Jan 05, 2017
Map: These Are The Most Popular Languages Spoken At Area Homes Besides English And Spanish
This interactive map breaks it down by census tract.
Jan 02, 2013
In Deutschland, Uber Ist ‘Super’
Uber, the sedan-by-smartphone company, won’t be its usual self when it expands to Germany.
The D.C. Office of Human Rights wants non-English speaking D.C. residents to know that they have a right to translated documents and real-time interpreters—they just have to ask.
If you’ve ever felt stupider after watching Congress bicker about some issue for a couple of hours, you’re not wrong. The nation’s lawmakers are, in fact, dumbing themselves down, according to a new report by the Sunlight Foundation.
Apr 05, 2012
Why Doesn’t ‘D.C. United’ Take a Definite Article?
Yesterday, we accidentally used the word “the” before “D.C. United,” not aware that the soccer team does not take a definite article. But it got us wondering just why that is.
Dec 09, 2010
A Rare Occasion To Giggle At The D.C. Code
You know what this Thursday needs? Some incredibly juvenile humor, that’s what.
Dec 10, 2007
D.C. Film Critics Honor No Country
Mid-December has arrived, and with that comes the inevitable flood of best-of lists. The Washington Area Film Critics’ Association has, for the previous five years of its existence, been in the habit of trying to get their own list out ahead of most of the other critics’ societies. We can’t really blame them. Considering the fact that none of the critics from the city’s biggest newspaper are members, not to mention the fact that the…
Nov 09, 2007
Out and About: Weekend Picks
FRIDAY: >> It’s been over six years since he last had a properly released album, but crooner Bilal (left) has still managed to catch people’s attention with some of his latest material. Too bad it was illegally leaked and now his label is threatening never to let the refined product see the light of day. Regardless, his Black Cat performance should be noteworthy. 9 p.m., $22. >> We’ve told you about Deleted Scenes many times…
Oct 29, 2007
Reader, Meet Author
MONDAY: Peter Behrens will be at Politics and Prose to discuss his latest book, The Law of Dreams. Maybe Behrens can analyze our reoccurring dream where we keep getting lost while driving down some featureless freeway. Wait … His book is about a young man roaming the Irish countryside in 1847? Good thing we read that before we asked about the part where we’re naked. 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY: The one and only Dave Eggers will…