Don\’t celebrate too fast if the House votes for DC Statehood today, just 6 short days removed from DC Emancipation Day. It\’s just a high-stakes game of 3 card monte. Another Democratic shell game to lure us into a sense of advocacy only to find a trap door waiting for us at the end; the
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Don\’t celebrate too fast if the House votes for DC Statehood today, just 6 short days removed from DC Emancipation Day. It\’s just a high-stakes game of 3 card monte. Another Democratic shell game to lure us into a sense of advocacy only to find a trap door waiting for us at the end; the
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April 16, 1862 marks the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Over 3,000 enslaved persons were freed eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation liberated slaves in the South. The District also has the distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slave owners for freeing enslaved persons they
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The era of the EV (electric vehicle) is here. Expect to see many more electric cars and charging stations on the streets of D.C. this year, and in the years to follow. How can we know? The District has signed a regional cap-and-invest agreement to (a) cap greenhouse gas emissions from driving, and (b) fundraise around
If you’d rather get work done, check social media, or send texts than keep your eyes on the road, self-driving vehicles might be just what you’ve been waiting for. And if you can’t drive well because of a disability, autonomous vehicles could be life-changing. Within the next two years or so, the sight of cars driving themselves
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Eight wards make up the District of Columbia (D.C.). Of these, wards 5, 7, and 8 are routinely considered the most underserved. Compared to their wealthier neighbors hailing from Wards 2 and 3, residents of Ward 5, 7, and 8 tend to have lower median household incomes and struggle with greater barriers to access to a wide range of services.
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Oh, to be assigned the dreamy task of announcing when the rose-tinted cherry blossoms of D.C. will be at their fullest. The “peak bloom date” is the estimated time when 70% of the District’s cherry trees will burst into flowers. This year, it’s expected to happen between the 2nd and 5th of April, straddling Easter weekend. After
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Any conversation about income disparity, affordable housing, food deserts, or high infant mortality usually centers around three wards; 5, 7, and 8. It\’s said with such frequency and flippancy that it belies the true impact to the quarter of a million residents in those 3 wards. That\’s over 35% of DC residents that live in
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Any conversation about income disparity, affordable housing, food deserts, or high infant mortality usually centers around three wards; 5, 7, and 8. It\’s said with such frequency and flippancy that it belies the true impact to the quarter of a million residents in those 3 wards. That\’s over 35% of DC residents that live in
Wards 5, 7, and 8 – DC\’s Most Undeserved but for How Much Longer? Read More »
Any conversation about income disparity, affordable housing, food deserts, or high infant mortality usually centers around three wards; 5, 7, and 8. It\’s said with such frequency and flippancy that it belies the true impact to the quarter of a million residents in those 3 wards. That\’s over 35% of DC residents that live in
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