This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSydney Miles heard an ominous swishing sound last Thursday in the basement of her childhood home, which she shares with her mother in Northeast Washington’s Edgewood neighborhood. Dim images of the basement appeared on a security camera: Laundry baskets and other small objects floated around in an immense sewage flood.An intense midday rainstorm left her and dozens of neighbors sideswiped by a downpour that unleashed a torrent of wastewater into their homes. Days later, with her basement carpet, toilet and two inches of...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSydney Miles heard an ominous swishing sound last Thursday in the basement of her childhood home, which she shares with her mother in Northeast Washington’s Edgewood neighborhood. Dim images of the basement appeared on a security camera: Laundry baskets and other small objects floated around in an immense sewage flood.An intense midday rainstorm left her and dozens of neighbors sideswiped by a downpour that unleashed a torrent of wastewater into their homes. Days later, with her basement carpet, toilet and two inches of...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s supporters had celebrated for hours on Saturday, waving their MAGA flags and blaring “God Bless the U.S.A.” as they gathered in Washington to falsely claim that the election had been stolen from the man they adore. The crowd had even reveled in a personal visit from Trump, who passed by in his motorcade, smiling and waving.But that was before the people who oppose their hero showed up and the mood shifted, growing angrier as 300 or so counterprotesters delivered a message the president’s most ardent...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareIn the year she was out of prison, Gwen Levi, 76, was thriving.After serving 16 years in different federal facilities for dealing heroin, Levi was allowed to leave last June and finish her 24-year sentence in home confinement under the supervision of federal prison officials. She moved in with her 94-year-old mother in Baltimore and volunteered at prisoner advocacy organizations, hoping for a paying job to come along. She was also building her relationships with her sons and grandsons.But Levi’s season on the outside ended June...…This article was published more than 1 year agoGift ShareIn the year she was out of prison, Gwen Levi, 76, was thriving.After serving 16 years in different federal facilities for dealing heroin, Levi was allowed to leave last June and finish her 24-year sentence in home confinement under the supervision of federal prison officials. She moved in with her 94-year-old mother in Baltimore and volunteered at prisoner advocacy organizations, hoping for a paying job to come along. She was also building her relationships with her sons and grandsons.But Levi’s season on the outside ended June...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn homeless encampments just blocks from Capitol Hill, the routine pretty much never changes. Those living in tents pitched beneath two railroad underpasses north of Union Station not only battle poverty, the pandemic and the weather; they also endure the din of every kind of train running through the District — Amtrak, CSX and Metro among them.One recent day amid the tumult, American University researcher Aaron Howe was distributing hygiene kits, thermal underwear, flashlights, hand warmers — anything to help anyone who...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareIn homeless encampments just blocks from Capitol Hill, the routine pretty much never changes. Those living in tents pitched beneath two railroad underpasses north of Union Station not only battle poverty, the pandemic and the weather; they also endure the din of every kind of train running through the District — Amtrak, CSX and Metro among them.One recent day amid the tumult, American University researcher Aaron Howe was distributing hygiene kits, thermal underwear, flashlights, hand warmers — anything to help anyone who...WW…