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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 Show set to end in April (he’ll continue to host
The Politics Hour on Fridays), the man formerly known as Rex Paul allowed us to turn the microphone around and interview him about the one Washington institution that’s rarely analyzed on the show: Nnamdi himself.
Teachers and school staff turned away at COVID vaccination sites
Montgomery County teachers and school staff are able to make vaccine appointments, but are being rejected when they arrive on site. Author: Adam Longo (WUSA 9) Published: 11:28 AM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 9:58 PM EST January 27, 2021
TAKOMA PARK, Md. Montgomery County s Chief Health Officer Travis Gayles says that at the current pace of vaccination, it could take two years before everyone in the county receives a vaccination.
Shortcomings in vaccine distribution and availability are being criticized by elected officials and people throughout Maryland.
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich told The Daily Drum on WHUR radio Monday that the vaccine supply from the federal government appears to be the chief component of the problem.