The unprecedentedly undemocratic presidency of Donald Trump is threatening to hit a new autocratic, dystopian low, and Washington, DC has unfortunately found itself squarely in his crosshairs. For months, Trump and his congressional cronies have been hellbent on scaling back the District’s autonomy and forcing its local government to bend to his selfish, stupid will. […]
It has been nearly three decades since an NFL game was played within the limits of Washington, DC. On December 22, 1996, the Washington Redskins played what would be their final game at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium, defeating the Dallas Cowboys 37-10. RFK, known as District of Columbia Stadium
President Donald Trump, who doubles as the self-proclaimed “least racist person anywhere in the world” and the self-proclaimed “best president for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln,” is inarguably anti-Black. He has refused to condemn white supremacy, pushed baseless, racist conspiracy theories about “white genocide” in South Africa (while never having heard of Lesotho), and
Nothing you will read in the following words, sentences, and paragraphs will be revolutionary. Nothing will be groundbreaking, trailblazing, or even yet to be heard. The content of this polemic will be merely the latest in a vast corpus of critiques of the federal government’s treatment of the city and citizens of Washington, DC. But
In August of 2024, Trayon White, who was then serving as the DC Council’s Ward 8 representative, was arrested by the FBI. White was accused of accepting $156,000-worth of bribes in exchange for using his position on the council to influence government contracts. The ensuing corruption investigation led to White being unanimously expelled from his
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In the world of sports, greatness has been known to attract hostility. The more talented an athlete is, the larger the target on their back. The potency of this phenomenon tends to grow the more anomalous an athlete’s success is, such as in cases of Black athletes excelling in historically white-dominated sports. The Williams sisters
After having his latest film called everything from “woke propaganda” to “an utter abomination,” filmmaker André Sturgis appeared on CBS Mornings Monday to clear his name. Sturgis used the visit, a part of the promotional tour for his all-Black retelling of Stand by Me, both to promote the film and address its many critics. Speaking
The Cambridge Dictionary defines the adjective “post-truth” as “relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts.” Many commentators have suggested that “post-truth politics” rule the day in America, citing the growing impact of fake news, hoaxes, misinformation,
There are few communities and cultures as distinctive as those of Black Washington, DC. It simply cannot be mistaken for any other enclave of Black experience. Nowhere else will you find so much pride being taken in go-go, half-smokes, and knowing which restaurant mixes the best mumbo sauce. Nowhere else can you reliably expect to
In March of this year, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14253, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” The order, a successor to similar orders, positions itself as an attempt to reverse what it calls “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history.” The “corrosive ideology” behind this effort apparently attempts
