Nov 30, 2006
Yellow Line Closed Due To Accident
An accident involving two Metro employees shut down the south end of the Yellow Line around 9:30 this morning. According to Metro, a four-car train heading into the Alexandria railyard hit two track workers between Huntington and Eisenhower Ave. There were no passengers aboard the train, and the two workers have been taken to area hospitals. The King Street, Huntington, and Eisenhower Ave stations will be closed while the accident is investigated. Yellow Line…
Jun 08, 2006
And Thus Starts the Battle Over Voting Rights
When it comes to fighting for District voting rights, activists face two main challengers — the U.S. Congress and themselves. Members of Congress just either don’t care much about whether or not the District’s 600,000 residents have voting representation, or believe its a constitutional mandate written in stone that they shouldn’t. They can be swayed. But many District-based voting right activists differ sharply on what the best approach to gaining voting rights is — some…
May 04, 2006
DCist Presents Unbuckled 3.0
Remember how much better Zoolander was the third time you watched it? And remember how by the third time you got drunk, you totally had it down? The same rule of threes applies to DCist events. We’re very excited to announce the next installment of Unbuckled, our semi-annual concert series. We’ve done this thing pretty damn well twice before, but now we really think we’ve mastered it. On May 25th, join us at DC9…