>> “Today at noon, Child and Family Services Agency employees–along with numerous sympathetic union reps–staged a protest outside their headquarters at 400 6th Street SW. The employees were protesting the firings of six of their co-workers in the aftermath of the Banita Jacks case. They were also protesting the media coverage of their agency following the Jacks tragedy.” [City Desk]

>> John McCain won the D.C. GOP straw poll. And yes, we’re not sure that actually means anything, either. [Wonkette]

>> Marilyn Praisner, the longest serving woman ever on the Montgomery County Council, has died at the age of 66. [AP via WTOP]

>> “D.C. police are investigating a hate crime in one of the department’s stations after an officer discovered graphic “homophobic graffiti” on a men’s bathroom stall.” [WaPo]

>> Two people in a vehicle were injured this afternoon after a barrier on Constitution Avenue rose up out of the street without warning. [NBC4]

>> Amazing photo comparison of H Street NE today vs. during the 1968 riots. [Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space]

Photo by Phyllis Agnes Lindsaylohan