All posts tagged "dc"
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The Helen Hayes Awards: Honoring the Thespians
The Washington theater community has grown in the past quarter century to the point where it is arguably one of the largest, strongest thriving regional...
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Iron & Wine at Rams Head Live
Sam Beam is Iron & Wine, a dazzling folk-pop act whose latest album, Kiss Each Other Clean is a rich, idiosyncratic collage of sounds and...
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Obama Issues Signing Statement on Budget With No Mention of District Riders
Today, President Barack Obama signed the budget bill that averted the government shutdown a week ago. In doing so, he issued a signing statement noting...
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Jordan Says Conservative Caucus Will Push D.C. Marriage Ban; LCR, HRC Push Back
This morning, The Hill reported that the chairman of the influential conservative Republican Study Committee, which boasts 175 members, plans to introduce legislation “that would...
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The Path Down the Aisle
Two weeks before the start of 2010, Mayor Adrian Fenty joined a crowd of about 200 at All Souls Unitarian Church where he signed the...
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Push for AG Post
The Gay and Lesbian Activist Alliance, a volunteer LGBT political organization, announced this week that it endorses a referendum that seeks to change how D.C.'s...
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Under the Wire
As a write-in candidate for the Statehood-Green Party's nomination to run for the City Council's Ward 1 seat, Nancy Shia was not originally included in...
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Ward 5: What The Post Editorial Wrought
Unsurprisingly, the National Organization for Marriage picked up on The Washington Post‘s endorsement of Ward 5 City Council candidate Delano Hunter — and the spirit...
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Post Endorses NOM’s Nom in Ward 5 Council Race
From The Washington Post editorial board: In Ward 5, first-term council member Harry Thomas Jr. is facing challenges from Kenyan McDuffie, Delano Hunter and Tracey...
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Outspoken, Episode 2 [video]
In this edition of Outspoken, host Ebone Bell asks the question: ''Who are you voting for in the D.C. mayoral race, Adrian Fenty or Vincent
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A Mile Away, a World Apart
The crowd gathered at the National Organization for Marriage’s rally on the lawn near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Aug. 15, grew to about 200...
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Will Phillips: ''The Storm Is Coming'' [video]
Arkansas elementary school student Will Phillips, who made headlines in 2009 when he refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance in class because the nation...
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Washington Post reports: “Gay and lesbian gangs” add to fights, theft at Verizon Center, Metro mayhem
Life inside his McDonald’s has stabilized, but uprisings occasionally flare up. The gangs come from Anacostia, parts of Maryland, Arlington and Alexandria. There are gay...
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Going Gray
There's no question that the Vince Gray for Mayor campaign has been picking up steam. From straw polls to multiple unions to – most importantly...
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Fenty's Followers
Moving to the District in 1973 to write his dissertation, Jerry Clark has a long relationship with the District. His career has taken him to...
