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Following Backlash, Bezos Requests MLK Library Auditorium Be Named After Toni Morrison

By Kirit Minhas • February 18, 2022

Following backlash from the Washington, D.C., Public Library’s (DCPL) Board of Trustees’ vote to name an auditorium in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLK Library) after Amazon founder...

Dy(e)ing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Matteo Lauto and Matteo Lauto • May 1, 2021

Do you feel bad about stagnating during a global pandemic? Feel like your life has been on pause for the past year? Have you had no time for self-improvement, focusing all your energy on surviving each...

Georgetown Divests From Fossil Fuels, Replacing Investments With New Opportunities

By Matteo Lauto and Matteo Lauto • February 6, 2020

Late on Feb. 6, Georgetown University announced that it is divesting its endowment from fossil fuels, claiming it will stop new investments in companies that extract fossil fuels of all forms...

Amazon Books to Open on M Street, 1st Location in District

By Katrina Schmidt • January 17, 2018

Amazon Books’ first Washington, D.C. location is set to open on M Street in Georgetown as the latest installment in the tech giant’s foray into brick-and-mortar retail. An Amazon representative...