Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) jumped into the fray between the D.C. Taxicab Commission and Uber, defending the upscale livery service as a "convenient, dependable" transportation alternative. more ›

Sometimes we like to give the folks over at WAMU a little friendly stick, but let's be honest: it's a very rare day when we aren't given a shot in the arm via the fine programming that comes out of Tenleytown. more ›

On "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" this afternoon, Councilmember Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) defended the D.C. Council's decision to meet privately yesterday, while at the same time laying out her vision for ethics reform and criticizing a colleague facing legal troubles. more ›

Councilmember Jack Evans, a member of the Council's subcommittee on redistricting, admitted today on The Kojo Nnamdi Show that the subcommittee was "not finished" with its plan. more ›

Metro General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Richard Sarles made an appearance on the Kojo Nnamdi Show this afternoon to talk transit. Nnamdi asked Sarles about the idea of closing down the system earlier on weekend nights -- and specifically, what kind of effect he thought such a move would have on people who ride Metro to get to bars and restaurants. more ›

If you're a regular reader of DCist, you know that we're big Kojo Nnamdi fans. So you can imagine our excitement when we saw that Kojo would be making a special guest appearance during tonight's Washington Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker. more ›

WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi might be known for the thought-provoking discussions that highlight his daily radio show, but today's debate between Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council Chair Vince Gray didn't shed much new light on either of the two candidates or the issues that have come to define the tight contest between the two. (Video highlights can be found here.) more ›

Anyone who's ever listened to WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi knows that if he's anything, it's soothing and measured. He's not the type to get riled up, much less yell. But on today's installment of The Politics Hour, Kojo delivered what may be as close to an angry tirade as you'll get out of the guy -- yet he still did so in his usual dulcet tones. more ›

As promised, real estate mogul Don Peebles appeared on The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi this afternoon, but he declined to make an announcement on whether or not he will enter the 2010 mayoral race. more ›

Between the DCPS contract and ensuing is there or isn't there a surplus drama, the long-awaited testimony of Sinclair Skinner, the resurrection of the D.C. voting rights bill, and the mayoral campaign shifting into high gear, it's been a busy week for local politics. So busy, in fact, that one man who may yet still be about to step into the 2010 election fray has been almost forgotten: R. Donahue Peebles. more ›

Our intrepid Editor-in-Chief, Sommer Mathis, is making her way from DCist HQ up to Tenleytown right now to sit down with Kojo Nnamdi at noon today. They'll discuss the "digging out" efforts going on around town to recover from the weekend's snow dump and how to prepare for the additional five inches we'll be getting Tuesday. She'll be joined by DDOT Director Gabe Klein, Pepco President Thomas Graham, and Isiah Leggett from Montgomery County. Tune into 88.5 FM or listen online. more ›

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Tune to 88.5 WAMU at noon today to hear DCist Editor-in-Chief Sommer Mathis, who will appear alongside NBC4's Tom Sherwood on The Politics Hour with Kojo Nnamdi. They'll be discussing the current state of the D.C. voting rights movement, the decision to let bars serve alcohol until 5 a.m. during the inauguration, and much more! more ›

DCist Managing and Arts editor Heather Goss is on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU right now discussing local arts issues. Tune in here. She's joined by Lenny Campello of Mid Atlantic Art News. more ›

Fishbowl DC reports that Jonetta Rose Barras, longtime political analyst for WAMU's Friday program, The Politics Hour With Kojo and Jonetta, is leaving the show. City Desk has more, citing differences between Barras and WAMU Program Director Mark McDonald and calling the move a firing. Barras told the Washington City Paper that she felt there was a large disparity in her salary, especially since the program expanded its coverage in January to include Maryland and Virginia (that's when the "D.C." was dropped from the show's title). more ›

Since 1983, Loose Lips, the City Paper's weekly local politics column, has been the place to get quirky news and commentary on the District's political figures. But today, James Jones, Loose Lips columnist for the last two years, bids farewell to the paper. Jones came to the City Paper after a stint at WAMU, and his first column was published on March 11, 2005. According to the folks at the City Paper, Jones has taken... more ›

One of Washington's best food events, the Capital Food Fight, is a little over a week away, and I expect there is wanton smack-talking between the competition's 10 food-fighters. Bebo's Roberto Donna, Mie n Yu's Tim Elliot, Kinkead's Bob Kinkead, last year's winner Ris Lacoste, Jamie Leeds of Hank's Oyster Bar, Taberna del Alabardero's Santi Zabaleta, John Wabeck of Firefly, IndeBleu's Vikram Garg, Anthony Chittum from Notti Bianche, and Boston's Ken Oringer -- a pilgrim from that city's Clio -- will take to the International Trade Center for the third-annual benefit for D.C. Central Kitchen, and it promises to be smoking hot! more ›

Back to the feeding trough, all. After spending a weekend in the beautiful and delicious Bay Area, it's nice to be back to the reality of dirty campaigning, impossible political prognostications, and the constant braying that the turrists are going to blow us up. I wouldn't be here if I didn't love it… Restaurants in Anacostia? Is it time to put a sit down restaurant in the middle of Anacostia? That's the question Washington Business... more ›

Everyone is all about George Pelecanos these days. We interviewed him, he was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, and he's appeared in various area bookstores to pimp his new crime thriller, The Night Gardener. If Pelecanos is known for anything, it's the local references he liberally infuses his writings with. Criminals and the police that chase them live and work in the seediest parts of the region, giving readers a glimpse into the underworld of... more ›

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The Arena Stage is holding their 14th Annual Benefit production of the The Pundit Whodunit: The Case of the Political Puzzle tonight at 8:30 p.m. at the Kreeger Theater. If you've got an extra $200 to $400 lying around, you too can be seated front and center for a one night only performance of local playwright and director Harry M. Bagdasian's comedic murder mystery, starring prominent members of Congress and the media. Members of the... more ›

There's a simple reason Kojo Nnamdi is on radio -- something about his voice is soothing, reassuring and disarming. Whether testing microphones or querying his guests or the audience, Kojo speaks in a steady, curious tone, rarely betraying his opinion on any matter. But enough about Kojo -- we don't want you to think this is a review of a Scott Stapp show or something. Yesterday Kojo took his daily WAMU show on the road,... more ›

If you've secretely had a crush on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi and his smooth voice, tonight is your chance to see the man in the flesh. more ›

FRIDAY: >> You just can't say the D.C. music scene doesn't care. Check out the 2-night Katrina's Piano Fund benefit concert at Black Cat, featuring a packed line-up of local acts. Friday's got Monopoli, the Routineers, the Washington Social Club, the Ambitions, Andy Zipf, and DJ Will Eastman. Saturday is Wooly Mammoth, The Whips, Owls and Crows, Edie Sedgwick, Rose, andDJ lil' e. $12 for one show, or maximize your band-to-dollar ratio and pay just... more ›

Last week DCist reviewed an online poll featured on the website of Vincent Orange's (D-Ward 5) mayoral exploratory committee. Without going into too much detail or snarky commentary, the poll was pitiful. Its questions were pointless, the spelling terrible (though corrections have since been made), and the results, well, that's the best part. more ›