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"Public threat to our livelihoods" Merrills piece prompted outrage among many of Washingtonians employees, — and a revolt, with journalists at the magazine issuing a statement on Twitter saying they would not publish any articles on Friday. Staffers told CBS MoneyWatch the piece was poorly worded and they read it as taking aim at dedicated employees who have been laboring around the clock under trying circumstances for more than a year.  "As members of the Washingtonian editorial staff, we w...

They looked at some major bling, including one that cost $60,000. “Oh that’s nice. Come on, just think about that on my hand,” Cheyenne said about the expensive piece of jewelry. “Hear that?” Zach said when he heard the price. “You have a lot to think about,” Cheyenne replied. But apparently, the couple had been seriously thinking about marriage. Cheyenne’s parents have been pressuring her to tie the knot with Zach, but Cheyenne wants to wait for him to make the decision. “I t...

Photograph by Jeff Elkins Kojo Nnamdi first hit the DC airwaves back when he was managing an activist bookstore. Now, a half century after starting his career at Howard University’s radio station covering the global Black diaspora, he’s retiring as host of a WAMU show that’s synonymous with hyper-local coverage. How did a young radical from Guyana become the guy we go to for reasonable conversation about area development controversies and transportation debates? With  The Kojo Nnamdi Sho...

Last year, the House okayed a measure admitting DC to the Union as a full-fledged state. The vote was unprecedented—but it was also doomed, because the

President Biden makes stop at Georgetown bagel shop President Biden makes stop at Georgetown bagel shop In his first stop to a local restaurant as president, Joe Biden ordered bagels from Call Your Mother Jew-ish Deli in Georgetown on Sunday. It represents quite the contrast from former President Trump, who rarely visited local restaurants in the previous four years. "In his four years in Washington Donald Trump only went to one Washington restaurant and that was the one in the hotel ...

The Laurel City Council has approved the purchase of Laurel Racquet and Health Club, 204 Fort Meade Road, for the purpose of creating a multi-service center for organizations that provide help for those in need.

llustration by Hannah Good. How well do you remember life before the pandemic? It was only ten months ago, after all. But in a year that felt like a decade, it’s understandable to imagine that things like the 2020 Iowa caucuses happened in a different century. This quiz is simpler: Just identify whether the following events actually happened in 2020.   Our most popular stories of the week, sent every Saturday.

In Memoriam: 15 People, Places, and Things Washington Said Goodbye to in 2020 A trailblazing justice, a basketball coach, an elephant, a dive bar, an NFL name—and what they meant to our city. December 22, 2020 Share In a grim year, it’s hard to keep track of the people and places we lost—much less remember the quirky reasons we loved so many of them. Here’s a sampling of farewells worth remembering. Ambika the Elephant born c 1948 She’d lived at the National Zoo since 1961—a pachy...

Share The thing about this worst year in the history of years was that one day’s news was the next day’s ancient history. And the progression from must-click to what-the-hell-was-that is even faster when you’re a regional magazine whose website runs everything from things-to-do-around-town tips to meaty longform print feature stories. Still, even when they’ve been overtaken by events, a roundup of the top-performing posts can double as a short history of 2020. Here’s what happened: Y...