Mary Tyler March was the strategic planning editor for DCist and WAMU 88.5.
From how to find your polling place, to what candidates and issues are on your ballot, here’s what you need to know for Virginia’s elections.
Aug 09, 2021
D.C. Police Officers Suspended After Viral Video Shows One Punching A Man During An Arrest; Charges Dropped
MPD is referring the case to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Egged on by President Trump, demonstrators pushed past police towards the Capitol, where they breached the building and sowed chaos inside.
Nov 04, 2020
Hundreds Gather At Black Lives Matter Plaza For A Second Night Of Demonstrations As U.S. Awaits Final Vote Counts
The scene was jubilant — filled with singing and dancing — as people await the final results of the presidential election.
Sep 23, 2020
Hundreds Flock To Supreme Court To Honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg: ‘She Meant So Much To So Many Women’
Ginsburg will lie in repose at the high court on Wednesday and Thursday before becoming the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall on Friday.
Sep 02, 2020
D.C. Police Fatally Shoot 18-Year-Old In Southeast
MPD Police Chief Peter Newsham said the man has been pronounced dead and two firearms were retrieved at the scene.
Jun 22, 2020
Crystal City BID Officially Becomes National Landing
The BID approved the name change Monday morning as part of its annual meeting, a new step for the public-private partnership as it continues to reinvent itself in response to Amazon’s arrival.
Demonstrators have planned marches and action across the region in honor of the oldest nationally celebrated holiday marking the end of slavery.
After a week of daily demonstrations, clashes with the president, and occupation from federal law enforcement agencies, the District saw massive, peaceful, often joyful protests on Saturday.
May 30, 2020
Demonstrators, Police Clash For Second Night In D.C. Amid Protests Over George Floyd’s Death
The calm of the day’s protests soon turned into chaos at night as police and protesters continued clashing into early Sunday morning.