Now that Mayor Adrian Fenty’s administration is history, the fate of education reform in Washington, D.C.’s public schools system remains to be seen. Fenty lost his bid for a second term at the city’s helm in the heated Sept. 14 mayoral primary against City Council Chairman Vincent Gray. While the mayor-elect has already begun acting […]
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DMV Launches Bike Sharing Program
Expect to see more suited cyclists whizzing through rush-hour traffic in the coming weeks. Mayor Adrian Fenty, D. C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and other local officials teamed up Monday amid a backdrop of vibrant mass of red bikes to announce the launch of Capital Bikeshare, a long-anticipated system of transportation for commuters throughout the […]
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Civil Rights Activist Revealed As FBI Informant
A prominent photographer who worked in the trenches during the Civil Rights era has been revealed to have also been a paid informant for the FBI at the time. According to a report by Democracy Now, Ernest Withers worked closely with the FBI to monitor civil rights activists during the 1960s. Withers is also said […]
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Gray Trounces Fenty
In a race fraught with delays in the vote count, City Council Chairman Vincent Gray prevailed over incumbent Adrian Fenty in the 2010 Democratic Primary Elections, Sept. 14. With 90 percent of the precincts accounted for by early Wednesday morning, Gray held a tight lead with 59,285 votes –or 53 percent of voters’ support. Having […]
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Norton Concerned Over Lack of Jobs for New Grads
Despite well-intended assertions by President Barack Obama and others that the economy is making a turn for the better, widespread joblessness persists. And, according to D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, unemployment among recent college graduates is even worse. “We must help our young people find jobs,” Norton said. “The longer it takes for our young […]
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Norton Pleased with Progress at Ward 8 Construction Site
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has expressed her content with start-up figures on jobs and small business contracts for the construction of the new U.S. Department Homeland Security headquarters in Ward 8. Norton chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, which has jurisdiction over the General Services Administration and the construction site […]
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Norton to Introduce Bill to Name Historic Post Office for Civil Rights Leader Height
Washington, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) plans to introduce a bill renaming the U.S. Post Office located at 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., near the U.S. Capitol in honor of late civil rights icon Dorothy Height. Norton plans to submit her bill when lawmakers reconvene next week from their summer break. “Dr. Height’s immensely impactful […]
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Last-Minute Strategies Employed in D.C. Mayor’s Race
Incumbent Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and challenger Vincent Gray have pulled out all the stops in the closing hours of their race, employing a host of 11th-hour strategies to earn a four-year term in the executive suite at the John A. Wilson Building. Over the past few weeks, both candidates have turned to the […]
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Early Voting in D.C.
Absentee balloting in the District continues through Sept. 13, one day before the Democratic primary. The deadline for in-person absentee voting at the Board of Elections and Ethics office, located at 441 4th St., N.W. (at the Old City Council Chamber) is at 7 p.m., Sept. 13. All early-voting sites will be closed on Sunday. […]
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Northwest D.C. Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
It’s not too often that people get to celebrate their 100th birthday, let alone share it with a loving host of family and friends. But that the case Labor Day weekend, when Kellen Cook was lauded by a crowd of 320 well-wishers during a lavish outpouring at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. “I enjoyed myself. […]
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Fenty Asks Forgiveness, Gray Responds
Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty realizes his disconnect with district residents could cost him the job he was as elected to four years ago, he said during a Sept. 1 Newseum debate against contender Vincent Gray, and asked voters for another chance. Fenty was elected with 89 percent of the general election vote on the […]
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New Teacher Evaluation System Challenged
A recent study has challenged the use of a new “values-added” evaluation system for teachers, under which districts across the country depend on standardized test scores to monitor teacher performance. In most instances, teachers who fail to pass muster get the boot, as in Washington, D.C. this summer where more than 200 public schools educators […]