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Several dozen students, activists and elected officials rallied yesterday to decry a federal law that requires the dismissal of a social studies teacher from the District's Dunbar Senior High School because he ran for D.C. Council.

Sunday, 27 December 2009 17:43

In Memory of Marilyn Preston Killingham

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Marilyn Preston Killingham (August 30, 1933 - December 26, 2009)

Members of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) are in shock at the sudden passing of one of its youngest, but most committed founding members - DuJuan Ricardo (Rick) Malachi!  

Here’s a bit of D.C. history you may not have heard about, courtesy of the WETA blog Boundary Stones. In the 1960s, D.C. had a rat problem, particularly in its poorer neighborhoods.

Thursday, 18 December 2014 02:59

Passing of Acie Byrd, Jr.

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I first met Acie Byrd, Jr. when I joined what was then just a group of  people who were organizing out of outrage against the stripping of the  powers of the local government by the United States Congress in July of  1997; basically in retribution to the re-election of Mayor Marion  Barry.

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