Should American University Police Carry Guns?
Less than 24 hours after five people were shot at Morgan State University last October, Sophia Joseph received an email that troubled her. Her own school, American University, had alerted students that it was weighing new safety measures following the shooting at the Morgan campus, less than two hours away in Baltimore. One consideration was…
Deaths Inside the DC Jail Leave Families Questioning the Department of Corrections and Pleading for Answers
Dena Wynn watched from the courtroom gallery while the judge questioned her son, Anthony McDonald. She noticed that he was a bit off, she says. The judge appeared to notice, too. Wynn says the judge repeatedly checked on McDonald throughout the hearing, asking if he was OK and if he was tired. McDonald said he…
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…
Undesign the Redline Explores the Racist Housing Policies that Shaped Upper Northwest
Do you know the story of how the land for Fort Reno Park and Alice Deal Junior High School (now Deal Middle School) was allocated? The land originally housed the Reno community, a majority-Black section of Ward 3. But in the 1930s, D.C. used eminent domain to forcibly remove almost 400 families living in the…
Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere
Tuesday was an extra cold day in the freezer aisle of Foxtrot, a bougie grocery store chain with multiple locations in D.C. The grocery retailer abruptly shuttered all of their locations across D.C., Chicago, Austin, and Dallas with little notice to employees. Foxtrot’s owners, Outfox Hospitality, released a quick statement as they shut down all…