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“Paying a Hell of a Price” for Walmart

Posted on February 7, 2011 by admin

Jan. 18, on DCTV’s “More Room On the Outside,” Milfred Ellis, a longtime Ward 4 resident and former Department of Labor economist, discussed his opposition to Walmart’s attempt to locate four stores in the District of Columbia. “[People] think they’re … Continue reading →

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Obama’s (Anti-Union) Stroll Through Lafayette Park

Posted on February 6, 2011 by admin

Monday, Feb. 7, President Obama “will cross Lafayette Park from the White House to the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, his longtime political nemesis,” the Wall Street Journal reported. In an open letter to the president , longtime … Continue reading →

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Hardy’s Future Is Gray

Posted on February 4, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO ERIC WOODS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Wednesday, Feb. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray addressed the North Michigan Park Civic Association in Northeast D.C. During the Q&A, Miranda Woods, an eighth grade student at Hardy … Continue reading →

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School Reform in Black and White: The Fight to Save John Burroughs

Posted on February 3, 2011 by admin

(The “More Room On the Outside Interview” with Maria Jones won a DCTV Viewers’ Choice Award for “Best Community Focused Program.”) At the height of their power, former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee closed 23 schools. … Continue reading →

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The Adams Morgan Hotel and the “Sucker’s List”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

Live simply so that others may simply live. – Mahatma Gandhi Dec. 21, in a 9-3 vote, the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation providing $46 million in tax abatements for the construction of a 5-star luxury boutique hotel in the … Continue reading →

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Charter Schools vs. Public Schools, Past and Present

Posted on February 1, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO SHANTA DRIVER [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The first charter school movement in the United States started from the Virginia Massive Resistance campaign,” said Shanta Driver, an education activist from Detroit and national co-chair … Continue reading →

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Soccer vs Street Vendors in South Africa

Posted on January 31, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO LOUISE HAYSOM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Sitting in an apartment in Northwest D.C., Louise Haysom, a South African activist, discussed the impact of last year’s FIFA World Cup Soccer games on South African … Continue reading →

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Is D.C.’s HPV Vaccine Mandate a Mistake?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO EMILY TARSELL [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Last April, as Emily Tarsell began her trek back to Northern Maryland following her testimony before the D.C. Council, she said, “I came down to try to … Continue reading →

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Historic McMillan Park Threatened by Luxury Condos

Posted on January 26, 2011 by admin

January 4, 2011, on “More Room On the Outside,” Tony Norman, a veteran activist, member of the McMillan Park Committee and newly-elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, discussed the history of McMillan Park and the threat it now faces. McMillan Park is … Continue reading →

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Bobb and Walmart Eye DC

Posted on January 21, 2011 by admin

LISTEN TO TABRIAN CHAS JOE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Robert Bobb is not new to either the District of Columbia or Walmart. From 2003-2006, Bobb served as D.C.’s City Administrator under Mayor Anthony Williams and … Continue reading →

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