Colleen Grablick
- A 36-hour sit-in in Freedom Plaza continues as activists demand that D.C. defund its police department. [WTOP/Twitter]
- D.C. restaurateurs penned an open letter to their landlords, asking for rent relief. [Post]
- Farmers say that the Freshfarm network has shut out black farmers and vendors from spots at its Dupont Circle market. [Forbes]
- Two college students are facing local opposition as they challenge the history of their Northern Virginia neighborhood, Stonewall Manor. [Post]
- Richmond’s Robert E. Lee statue has become the nucleus of city’s civic demonstrations. [Post]
- But six property owners along Monument Avenue filed a lawsuit to stop the removal of the massive Lee statue. [WTOP]
- A virtual cocktail pop-up will showcase local black bartenders and raise money for advocacy organizations. [WCP]
- Remote reporting could be the future for local news outlet ARLNow and its parent company. [Washingtonian]
- A Northern Virginia business executive admitted to embezzling about $8 million from funds meant for children. [NBC 4]
- More details from Fairfax County Public Schools about plans to reopen in the fall. [WTOP]
- Reddit users designed a new name and logo for Washington NFL’s team, inspired by a group of black WWII fighter pilots. [WUSA 9]
- The state of Maryland fined at least 24 nursing homes for failing to provide daily coronavirus information. [WJLA]
- ICYMI: The Mystics will tip off with the new WNBA season in late July.
- ICYMI: Local college students want their schools to cut ties with the D.C. police department.
- This Day in DCist: Capital Bikeshare saw record ridership during the first week of Metro’s SafeTrack work.
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