This is the grave of Alexander Shepherd. Born in 1835 in Washington, D.C., Shepherd grew up working class, dropped of school at the age of 13, and got a job as a plumber's assistant. He was evidently good at it and worked his way up...
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The reasons for rises and falls in crime are complicated. But complicated is anathema to politics. And so, the brief moment after the murder of George Floyd and so many.
Joe Biden, among other Democrats, have joined Republicans in overturning the DC crime law. Whatever you think of the DC law, this is pure, uncut colonialism. DC voters and politicians.
I am consistently amused walking around the east side of Providence, by far the richest part of the city, where whites in large houses have Black Lives Matter signs up and where you know damn well they are sending their kids to private, mostly white...
This is the grave of Pierre Charles L'Enfant. Born in Paris in 1754, L'Enfant's father was a favorite painter of Louis XV, allowing him to study art at the Royal.
On April 9, 1923, the Supreme Court ruled in Adkins v. Children's Hospital that states or the federal government setting minimum wages for women was unconstitutional, as it violated the.
Taxation without Representation: The developments capped a roller-coaster 24 hours in the worst possible way for advocates of the District’s marijuana measure. Late Monday, congressional aides had floated the possibility that the spending deal would include a provision sought by conservative House Republicans to block...
Given that Washington was a swampy cesspool of disease and both human and animal waste through most of the 19th century (as opposed to the spiritual and moral cesspool it.
Last month, I attended a session dedicated to the Chicago Teachers Union struggle at the Labor and Working Class History Association conference in New York. A couple of members of.