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The Lack of Youth Space in Downtown Silver Spring
LISTEN TO TIFFANY SPENCER [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 At the grand opening of the $22 million Silver Spring Civic Building this summer, one elected official after another hailed the occasion as a major achievement for … Continue reading
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Pardoning a Whistleblower
LISTEN TO DOUGLAS BIRKENFELD [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 In Addition to a Turkey, Obama Should Pardon a Whistleblower this Holiday Season President Barack Obama carried on a tradition by pardoning a turkey the day before … Continue reading
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TheFightBack.org Thanks You!
Dear Friends and Supporters of The Fight Back, Thank You! In three months TheFightBack.org has gone from an interesting idea to a news outlet where hundreds of people a week go to find out what’s happening in the District of Columbia … Continue reading
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Is the FBI Out of Control?
LISTEN TO JOE IOSBAKER AND ANH PHAM [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The search warrants for the FBI’s coordinated raids of 14 anti-war activists on September 24th in Minneapolis and Chicago cited federal law which prohibits … Continue reading
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Do Homeless Children Play?
LISTEN TO JAMILA LARSON [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Sitting in a room intended for babies, but filled with what smelled like sewage, Jamila Larson sat down for an extended conversation about homelessness and children. As … Continue reading
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An Afterschool Program Worth Saving
LISTEN TO LYNN BERGFALK [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 For the last decade and without much fanfare, City Gate has been operating year-round youth programs throughout the District of Columbia, particularly east of the Anacostia River. … Continue reading
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A Farmers’ Market in a Food Desert
LISTEN TO OBERRON DEFREITAS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Oberron DeFreitas was determined to bring his organic produce into the food desert that is southeast, D.C. “The only place I wanted to bring my goods was … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct 22 – Wa. Post reports on for-profit colleges… awkward; Post smites enemies on D.C. Council, endorsing Republicans; and more…
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The Washington Post Co. owns the for-profit college and test company Kaplan, which earned a 2009 revenue of $2.6 billion, accounting for more than 60 percent of the Post Co.’s total … Continue reading
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Local Headlines, Oct. 19 – Wells’ residency requirement for homeless, vigil for Ali Ahmed Mohammed, and more…)
Pete Tucker reports the local headlines for WPFW on October 19, 2010 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Now, to today’s local headlines. Earlier today, the Chair of D.C.’s Committee on Human Services, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy … Continue reading
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Tax Breaks for a Tower: The Story Behind the Proposed Adams Morgan Hotel
LISTEN TO ANTHONY HARVEY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 For years, WPFW 89.3 FM has been housed in the City Paper building in the multi-cultural Adams Morgan community in northwest D.C. The station, however, is not … Continue reading
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