This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe nation’s capital would be the latest jurisdiction to seriously explore providing reparations to the descendants of enslaved people under legislation proposed by a member of the D.C. Council.The bill to establish a task force to study reparations comes after District residents demanded racial justice and equity during protests over the summer after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Announced Monday by Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5), the legislation would instruct the nine-member task...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe nation’s capital would be the latest jurisdiction to seriously explore providing reparations to the descendants of enslaved people under legislation proposed by a member of the D.C. Council.The bill to establish a task force to study reparations comes after District residents demanded racial justice and equity during protests over the summer after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Announced Monday by Council member Kenyan R. McDuffie (D-Ward 5), the legislation would instruct the nine-member task...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVisitors arriving from most states to the nation’s capital soon must self-quarantine for 14 days to help slow the increasing spread of the novel coronavirus.D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said , which takes effect Monday, will help the city battle a recent increase in coronavirus infections. It’s the latest action taken this week in the greater Washington region as leaders try to avoid the infection spikes seen elsewhere in the country.“We know, unfortunately, there are states that are seeing significant spikes in new...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVisitors arriving from most states to the nation’s capital soon must self-quarantine for 14 days to help slow the increasing spread of the novel coronavirus.D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said , which takes effect Monday, will help the city battle a recent increase in coronavirus infections. It’s the latest action taken this week in the greater Washington region as leaders try to avoid the infection spikes seen elsewhere in the country.“We know, unfortunately, there are states that are seeing significant spikes in new...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden plans to release nearly all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine once he takes office, seeking to speed up the of a mass vaccination campaign as cases soar, hospitals are overwhelmed and a faster-spreading form of the virus has invaded the country.The plan, announced Friday by the Biden transition team, pivots sharply from the Trump administration’s strategy of holding in reserve roughly half the doses to ensure sufficient supply for people to get a required second shot.Biden’s plan is the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident-elect Joe Biden plans to release nearly all available doses of the coronavirus vaccine once he takes office, seeking to speed up the of a mass vaccination campaign as cases soar, hospitals are overwhelmed and a faster-spreading form of the virus has invaded the country.The plan, announced Friday by the Biden transition team, pivots sharply from the Trump administration’s strategy of holding in reserve roughly half the doses to ensure sufficient supply for people to get a required second shot.Biden’s plan is the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe United States has entered the new year with record numbers of Americans hospitalized with the coronavirus, straining a health-care system bracing for a post-holidays surge that has the potential to further stress hospitals.More than 131,000 covid-19 patients were hospitalized nationwide , eclipsing the record set in the last week of 2020. Facilities across the West and South are especially burdened.Los Angeles County has been so overwhelmed it is running out of oxygen, with ambulance crews instructed to use oxygen...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe United States has entered the new year with record numbers of Americans hospitalized with the coronavirus, straining a health-care system bracing for a post-holidays surge that has the potential to further stress hospitals.More than 131,000 covid-19 patients were hospitalized nationwide , eclipsing the record set in the last week of 2020. Facilities across the West and South are especially burdened.Los Angeles County has been so overwhelmed it is running out of oxygen, with ambulance crews instructed to use oxygen...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen Vice President Pence and his wife bared their arms to receive a coronavirus vaccine, a doctor just miles away who treats patients stricken with covid-19 was still waiting for a dose of prevention.The internal medicine resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital watched with frustration last week as inoculations were administered to scores of government leaders — including lawmakers who and Trump administration officials who minimized the pandemic — while she and her colleagues were initially left unprotected...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareWhen Vice President Pence and his wife bared their arms to receive a coronavirus vaccine, a doctor just miles away who treats patients stricken with covid-19 was still waiting for a dose of prevention.The internal medicine resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital watched with frustration last week as inoculations were administered to scores of government leaders — including lawmakers who and Trump administration officials who minimized the pandemic — while she and her colleagues were initially left unprotected...