The Nation\’s Capital is on lockdown. All of the main streets heading into the Capitol Hill area are blockaded with armed National Guard or Metropolitan Police. National Guard is strolling leisurely down the street brandishing assault rifles and there are police cars everywhere. So, why as I exit my car to take some pictures of […]
The Nation\’s Capital is on lockdown. All of the main streets heading into the Capitol Hill area are blockaded with armed National Guard or Metropolitan Police. National Guard is strolling leisurely down the street brandishing assault rifles and there are police cars everywhere. So, why as I exit my car to take some pictures of
Last week I took advantage of one of the by-products of COVID 19; virtual Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meetings. I Zoomed or WebEx\’d through multiple ANC meetings. It was like standing at a buffet enjoying a Ward-by-Ward sampler platter. I saw how different ANCs conduct their meetings, their decorum, attendance, and, more importantly – the
Last week I took advantage of one of the by-products of COVID 19; virtual Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meetings. I Zoomed or WebEx\’d through multiple ANC meetings. It was like standing at a buffet enjoying a Ward-by-Ward sampler platter. I saw how different ANCs conduct their meetings, their decorum, attendance, and, more importantly – the
Last week I took advantage of one of the by-products of COVID 19; virtual Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) meetings. I Zoomed or WebEx\’d through multiple ANC meetings. It was like standing at a buffet enjoying a Ward-by-Ward sampler platter. I saw how different ANCs conduct their meetings, their decorum, attendance, and, more importantly – the
John D\’Angelo of single-member of district 4c in Ward 4 put it this way. \”A couple of weeks ago, America was hitting record-high death totals. A 9/11 every day was the reference I saw widely used. The collective grief of a nation weighed on me. I then remembered that I had read an article about
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January 6, 2021 As a native Washingtonian, I\’ve seen all kinds of protests over the years. None more violent and contentious than the protests against the War in VietNam, arcane protests around the IMF, and more recently Black Lives Matter. We are used to seeing these protests met with superior force to quell any threat
The F.D.A. authorized Moderna’s Covid vaccine just one week after Pfizer. Sandra Lindsay, a Black nurse in New York, was the first to receive the vaccine. Many minority communities are wary of vaccination. The American government will have to answer the question of how these vaccines will roll out to each of these communities. How
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In a recent interview that you could originally only watch on Snapchat, of all places, Former President Barack Obama doubled down on earlier comments he made that expressed his disdain for the phrase “defund the police.” In his words, “you lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less
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Trust in Government Like many others, I began to operate under the assumption that choosing to actively participate in the continuation of the oppressive regime of voting in new agents actually meant active participation in the annihilation of the African American people. Pew Research Center reports that only about 18% of Americans in 2015 trusted
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