Disrupting D.C.
Co-authors Katie Wells (Georgetown University) and Kafui Attoh (City University of New York) talked about Washington, D.C.'s unsuccessful fight to keep Uber out of the city. This event was h…
106 viewsCo-authors Katie Wells (Georgetown University) and Kafui Attoh (City University of New York) talked about Washington, D.C.'s unsuccessful fight to keep Uber out of the city. This event was h…
106 viewsThe House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held a hearing on issues of violent crime that were affecting Washington, D.C. Members debated the topic, with R…
1,079 viewsViewers commented on the Senate vote to block a D.C. crime bill.
582 viewsDelegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) talked about the Senate voting on a crime bill, despite the D.C. Council’s attempt to withdraw the legislation.
363 viewsZach Cohen talked about the expected Senate vote on a D.C. crime bill.
184 viewsEvery spring, thousands of people visit the Washington, D.C., Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. Memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King Jr. stand o…
1,258 viewsWashington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine announced he was filing a civil suit against the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other groups for their alleged roles in the January 6, 2021, att…
3,113 viewsVoting rights advocates held the “March On for Washington and Voting Rights” rally to call for the passage of federal voting legislation and statehood for the District of Columbia. Among tho…
2,202 viewsU.S. Capitol Historical Society chief guide Steve Livengood gave a virtual walking tour of a Capitol Hill neighborhood bordered by 1st Street at A and East Capitol Streets, N.E., explaining …
188 viewsWashington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and constitutional law scholars testified on District of Columbia statehood before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The …
2,075 viewsThe Abraham Lincoln Institute and Ford’s Theatre Society hosted a panel discussion on Washington, D.C., during the Civil War era. Tamika Nunley talked about the lives of African American wom…
147 viewsDiscovery Education, in coordination with first lady Jill Biden, took students on a virtual field trip of Washington, D.C., visiting the White House, Supreme Court, Tomb of the Unknown, U.S.…
3,049 viewsPaul Dolinsky, chief of the National Park Service’s Historic American Landscapes Survey, discussed noteworthy trees in the Washington, D.C. area - especially those he calls “witness trees” t…
161 viewsThe House debated a measure to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. Following the debate, the legislation passed 216-208, along a party-line vote.
1,022 viewsViewers commented on the House passage of D.C. statehood legislation.
1,099 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a briefing on the legislative agenda. She began with floor debate over statehood for the District of Columbia, saying the issue “is in her DNA.” The sp…
767 viewsThe House passed a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. The margin was 216-208, along party lines.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,473 viewsDelegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) talked about the American Jobs Act and District of Columbia statehood efforts.
257 viewsRobert Watson talked about his book, George Washington’s Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation. He explained why Washington saw the creation of a successful ca…
146 viewsThe Federalist Society held a virtual discussion examining the constitutionality of efforts to admit Washington, D.C., as the nation’s 51st state. Indiana University law Professor Luis Fuent…
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