In July, all the White House staffers are coming back to work. But will they be in their offices as much as they were before the pandemic? And what about the many federal agencies in the District? What is the future of...
Finally, D.C. is reopening! And a beloved yearly tradition is back. The Capital Pride Alliance is quickly getting ready for the annual June Capital Pride Celebration, following Mayor Bowser’s recent D.C...
Have you seen the cicadas? After lying low underground for 17 years, they are boring upward, coming out of the ground, feeling the warmth of the D.C. sunshine and shedding their crisp cases. They’re lumbering over...
In May 2021 Joe Biden visited Michigan to pitch a $174 billion electric vehicle (EV) plan in Michigan and take the new electric Ford F-150 Lightning truck for a drive. Biden says battery-driven vehicles will cut...
Ransomware attacks show no signs of slowing. They’re getting to hospitals, city agencies, and oil supplies, as shown in the Columbia Pipeline drama. And a new ransomware group called the Babuk Locker gang struck the...
Africa has been reporting tens of thousands of new Covid-19 infections weekly. As tragic as each instance of the illness is, African countries have so far not experienced Covid on the explosive scale it has reached in...
Robinhood filed to go public in March 2021. Stock in the company will be available for investors to buy at some point in April or May. OK, you might be asking, what’s Robinhood? It’s an...
The era of the EV (electric vehicle) is here. Expect to see many more electric cars and charging stations on the streets of D.C. this year, and in the years to follow. How can we know? The District has signed a...
Financial technology, or fintech, is no longer a futuristic concept. It’s here. Everyone has heard, by now, of at least one example — such as Bitcoin, Square, or the Paypal app. Contactless cards, and even mobile...
If you’d rather get work done, check social media, or send texts than keep your eyes on the road, self-driving vehicles might be just what you’ve been waiting for. And if you can’t drive well because of a disability...
What is Council Member Kenyan McDuffie focused on this month? For one thing, there’s the ongoing impact of gentrification. McDuffie, who represents Ward 5, says D.C. policymakers need to be...
The Lunar New Year begins on February 12th. On that day we leave the Year of the Rat and get on new footing in the Year of the Ox. Maybe you’d like to plan something special to celebrate this auspicious...
Statehood can’t wait any longer. As Mayor Bowser states, “Washingtonians have waited over 200 years for the representation we deserve as American citizens.” As long as D.C. residents go...
Something good is happening in 2021, although the impetus for it — glaring evidence of racial inequality and discrimination — is painful. Finally, reparations are being imagined at various levels of government and in...