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Behind the Ballot 2024·Election 2024·Voting·Voting Matters 2024·Ward 1

The People Behind the Ballots: Poll Workers in DC’s Ward 1 Share Their Stories

November 5, 2024

by Devon Mooring

By Devon Mooring Howard University News Service As voters cast their ballots across Washington, D.C., a…

Entertainment·Music

DMV Makes Music Songwriters Showcase Brings Nashville to D.C.

April 24, 2024

by Jordyn Taylor

On a humble stage decorated with strings of multicolored lights, songwriters from all over the DMV…

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Group Uses Inauguration to “Make America High”

January 20, 2017

by Kyra Azore

Marijuana Legalization Photo by Kyra Azore, HUNS: Hundreds marched in the frigid wind and rain ifrom…

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Free Books Program Looks to Close Literacy Gap

February 9, 2016

by Kandace Brown

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilman Charles Allen read to children at the kickoff of "Books From…

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Councilman Seeks to Ban Powdered Alcohol

April 21, 2015

by Jacquelyn Johnson

Phot courtesy of jeffreysterlingmd.com WASHINGTON — City Councilman Kenyan McDuffie wants to ban the sell and use…

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Following Mishaps, Many Question Metro’s Safety

April 16, 2015

by Kelly Tisdale

Public Transportation In the past months, there have been a number of hazardous incidents occurring on…

Video

With New Brutality Cases, Calls for Body Cameras Grow

April 16, 2015

by Jacob Bennett

D.C. police are now wearing body cameras following the killings of unarmed black men nationally. Amidst…

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The Bucks in the Blossoms

April 8, 2015

by Umarah Mughnee

D.C. Annual Cherry Blossom Festival It seems like winter just won’t go away. Just recently, temperatures…

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District Begins Use of Body Cameras for Police

April 5, 2015

by Jazmyn Cadogan

Law Enforcement The camera posted on the glasses of this Washington pollice officer is part of…

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Many Question D.C. Parking Ticket Practices

April 5, 2015

by Leah Henry

Enforcement or Exploitation The District collects huge amounts of money annually with parking tickets, causing some…