It was a game of two deflections. Fortunate for Jermaine Jones and the United States; not so much for Jermaine Taylor and Jamaica. more ›

Good elected officials know their constituents, and in that Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) has excelled. Graham has represented the District's most diverse ward for the last 10 years, easily offing challengers by remaining accessible to his constituents and making his presence known both in times of celebration and crisis. Heck, it's near impossible to miss a guy with orange glasses and a bow-tie driving a VW Bug from Columbia Heights to Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant to Shaw. more ›

Baristars I know you've all been waiting for the news on the outcome of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Regional Barista Championships, held this week at the Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Macungie, Penna. Well, the news is great. Murky Coffee General Manager Katie Carguilo won the contest, besting the field of 17 with the excellence of her cappuccinos, espressos, and her signature drink, the Café Garguilo: espresso, cherry juice, chocolate, and a whip cream made... more ›

City Paper Editor Jumps Ship: This won't do anything for the District's morale. Gawker and WJLA are reporting the Erik Wemple, the City Paper's Editor in Chief, has been hired away by New York's Village Voice. Wemple has manned the helm of the City Paper since January 2002, and has long been known in D.C. for his biting cutdowns of the Post. We'll miss Wemple, but we're sure it'll only be a few months... more ›

Saturday marked the grand opening of Project 4, a new art gallery on U Street. The site promises to showcase a wide variety of media and artist’s visions by opening the venue to guest curators, rather than following the lead of a single gallerist. more ›

Every city has its immigrants. Where Los Angeles became famous for its sizeable Mexican population and Miami its influential Cubans, the Washington area has long been known for its Salvadorans. Natives of the tiny Central American country -- roughly 105,000 in the Washington area, the second largest concentration nationwide -- represent the single largest immigrant group in the District and its surroundings, and have come to form an undeniable part of the region's social fabric.... more ›

The Georgetown Living Wage Coalition held another rally yesterday, calling on Georgetown University to immediately implement a campus living wage policy. The photo is from a rally in February we mentioned. The rally drew over 50 people, notably several off-duty workers from P&R Enterprises (a subcontractor for custodial services on-campus) and Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson. Other speakers included Jos Williams, president of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO, and Georgetown theology professor Rev. Raymond Kemp. more ›