This week, 51st reporter Martin Austermuhle explains why it might not be so easy for the Trump administration to repair the dozens of poorly aging parks, neglected plots of land, and waterless fountains across the city.
A week into the school year, we check in with DCPS teachers, parents, and students about how the cell phone ban is going (spoiler alert: the kids aren't happy). And seven years after an initial survey, the Department of Energy and Environment traversed the city to map the city's current temperature disparities and plan for hotter summers.
Plus, we have an op-ed that argues for the benefits of second-look laws — which allow judges to review sentences after an incarcerated person has served years of their time — and we meet soccer fans who have brought Trump protests to the pitch.
Improving D.C.’s parks may require far more than the $2 billion the president has proposed — and it would also mean the federal government admitting that D.C., which only manages about 10% of its own parkland, might be better suited for the job.
Teachers say the ban spares them from policing devices and fighting for attention, while students say they’ve lost access to learning tools and a way to document problematic incidents on campus.
Back in 2018, temperatures varied by as much as 17 degrees across the city. City planners say the new data will help them plan for hotter, wetter summers.
While the U.S. attorney argues they endanger D.C. residents, Rob Barton, co-director of More Than Our Crimes, writes that they actually offer hope and promote rehabilitation for incarcerated people.
Since the surge of law enforcement began, Washington Spirit fans have led pro-D.C. chants and raised protest signs as politics and sports merge at Audi Field.
A temporary gallery for the National Museum of the American Latino quietly closed ahead of schedule, right before Hispanic Heritage Month. [Washingtonian]
A D.C. native photographer is documenting the city's signature dance moves as longtime residents are being displaced. [Huck Mag]
With shrinking revenues, many small local theaters are forced to cut back-of-house production crews. [WCP]
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