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• Resentment And Race In Reducing Government

  

  The black middle class has been hit particularly hard by the recession; many of the economic gains earned over 50 years disappeared between 2007 and 2009. The foreclosure crisis, lack of accumulated  wealth and the role of a college education in … Read More

• Can Wireless Tablets Bridge The Digital and Education Divide?
• The Effect Of Youth Unemployment On Crime

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• "A New Era of Polarizing Racial Politics in the District"

  Now reading: “Will white identity politics come to post-post-racial D.C.?“, by Adam Serwer at the City Paper. But just as the browning of America has awoken a novel white identity politics nationally, the demographic forces that framed D.C.’s last mayoral … Read More

• Kanye West-sampled diss track attacks Vincent Gray
• Fenty Lost Because of Style, not School Reform

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• Councilmember Michael A. Brown to Give Away 600 Backpacks in Southeast, Tonight

  D.C. Councilmember Michael A. Brown will give away 600 backpacks filled with school supplies tonight, between 6-8 p.m. while supplies last. School starts Monday. The backpacks are strictly for District residents and will be distributed during the “Back to School … Read More

• Unwrapping the Controversy at Chipotle
• Fired Workers March on Columbia Heights Chipotle

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• Art Driving Gentrification?

  

  The District is funding a series of art events housed in vacant spaces in downtown Anacostia. The idea behind Lumen8Anacostia: to make use of under-used spaces, and also spark some much-needed economic growth in Anacostia. The Ward 8 neighborhood has … Read More

• Asian Shopkeepers And The Economics Of Improving Corner Stores
• Marion Barry: Breaking Down Race, Plexiglass And 'Dirty Shops'

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• Fired Chipotle Worker Miguel Bravo Speaks

  Yesterday, I covered a local protest against Chipotle. Approximately 40 people marched down Irving Street NW to the fast food chain’s Columbia Heights location on 14th Street. Miguel Bravo, one of the fired workers, addressed the crowd. Check back for … Read More

• What can vouchers do for D.C.?
• "A New Era of Polarizing Racial Politics in the District"

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• Can A Party Change Perceptions Of Anacostia?

  

  Trapeze artists hovered above a crowd. A band played electronic music as green lasers flashed through the room. Nearby, people created silk-screened T-shirts, a video installation played against the wall and the crowd tossed a large, clear plastic bubble filled … Read More

• Five Facts About D.C.'s Gap Between Rich and Poor
• Why Retirement is Tougher for Blacks, Latinos

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