You Street
Survey Results: Your outlook on living conditions in D.C. over the next five years
Nearly half of respondents expected living conditions to get worse, and that was before the presidential election results.
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Wilson Building Bulletin
Wilson Building Bulletin: Comings and goings
Two departures from Bowser's administration in an otherwise quiet legislative week.
Weekend Events
13 things to do around D.C this weekend
Community is important right now: attend a post-election gathering space, make new friends, go to a sound bath.
Meet our team
Meet our team: Christina Sturdivant Sani
It takes a village to make The 51st. We’ll occasionally dedicate some space to introducing a member of the team.
You Street
So...what do we do now?
Local organizing and volunteer work is one way to stave off dread and bring about change when our electoral systems can’t.
News
What Republican control of Washington could mean for D.C.
The U.S. House is D.C.'s last hope for a bastion of resistance in federal Washington.
Building The 51st
An antidote to despair
Focusing on what we can do.
DCish
Ranking the D.C. area’s ‘I Voted’ stickers
Are we stuck on them, or peeling them off the first chance we get?
News
What’s going on in the Ward 8 race? An embattled incumbent, write-in candidates, and what to expect next year
Five write-in candidates have thrown their hat in the ring, but none have a realistic chance of ousting Trayon White.
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How to vote in D.C.
Everything you were too afraid to ask about voting in the District.
Wilson Building Bulletin
Wilson Building Bulletin: Protest restrictions, (over)riding for Circulator drivers, psychiatric facility oversight
Rounding up what you might've missed in local governing this week.
Ask A D.C. Native
Ask A D.C. Native: What do you wish more people did to be better neighbors?
Aspiring to be a good neighbor in a city as richly diverse, vibrant, and dynamic as D.C. is essential and, honestly, a bit of an art form.