- Jack Healey, former Executive Director of Amnesty International, argues at HuffPo that the District is obliged to maintain its safety net as fulfillment of the “economic rights” section of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Mayor Gray’s budget will be released tomorrow morning.
- Dave McKenna produces this wonderful piece of sports journalism, while Dan Snyder still hasn’t replanted those trees he cut down in 2004 and said he would replant in 2005.
- The Tea Party “stormed” the Capitol today. (And with turnout like this, who can blame them?)
- Amanda Hess reports on the protest and sit-in conducted by American University students after the university refused to sign off on a grant application for sexual assault prevention funding. Eventually, the students and the administration kinda sorta came to an agreement.
- Over at his blog dedicated to matters pertaining to the April 26 special election, our Martin Austermuhle wonders when the race for the at-large Council seat is going to get negative. Also be sure to check out his take on David Catania’s endorsement of Sekou Biddle, a big get for the interim Councilmember.
- WMATA is considering the idea of installing an express line — beginning at the Convention Center and running parallel to the Orange Line — in order to cut down on the amount of time it will take riders to access Dulles Airport when the extension is completed. (I assume we’ll all be hearing much more about this, but any report including the words “a stop in Georgetown” leaves me skeptical.)
- Michelle Rhee is now “100% supportive” of the probe into potential tampering with standardized tests in D.C. Public Schools, and claims that Post reporter Jay Matthews quoted her out of context.
- Lydia DePillis goes glass half-full on D.C.’s big-time developers.
- Prince George’s County police have arrested two men and charged them with murder in connection with the killing of University of Maryland student Justin DeSha-Overcash in January.
- The D.C. Court of Appeals upheld a conviction against one of the two men who killed New York Times reporter David Rosenbaum in 2006.
- PETA wants to sponsor a rest stop in Virginia and rename it the “Fishing Hurts” rest area.
- Andrew Beaujon interviews Kegasus.
- Blame Slimer, I guess.
Photo by eudaimon (catching up).
