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DC To Host 2025 WorldPride Festival

DC To Host 2025 WorldPride Festival

By Shreya Dudeja November 17, 2022

The Capital Pride Alliance (CPA) of Washington, D.C. announced the District will host WorldPride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, in 2025.  InterPride, a worldwide pride alliance...

Smithsonian to Open New Afrofuturism Exhibit

Smithsonian to Open New Afrofuturism Exhibit

By Olivia Macaulay November 17, 2022

The National Museum of African American History and Culture will open a new exhibit called “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures.”  The exhibit —  to be located in the museum’s...

Students Protest for Affirmative Action Outside U.S. Supreme Court

Students Protest for Affirmative Action Outside U.S. Supreme Court

By Clayton Kincade November 10, 2022

Students protested outside the U.S. Supreme Court to protect affirmative action, as attorneys inside the court held oral arguments regarding race-conscious admissions programs. College students from...

DC Sees Post-Pandemic Increase in Rat Numbers

DC Sees Post-Pandemic Increase in Rat Numbers

By Michelle Vassilev November 10, 2022

Rat numbers are increasing across Washington, D.C., as the city recovers from the pandemic, with rat-related complaints more than doubling in the District from 2018 to 2022. The resurgence in rats...

Contemporary Art Museum Opens in DC

Contemporary Art Museum Opens in DC

By Michelle Vassilev November 10, 2022

The Rubell Museum D.C. — a new contemporary art museum free to all Washington, D.C. residents — opened in Southwest D.C. Oct. 29. Named after longtime art collectors Mera and Don Rubell, the museum...

DC Votes to Pass Initiative 82, Ending Tipped Wage

DC Votes to Pass Initiative 82, Ending Tipped Wage

By Brooke DeLucia November 10, 2022

Washington, D.C. residents voted to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, including restaurant servers, bartenders, hotel staff and other workers in the service industry.  Initiative 82,...

Library of Congress To Open New Early Americas Gallery

Library of Congress To Open New Early Americas Gallery

By Sam Bailey November 10, 2022

The Library of Congress will open a new gallery focused on the lives of Indigenous groups who lived in the Americas prior to European colonization. The gallery will feature the personal collection...

Smithsonian Selects Sites for American Latino, Women’s History Museums

Smithsonian Selects Sites for American Latino, Women’s History Museums

By Olivia Macaulay November 4, 2022

The Smithsonian Institution has selected two sites for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women’s History Museum to be built over the course of the next 10 to 12 years. The...

DC Opens 1st-Ever Urgent Care Center in Ward 8

DC Opens 1st-Ever Urgent Care Center in Ward 8

By Shreya Dudeja October 28, 2022

The first urgent care center in Ward 8 opened on Oct. 10 as part of a multi-step plan to improve access to quality, timely health care for residents of Wards 7 and 8.  Cedar Hill Urgent Care provides...

Over $1 Million of Student Loan Debt Forgiven for DC Public Servants

Over $1 Million of Student Loan Debt Forgiven for DC Public Servants

By Rajaa Bint Talal October 28, 2022

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a special program dedicated to reducing student loan debt for public servants in the District, has led to the forgiveness of over $1 of student loan...

DC Sues Chemical Company After Decades of Distributing a Cancer-Causing Pesticide

DC Sues Chemical Company After Decades of Distributing a Cancer-Causing Pesticide

By Minoli Ediriweera October 20, 2022

Washington, D.C. officials filed a lawsuit against chemical manufacturer Velsicol for the illegal sale and distribution of chlordane, a harmful pesticide that has been banned by the Environmental Protection...

DC Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month, To Open New Shelter

DC Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month, To Open New Shelter

By Karenna Warden October 20, 2022

CW: This article discusses domestic and sexual violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Washington, D.C., hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony in advance of the...

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