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Days before Christmas, activists pressure DC councilmembers to protect their most vulnerable constituents
Save and help the caravan of people coming to our border
Street Sense Media vendor Colly Dennis says many people in the migrant caravan face the same struggles homeless people do in the U.S.
Lyft offers a low-income discount on scooters in DC. It also lobbied against a tax to fund shelter beds in San Francisco.
Lyft started a pilot program offering 400 scooters in D.C., and residents with proof of low-income who qualify for a form of “welfare” like Medicaid or SNAP, can get a Lyft scooter subscription for just $5 per month. Low-income residents in D.C. have less access to public transportation like the Metro.
19 city agencies, Metro and the D.C. Council failed the ‘Domestic Violence Report Card’
There is a lack of services available to victims of domestic violence in Washington, D.C. A coalition of advocates assessed 22 District agencies and the D.C. Council to evaluate how they handle situations of domestic violence internally and externally.
Financial abuse is more stealthy and just as sinister as physical violence
Legal, financial and social service experts agree that financial abuse is an integral component of most abusive relationships and can prevent victims from seeking help.
Activists petition community to support a D.C. Council vote on public bathrooms in 2018
For the last four years, a small group of community activists has pushed for access to public restrooms in downtown Washington, D.C. They managed to influence the introduction of legislation to pursue this goal, but are worried it will not receive a vote.
Should Black celebrities meet with President Trump?
Divided opinions on a recent, high-profile Oval Office visit
Our march for Black women
There must be meaningful policies to end gender violence, the persistent feminization of poverty, the growing Black female prison population, restrictions to citizenship, the deportation of Black and Brown people, restrictions to health care, reproductive justice, and the ongoing war on women
Restaurant Blues
The type of service you get in a D.C. restaurant might depend on what you look like.
Metro Transit Police target Black youth for fare evasion, report says
The Washington Lawyers Committee recently released a report showing racial disparities in fare evasion enforcement by the Metro Transit Police.
My future of extra income
An aspiring food service worker faces age discrimination when seeking opportunities.
Don’t repeal a fair wage for D.C. workers
A tipped restaurant worker discusses why she supports Initiative 77 and why you should too.
The non-solution solutions to end homelessness
The Western Regional Advocacy Project discusses common “solutions” to poverty that, while having the best of intentions, do not stop the epidemic of homelessness and waste millions of dollars.
Counter-protests reject white supremacist rally but disrupt homeless community
On Sunday, one year after the events of Charlottesville, a second white supremacy rally, in the nation’s capital, was met with overwhelming opposition. “Unite the Right 2” was over before it began and organizers backed away before their small demonstration was scheduled to commence.
Frederick Douglass: Editor, publisher, local Washingtonian
Frederick Douglass: escaped slave, self-educated man, social reformer, abolitionist leader, and world-renowned orator. But according to local historian John Muller, his contributions to local Washington are often overlooked.
Barry Farm residents fear displacement as housing authority reconfigures plans for decade-old redevelopment
A handful of residents of Barry Farm, a public housing complex in Anacostia, breathed a sigh of relief earlier this year when plans to demolish and redevelop the neighborhood were sent back for revision.
Proposed law would require street performers and musicians to quiet down
The D.C. Council will take more time to discuss a proposed law asking performers on the street to turn down their volume.
Traveling exhibit visualizes redlining and systemic inequality
“Undesign the Redline” is an interactive look at how the effects of discriminatory selling practices present in the 1930s housing market still affect low-income neighborhoods today. The Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND) featured the exhibit as the centerpiece of its annual meeting and housing expo this year and in its downtown D.C. office throughout June.
This is one of the few places homeless youth are welcome regardless of sexual orientation or gender pronoun
Casa Ruby offers a variety of services to members of the LGBTQ community regardless of housing or immigration status
D.C. Council stands up to Trump Administration’s attempt to eliminate LGBTQ health data collection
D.C. local government agrees upon LGBTQ health data collection, in opposition to Trump Administration’s attempt to eliminate it.
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