The Navy Yard Tragedy: One Year Later

(photo caption: Congressman Steny Hoyer (center) stands with Bruce DarConte (L) and Ed Kaminski (R), co-founders of NSCP.) On Sept.16, 2013, military and civilian personnel at the Washington Navy Yard were targeted in a senseless act of violence that took the lives of 12 innocent people, injured many others, and forever […]

DC United Stadium: Details on Deal and Community Impact Still Unclear

Since last summer, Buzzard Point has received a lot of attention as the potential new home for DC United, DC’s Major League Soccer team. But, as another soccer season begins, big questions still loom as to when a deal will take place and how it will affect the residents of […]

Senior Property Tax Relief Bill Passes Council

At March 4th’s legislative meeting of the Council of the District Columbia, the “Senior Citizen Real Property Tax Relief Act of 2013” passed final vote and passed the Council with the support of ten members approving. The bill, authored by At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds, will exempt long-standing residents 70 years […]

OPED: Decriminalization Nation?

Four decades ago, Richard Nixon waged the modern war on drugs that still severely impacts Americans today, especially in our quaint neighborhood of Southwest DC. According to a study published in July 2013 by the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, there were roughly 950 drug arrests […]

MAYORAL DEBATE COMES TO WATERFRONT

On Saturday, February 22, the democratic candidates for mayor assembled at Arena Stage for a two-hour debate moderated by Shannon Vaughn, the Editor-in-Chief of this very paper.  Candidates Muriel Bowser, Vincent Orange, Andy Shallal, and Tommy Wells were in attendance, while Mayor Vincent Gray and Jack Evans were notably absent. […]

New Coalition Launches To Educate About Toxins in Anacostia River

Seven leading environmental and business groups in the district have announced the formation of United for a Healthy Anacostia River, a new coalition that will work to educate key audiences about the toxins in the bottom sediments of the Anacostia River. The Anacostia River consistently ranks as one of the […]