 31-year-old running from Metropolitan Police Department officers while one of them repeatedly yells, “Let me see your hands!” The officer, identified as Investigator Bryan Madera, warns Hinnant that “I’m going to shoot you” before he fires about 12 shots, striking…
Lawsuit Alleges D.C. and the Bureau of Prisons Have Denied Incarcerated Students an Education
A lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court for D.C. alleges that D.C. and the Federal Bureau of Prisons are denying incarcerated D.C. students an education, in violation of their Fifth Amendment rights and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The plaintiffs, Makel Barnes and Darius McNeal, are incarcerated at two separate BOP…
Remembering Stumpy: D.C.’s Most Perseverant Cherry Blossom Tree
A seemingly undesirable little cherry blossom tree has captured the imagination of D.C. and the rest of the country. Stumpy is a tiny, emaciated nub of a tree that sits on a flooded patch of land on the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial. Despite his appearance, which looks to have sustained some real structural…
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