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John T. Seward
Wash staff
Ward 5 Voters: DC’s affordable housing market available but poorly accessible
D.C. residents at the Woodridge Library polling station stress that affordable housing is a necessity.
Lalini Pedris
8th Street priority bus lane proposal met with mixed reviews
In the historic Barracks Row district, a debate is brewing over a proposed priority bus lane on 8th Street SE. The bus project has garnered a variety of opinions from local business owners, residents and transportation...
Nicholas Fogleman
D.C.’s first Black, LGBTQ+ Councilmember Zachary Parker contemplates his new role
In the weeks following his landslide victory as D.C. councilmember representing Ward 5, Zachary Parker discusses his landmark victory.
Rising rents, rising tensions: Alexandria’s housing crisis deepens
As rents continue to rise in Alexandria, the financial load on residents grows, pushing more households to the edge of eviction. Data from Alexandria city showed that Evictions in Alexandria are approaching pre-pandemic...
Zaid Mastou
With the Nationals victory parade, District transportation weathered another pedestrian storm
Crowd overwhelms portions of public transportation, but safety plan was successful.
Matt Thibault
Young people aren’t sure their votes matter
By Lydia Calitri Young voters in presidential elections often come out in low numbers — usually posting historically low numbers in their voting demographic. The 2020 South Carolina primary was no exception. Voters...
Protected: The fate of Northern Virginia’s Juvenile Detention Center is uncertain
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Jamie Benedi
Young people aren’t just volunteering to be poll workers. They’re recruiting them.
Most of the volunteers who work with the D.C.-based Youth Activism Project are too young to vote. Some are even too young to be poll workers. But that doesn’t mean they are sitting this election out.
Anna Brugmann