Colleen Grablick
- The Wizards, as well as Mystics player Natasha Cloud, spoke out against George Floyd’s murder, police brutality, and ongoing injustices facing Black Americans. [Twitter/Players’ Tribune]
- As protesters descended on the White House Friday night, President Donald Trump was ushered into an underground bunker. [NYT]
- Protests continued over two nights in Manassas, at times resulting in chaos and arrests. [Post]
- Protesters in Stafford, Virginia say they were met with pepper spray, hours after a sheriff prayed with and thanked them. [WJLA]
- The debate to reopen schools weighs heaviest on black students who have faced centuries of educational exclusion. [Post]
- Ward 8 Councilmember Trayon White continues his grassroots approach to politics in his bid for reelection. [Post]
- Maryland lawmakers plan to form a workgroup to address police accountability and reform. [WTOP]
- Authorities presume a missing man has drowned after he jumped into the Potomac River at the Billy Goat Trail on Sunday. [WTOP]
- After over two months of closure, some local churches gathered for Pentecost Sunday. [Post]
- A Northern Virginia magazine revealed the real identity of its food critic, who was writing under a pseudonym. [WCP]
- Quarantined apart, a local couple figured out a way to have sex … in Animal Crossing. [Washingtonian]
- ICYMI: D.C.’s restaurants reopened this weekend, in a city rocked by ongoing protests.
- ICYMI: Less than a week before the primary, some D.C. residents had still not received their mail-in ballots.
- This Day in DCist: After Trump pulls out of climate deal, D.C. pledges to stay in.
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