Should American University Police Carry Guns?

Universities in the District—and across the country—face tension between student desires for de-policing and campus fears of mass shootings

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…

by Ben Baker

Deaths Inside the DC Jail Leave Families Questioning the Department of Corrections and Pleading for Answers

With five deaths already this year, DC Jail has a mortality rate that far outpaces the national average number of deaths in local lockups.

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…

by Akira Kyles

D.C. Area Students Set Up an Anti-Genocide Encampment at George Washington University Yard

The protest enters its second day as GW threatens those who remain with suspension and banishment from campus.

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…

by Audrey Hill

Undesign the Redline Explores the Racist Housing Policies that Shaped Upper Northwest

The new exhibit is on display at the Cleveland Park Library until July 11

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…

by Cat Sposato

Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere

The high-end grocery store has abruptly pulled the plug on all of its locations in D.C., Chicago, Austin, and Dallas.

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…

by Cat Sposato

Employees at The Wydown Are Forming a Union to Address Concerns with Management

Wydown Workers United is drawing attention to alleged workplace mismanagement and under-resourcing at their coffee bar locations on H Street NE and 14th Street NW.

Cooks, bakers, and baristas at both Wydown coffee shop locations in D.C. have filed an intent to form a union after they say their concerns about mismanagement and mistreatment have gone unaddressed.  According to the Instagram page for Wydown Workers United, the employees claim that “management has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disregard for the…

by Cat Sposato

Protesters Occupy Lockheed Martin Building in Arlington

Organizers say they are protesting U.S. tax dollars funding Israel Defense Forces. The demonstration is one of several around the world.

A group of pro-Palestinian activists in Crystal City chained themselves together, and then to the lobby doors of the offices of Lockheed Martin, a security and aerospace product manufacturer that has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. The protesters began with a march Monday morning starting at Boeing’s corporate headquarters on Long Beach Drive…

by Cat Sposato

D.C. Men Accused of Climbing Through a Drive-Through Window During March Carjacking and Robbery Spree

The alleged criminals, indicted April 10, pressed a bunch of random buttons but couldn’t get the register to open, so they gave up.

Three D.C. men have been indicted on charges related to a carjacking and robbery crime spree that lasted multiple weeks and involved one of the men climbing through a McDonald’s drive-through window in a failed attempt to steal the cash register, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. The spree…

by Cat Sposato

Costumed Fox and Cameraman Scandalize Golden Triangle BID

“To be clear, these individuals have no affiliation with the Golden Triangle BID.”

Patrons, residents, and property managers of the Golden Triangle, you can all relax. The Golden Triangle Business Improvement District has the fox situation under control. Reports have been filed. The authorities have been notified. Phew. Around 11 a.m. on what we suspect was Wednesday, April 10, someone in a fox costume, accompanied by a one-person…

by Mitch Ryals

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