Bowser’s Budget Gimmicks Could Derail D.C.’s Clean Energy Programs. Can the Council Block Them?
Mysteriously Missing FBI Report Could Have Helped Solve the Freeway Phantom Cold Case Murders
The Secrecy Surrounding Bowser’s Trip to the Masters
Cops on Trial: D.C. Police Disciplinary Hearings for May
Ex-Employees Raise Concerns About Shadow Senator Hopeful Eugene Kinlow’s Years Working for Bowser
Inside Voices: Frequent Use of Solitary Confinement at DC Jail May Be Worse Than Rikers Island
If you asked staff at the DC Jail about solitary confinement, they might tell you it does not exist in the correctional facility. That’s because it goes by many other names. I worked for about a year as a clinical case manager in the jail, where I saw an extreme overreliance on the use of…
A Campaign Contractor is Suing Veda Rasheed, Roiling Her Ward 7 Council Bid
Outwardly, Veda Rasheed might look like she’s in a good spot in the Ward 7 Council primary. She’s broadly seen as a top contender among ward activists, she’s raising plenty of money, and she just scored an endorsement from the notoriously deep-pocketed Democrats for Education Reform. Behind the scenes, however, her campaign has been roiled…
An Imposter Is Trolling the Bowser Administration by Posing as DDOT’s Director on Social Media
If it seems like the DDOT director’s account on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has gotten extra spicy recently, there’s a good reason: It’s an impostor. As entertaining as it might be to think of newly anointed Acting Director Sharon Kershbaum posting AI-generated renderings of a double-decker highway over Connecticut Avenue NW,…
D.C. Area Students Set Up an Anti-Genocide Encampment at George Washington University Yard
Students from George Washington and a number of other universities across the D.C. area set up tents on the University Yard early Thursday to protest the Israel-Hamas war and the university’s financial ties to Israel. The protest swelled into the hundreds as the day progressed and more students, faculty, and community activists arrived, along with…
D.C. Police Officer Fired for an Invasive Search Could Get His Job Back, With Back Pay
Six years ago, in September 2017, Metropolitan Police Department Officer Sean Lojacono searched two people on the same day. In both instances, about 30 minutes apart, Lojacono used the same invasive technique, which involved shoving his hand into a suspect’s crotch and buttocks. For the first search, of M.B. Cottingham, which was caught on video,…
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