Jingwen, Monica, and Abel are great people doing important work as ANCs. I hope Senators considering voting to unelect them read this article to see the negative impacts their vote could have on real people who just want to serve their neighbors

Crossing Connecticut Avenue, a grown man approached me. "Hey, this is extremely touristy, but..." he began as I prepared to give directions to the Lincoln Memorial. "Could you take my picture with one of these?" He proceeded to sit on top of a red Capital Bikeshare bike It's the small things ❤️

"We've burned down buildings for no reasons, which is violating the international law, of course," he told CBS News. "…And we used human shields as protection." www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli...

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

Hi @mayorbowser.bsky.social, can DC residents and school employees count on your support against the federal government in moments like these? This happened in Adams Morgan where about 50% of the students are Hispanic and/or Latino

Outsourcing Cruelty: Immigrants Sent to El Salvador's Prisons Likely to Face Human Rights Abuses Marco Rubio's Department of State is fully aware of the human rights abuses in Bukele's El Salvador as shown in their country conditions reports. austinkocher.substack.com/p/outsourcin...

Why is DC, which has zero margin for error in the current political climate, spending public money on a disgraced former councilmember who resigned amidst corruption allegations?

Congressional Republicans want to gut DC's ability to function—in ways that no other state has to endure—and later will claim DC is a reckless dystopia

DC is home to one of the few banks in the US that opens accounts for returning citizens—an important way to make criminal justice actually rehabilitative nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Political messaging is finally catching up with reality

If you know Adams Morgan, you know rats. That's because there's a lot of food in the garbage But I've got good news: DC's new food waste bins are out. And Adams Morgan has two! At Marie Reed and outside Harris Teeter Get the metroKEY app to use them, or type the code 2-0-2-5-# on the keypad

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

The public library rarely fails to impress. Thanks for your leadership during these infuriating times, @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social wtop.com/local/2025/0...

It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our beloved neighbor and passionate organizer, Arely Andrade, tragically passed away in a house fire. We are now fundraising to offer support to her young daughter Donate w/ note: Arely Support V*nmo: Ward1-DCMutualAid C*shApp: $Ward1MutualAid

A man named Ogles claims Muriel Bowser is "radically progressive" and refers to DC's legislative body as "Washington City Council" Truly embarrassing stuff www.lee.senate.gov/2025/2/lee-o...

The best part of @51st.news is the local news. This piece on the RFK site is really important. For my part, I don't want a big waste of space stadium in the District (and especially w/DC $$). But the background here from @maustermuhle.bsky.social is helpful 51st.news/wilson-build...

i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people

Fuerza a todos—con varias origines, de varios caminos de vida—que hacen los EEUU un país de inmigrantes

After the election, we compiled a list of resources for folks looking to plug into their communities. We've now updated and expanded that list. Whether you are looking for help or looking to give it, we hope this can be a useful tool. Send any additions to [email protected]! https://buff.ly/3WHJp7j

Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation

I don’t know where the Dems are hiding but it’s been 7 days and only AOC and Crockett seem to be doing anything on messaging. Yes, we have duality — living between He’s Able and Knuck if You Buck — but now, it’s time for the latter @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social.

"Black people made up half of all births in D.C. but accounted for 90 percent of pregnancy-related deaths between 2014 to 2018...white people constituted 30 percent of births but did not experience a single maternal death." @urbanbushwoman9.bsky.social for @51st.news 51st.news/study-shows-...

As Trump reverses Dems' federal policy to cap the cost of insulin, never forget that in 2023 Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would protect diabetics from price gouging in California, and libs defended him.

there is Washington and there is DC. we are DC. dcabortionfund.org/donate

Washington, DC. Where both this parking job and license plate are, for some reason, permissible

Tomorrow begins the latest cycle of "every accusation is a confession"

heads up DC

After D.C.'s recent snowstorm, residents took to social media with photos of uncleared sidewalks and mounds of gray sludge piled in bike lanes. It begs the question: who is responsible for clearing snow? We broke it down.

“One can only hope for the United States that, as Brazil has shown, democracies are not always defenseless when confronting internal threats. Even under extreme duress they can find a way to fight back and even to regain their vibrancy.”

One of the more subtle ironies here is how the Post's local coverage of the city it is named after has deteriorated over time

Looks like there are bus delays on dozens of routes across all of DC. Hard to imagine this will improve with the inauguration approaching, so plan accordingly

Let's take this misdirection of congress a step further. I want to see completely mundane bills renamed with hyperbolic titles "Notification of a Proposed Revenue Bond Issuance"? Sorry you're now the "Woke Diversity and Immigrant Radicalization Act"

Sometimes, the sixth of January is nothing more than wholesome

2025: a year of reckoning

Surprising only the deliberately naive: as homelessness continues to be handled as a crime, homelessness is getting worse apnews.com/article/home...

Did a car write this? Or is it simply the result of decades of fossil fuel and auto manufacturing executives lobbying to design cities for their own profit?

Call me idealistic, but it would be nice if more people tried to resolve conflict with community-based solutions as a *first* option rather than automatically turning to judges and attorneys

This week, I am thankful for the testimonials Street Sense Media publishes. Such powerful prose from neighbors whose voices too often get ignored

The United States has plenty to learn from Brazil. Their former president—who also tried to violently overturn election results—was barred from returning to office. Now, rather than heading back to the presidency, he's facing consequences for his behavior

Six straight months of record-breaking bikeshare riding. And a 35% increase over last year Hard to deny that people like biking around town when it's safe and affordable

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

I went to the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Go-Go Museum and Cafe in DC, which honors go-go’s place in the long lineage of Black liberation music

DC won't certify its results from the 2024 election for a couple weeks, but that isn't stopping this candidate from starting the 2026 mayoral campaign season

Glad to see DC—like most cities in the US—is seeing less violent crime It's worth pointing out that this drop in crime has occurred without any increase in MPD officers

Worth noting that the author of this op-ed telling DC residents "we have to be proactive and engage with the Republican leadership" is a registered Republican

"Unauthorized immigrants are less likely to commit misdemeanor and felony crimes than the U.S.-born population and other immigrant groups"

Instead of googling "D.C. home rule," read our useful explainer. We break down what it is, how it works, and how federal forces can threaten it.

My first ever activity on that other website. Leaving it here for posterity