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHe helped Black Mississippi voters register to vote in the 1960s, crusaded against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and championed same-sex marriage equality before it became the law of the land.But some of Howard Croft’s most important social activism came in the trenches of local politics, focused on statehood for D.C. residents.Croft’s relationships with local political leaders including former mayor Marion S. Barry, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) and former D.C. Council member Frank Smith stretched back to the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHe helped Black Mississippi voters register to vote in the 1960s, crusaded against apartheid South Africa in the 1980s and championed same-sex marriage equality before it became the law of the land.But some of Howard Croft’s most important social activism came in the trenches of local politics, focused on statehood for D.C. residents.Croft’s relationships with local political leaders including former mayor Marion S. Barry, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) and former D.C. Council member Frank Smith stretched back to the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLocal and national leaders pushed back Wednesday against President Trump’s desire to deliver his convention acceptance speech from the White House, warning that the event could bring protests and novel coronavirus spread to the nation’s capital while violating historic norms that separate political activity from the seat of presidential power.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted that a political convention gathering at the White House “won’t happen,” for legal and ethical reasons, while D.C. Mayor Muriel E....…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareLocal and national leaders pushed back Wednesday against President Trump’s desire to deliver his convention acceptance speech from the White House, warning that the event could bring protests and novel coronavirus spread to the nation’s capital while violating historic norms that separate political activity from the seat of presidential power.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted that a political convention gathering at the White House “won’t happen,” for legal and ethical reasons, while D.C. Mayor Muriel E....WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe first night of major unrest in Washington had exploded in chaos on May 29, with protesters and Secret Service officers battling outside the White House. At 8:30 the next morning, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her senior aides huddled on a conference call for an update from the city’s police chief.Eleven minutes later, they were interrupted — by a number of angry tweets from President Trump. Praising the federal officers, Trump warned protesters of the “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons” at their disposal. Then, as the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe first night of major unrest in Washington had exploded in chaos on May 29, with protesters and Secret Service officers battling outside the White House. At 8:30 the next morning, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser and her senior aides huddled on a conference call for an update from the city’s police chief.Eleven minutes later, they were interrupted — by a number of angry tweets from President Trump. Praising the federal officers, Trump warned protesters of the “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons” at their disposal. Then, as the...WW…

This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareIn one week, the number of covid-19 cases in the District, Maryland and Virginia went from zero to 42, a majority of them located in or around the nation’s capital. As of Thursday night, 11 cases were reported in the District, 18 in Virginia and 13 in Maryland.The numbers continued to jump on Friday.The Washington Post examined the first week’s worth of cases, and found that slightly fewer than half the patients are older than 60; more are male than female. The cases spread to 17 jurisdictions in the first week, with most...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift ShareIn one week, the number of covid-19 cases in the District, Maryland and Virginia went from zero to 42, a majority of them located in or around the nation’s capital. As of Thursday night, 11 cases were reported in the District, 18 in Virginia and 13 in Maryland.The numbers continued to jump on Friday.The Washington Post examined the first week’s worth of cases, and found that slightly fewer than half the patients are older than 60; more are male than female. The cases spread to 17 jurisdictions in the first week, with most...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareD.C. voters upended city hall politics in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, ousting an ally of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in favor of an insurgent left-leaning candidate and ending the political career of a veteran lawmaker tarred by scandal.D.C. Council member Brandon T. Todd (D-Ward 4) lost his reelection bid to Janeese Lewis George, a lawyer and who had been endorsed by her former employer, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D).In affluent Ward 2, voters decisively rejected Jack Evans’s he held for nearly three decades...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareD.C. voters upended city hall politics in Tuesday’s Democratic primary, ousting an ally of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser in favor of an insurgent left-leaning candidate and ending the political career of a veteran lawmaker tarred by scandal.D.C. Council member Brandon T. Todd (D-Ward 4) lost his reelection bid to Janeese Lewis George, a lawyer and who had been endorsed by her former employer, D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D).In affluent Ward 2, voters decisively rejected Jack Evans’s he held for nearly three decades...WW…