Undesign the Redline Explores the Racist Housing Policies that Shaped Upper Northwest
Do you know the story of how the land for Fort Reno Park and Alice Deal Junior High School (now Deal Middle School) was allocated? The land originally housed the Reno community, a majority-Black section of Ward 3. But in the 1930s, D.C. used eminent domain to forcibly remove almost 400 families living in the…
Foxtrot Hastily Shutters Stores in D.C. and Elsewhere
Tuesday was an extra cold day in the freezer aisle of Foxtrot, a bougie grocery store chain with multiple locations in D.C. The grocery retailer abruptly shuttered all of their locations across D.C., Chicago, Austin, and Dallas with little notice to employees. Foxtrot’s owners, Outfox Hospitality, released a quick statement as they shut down all…
Employees at The Wydown Are Forming a Union to Address Concerns with Management
Cooks, bakers, and baristas at both Wydown coffee shop locations in D.C. have filed an intent to form a union after they say their concerns about mismanagement and mistreatment have gone unaddressed. According to the Instagram page for Wydown Workers United, the employees claim that “management has demonstrated a consistent pattern of disregard for the…
Protesters Occupy Lockheed Martin Building in Arlington
A group of pro-Palestinian activists in Crystal City chained themselves together, and then to the lobby doors of the offices of Lockheed Martin, a security and aerospace product manufacturer that has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense. The protesters began with a march Monday morning starting at Boeing’s corporate headquarters on Long Beach Drive…
D.C. Men Accused of Climbing Through a Drive-Through Window During March Carjacking and Robbery Spree
Three D.C. men have been indicted on charges related to a carjacking and robbery crime spree that lasted multiple weeks and involved one of the men climbing through a McDonald’s drive-through window in a failed attempt to steal the cash register, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. The spree…