Each generation has dealt with technological advances at what they would have considered an accelerated pace. The Greatest Generation went from horse and buggy to ushering in the Atomic Age. Baby Boomers went from rotary dial phones to commercial space travel. These technological changes created a level of hysteria about how they were going to […]
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I started documenting the H Street-Benning Road corridor last April when plans were announced for the Washington Commanders return to RFK Stadium. While many residents celebrated the team’s return, I couldn’t stop thinking about the price tag—and the possibility that another major development project would accelerate the displacement of longtime residents. The H Street Corridor
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I fondly remember riding Washington’s streetcars with my mother, especially as they rolled past the Wonder Bread plant. Like many longtime Washingtonians, I welcomed the idea of bringing streetcars back to the District. What returned, however, was not a citywide transit network, but a disconnected three-mile line that never lived up to its promise. Yet
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The DC Voice was honored to attend Sneaker Ball Prom 2026 as the guest of Kaden Lott. The Ball was hosted by The Children’s Guild School of PG County. Here’s a glimpse of the evening, including the sneakers! Sneaker Ball Prom 2026 on The DC Voice YouTube Channel
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One of the advantages of having three hours a day on the road is that I get a chance to listen to a lot of audio books. I believe over the last year, I probably consumed well over a dozen or more audio books. But none is more time relevant than the one I just
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Watch our amazing interview of Linda and Eric Carpenter-Grantham on Eric’s Law and the Autism journey that led to it’s creation. Share Your Story: Linda and Eric Carpenter-Grantham
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Despite how much I despise DC’s traffic cameras that appear to be on every block of every street in every corridor of the city, I question the motives behind H.R.5525 – Stop DC CAMERA Act introduced by Republican Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania. I doubt that it’s because he or any of his constituents have
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After a COVID-induced and remodeling hiatus, the DCTV Studios held a soft reopening last week at Brooks Mansion on 901 Newton Street in Northeast Washington. The Studio Opening Mixer was more of a reunion as current and former members gathered to take a firsthand look at the new studios. It was not only an opportunity
I’ve struggled recently with the question of why African chiefs or leaders allowed the transatlantic slave trade to continue if they knew how horrific the conditions were that their people were being cast into. I figured the word had to have reached them at some point and they would have decided not to participate. Regardless
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Lift Every Voice and Sing, written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, is often referred to as the Black National Anthem. It’s uplifting, spiritual message calls us to sing “Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty….Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us
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