If you are organizing DC-area alternative programming for America's 250th, will you let me know? Think: people's histories, local activism, volunteer opportunities, indigenous and Black stories, anti-fascist events, etc.
@YahiaLababidi@lithub Thank you for uplifting Andrii's work in my translation, as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine drags on through its fourth year.
“Mom doesn’t hear well. But the explosions she hears. Even when there are none.”
Translation by @tpaperny
https://t.co/CcxudU128f
#Ukraine#war
via @lithub
The Star launches in June with dramatically expanded coverage of Washington politics and policy — and new coverage of D.C. itself. The District isn’t just the place where politics happens. It’s home to the people who pull the levers of power. It’s where they live and work and commute and eat and vote and navigate the unique intersection of politics and real life.
The Star will cover all of it, from Donald Trump’s stamp on the District to the ambitions of its first new mayor in more than a decade. Who’s wielding power in D.C.? What’s driving them? What impact are they having on housing, schools, transportation and the District’s neighborhoods? What’s next for Home Rule? For statehood? And will the Nationals ever be good again?
We’ll do it with the same rigor we bring to our coverage of national politics and policy, and we’ll do it with the best local reporting team in D.C. We’re excited to announce the start of that team today — veteran journalists you know and trust, plus newcomers who will bring fresh eyes to the vibrant and sometimes vexing place we all call home.
In the 1940s, notorious "underground queen" Odessa Madre ran a nightclub where she dealt in drugs, women, and drink. I got to write about the building, which is now D.C.’s only Black-owned LGBTQ club.
Read today's piece in @wcp (plus it's #localnewsday!): https://t.co/f0WuqkEAw9
@kristoncapps@LeighGeorge I have a dream of getting a donor to fund a DC-specific arts journalism fellowship. Who wants to work with me to make this happen??
...and I think this is a good thing! Read my story of an unusual alley horse stable which served as a Black queer arts space in the 1980s:
https://t.co/NvsJ90IMuE
yes my latest local history piece mentions both horse stables and gay artists, but sadly no gay horses — a topic available for any of you to dig into instead
https://t.co/NvsJ90Jkkc
"The second floor still had a large opening from when hay was tossed down from the loft, but Walker and Melrose installed a railing so people could peer down and watch the performances." https://t.co/NvsJ90Jkkc
Looking for a mediumread while you wait at the airport or hide from your family? My latest @wcp has queer artists, a woman courts labeled a “lunatic,” and 19th-century horses: https://t.co/NvsJ90IMuE
Some 2026 intrigue: There's a new effort to "draft" Mayor Muriel Bowser to run for a fourth term backed by Opportunity DC, the political group assembled by the Federal City Council/other business interests.
"One more time!" urges the petition on the site:
https://t.co/IyBnvSXiPm
Feelin' legit today. Just presented before the full board of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities @TheDCArts about my creative work across literature, literary translation and visual art. Grateful to receive multiple grants from them over the years!