Photo by Chris RiefThere has been a lot of talk over the past week about how the racial divide in the District led to Vincent Gray’s victory. We’ve seen vitriol spewed from both sides, the talk of the “old guard” restoring the legacy of Marion Barry, or how the influx of “myopic twits” have pushed aside hardworking blacks. The Washington Post has used a lot of ink to talk up these arguments. Thankfully Colbert King…

We read all the local columnists, so you don’t have to. This week we find meat-eaters being compared to Michael Vick, a lot of bum opinions on city schools and District residents being called “granola.” Courtland Milloy: According to Milloy’s Wednesday column in the Post, your choice to eat a hamburger isn’t all that different than Michael Vick’s decision to brutally fight, torture and kill dogs for money. “We’ll kill a duck, deer, turkey –…

Former Editor-in-Chief Ryan Avent writes a weekly column about neighborhood and development issues. Over the past few weeks, events have conspired to place race squarely at the center of the debate over public education in the District of Columbia. After appointing Michelle Rhee the first ever Chancellor of District Schools, Mayor Fenty found himself faced with a barrage of criticism and innuendo from the Washington Post drawing attention to the fact that she was not…

Last night the five mayoral candidates — Adrian Fenty, Marie Johns, Vincent Orange, Linda Cropp, and Michael Brown — squared off in the first debate of the 2005-2006 campaign season. Facing an audience of 700 at the University of the District of Columbia, the candidates debated education, school modernization, economic development, affordable housing, crime, and yes, the stadium. Moderated by the Post’s Colbert King, the candidates gave brief opening questions, faced withering questions from…

We’re finally within 365 days of when District residents head to the polls to choose their next mayor, and what better way to celebrate than an old-fashioned debate? Yes, tonight marks the official beginning of the 2006 campaign season, and all five officially-announced mayoral candidates will be taking each other on in what promises to be a battle royale over school modernization, taxes, development, crime, and affordable housing. Ok, it may not be that exciting….

In his column today, Washington Post columnist Colbert King examines the events surrounding the death of Mysha Lowe, a 15-year old who was killed in July when a car she was in was attacked. It turns out the attacker, 20-year old Joshua Ross, had been assigned to a District youth home over two years ago, but had run away. King places blame for the shooting partly with D.C. government: Remember last summer when a Post…

In 1997, Mysha Lowe was photographed with Hillary Clinton at an event where the first lady read to D.C. elementary students. In 2004, she was 15, an honor student, and hoped to become a lawyer. On July 24 she was killed in a shooting when the car she was in was caught in the line of fire when it was attacked by men targeting another occupant of the car. At her funeral yesterday, Mayor…