On Saturday, May 6, an informal group of community activists staged a community “speak-out” at the corner of 14th and Clifton Streets NW to put a stop to street harassment of girls and women. Flyers advertising the event gave not only the specifics of the rally, but a formal definition of sexist street harassment and, [...]

The White House Mobil, located at 15th and U Streets NW, is out of gas. The pumps at the site are cordoned off by a huge chain-link fence, and workmen are busy drilling behind the barrier. The service station has been essentially stripped of its raison d'être—even the air machine sports an “Out of Order” [...]

Although service at the DMV has improved over the years, the insufferable waits and seemingly uncaring attitudes of employees at the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles during its heyday of dysfunction still get played for laughs all the time. Act cleaned up or not, our DMV has sucked up enough citizens’ money, work hours, and [...]

Kanye West has built a career on being a college dropout, and Cam'ron has complained that attending university would only get in the way of his Lamborghini habit, but the historically contentious relationship between hiphop and higher learning is easing. In an effort to further convince aspiring rappers that book learning can complement street knowledge [...]