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D.C.'s New Environmental Justice Center Spotlights Marginalized Voices Apr 24, 2023

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On Saturday, the Anacostia Community Museum opened a new Center for Environmental Justice. It draws on the neighborhood’s long legacy of fighting for change along the Anacostia River, sets up impressive programming for both kids and adults, and spotlights marginalized voices who are often left out of conversations about the environment.

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Metro Funding Struggles, Police Shortages, and Concert Season Apr 21, 2023

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In today's roundup, friend of City Cast Hannah Denham, from the Washington Business Journal, is here to talk about everyone’s favorite subject: How screwed is Metro? Their funding is running out, and they know it. How do they fix it? Plus we talk about how many cops D.C. needs, and a summer of bountiful music festivals.

Our Friday roundups wouldn’t be possible without all the great local reporting going on:

Read Hannah Denham’s piece on Metro’s lack of funding.
Peter Hermann from the Washington Post has all the info you need on DC police and their hiring problems.
So. Many. Concerts. All Things Go, Re:SET, you name it, it’s happening.

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D.C.’s Rat-Hunting Dogs, And Other Rat Solutions Apr 20, 2023

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The D.C. rats are already scurrying around this spring, and it’s only going to get worse as this warm year gets warmer. We sat down with Gerard Brown, who runs D.C. Health’s Rodent Control Department, and Bomani Mtume, whose dog hunts rats in Adams Morgan, about how to stop the rats before they get out of control.

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Power Ranking D.C.'s Seasons Apr 19, 2023

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Today, we’ve got another classic co-host debate: Which season is best in D.C.? Spring’s got deadly allergies. Summer, its mugginess. Fall, shortening days, and winter, dreariness. Mike and Bridget make the case that their favorites’ pros outweigh the cons.

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Your Guide To 4/20 in D.C. Apr 18, 2023

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It’s the week of 4/20 and days before the National Cannabis Festival, and we’re talking with its founder about the city’s ever-shifting, complicated relationship with pot. There’s been stigma, criminalization, standoffs with Congress, and now, the D.C. government just changed the rules again around how residents can buy and sell cannabis.

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Traffic Cameras Everywhere! Apr 17, 2023

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If you drive in D.C., you probably know all about the city’s red light cameras. But did you know D.C. will soon use cameras to ticket drivers who cruise in bus lanes? This is just one piece of Mayor Bowser’s Transportation Safety and Mobility budget. But is this plan really about improving safety or more about generating revenue from ticket fines, which, let’s face it, nobody likes to pay. Jordan Pascale, transportation Reporter at WAMU, breaks it down.

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Dan Snyder Picks A Buyer. Plus, Buses, Cannabis, and Georgetown Transformers Apr 14, 2023

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After months of hand wringing, Dan Snyder has picked a buyer for the Washington Commanders! Audio Producer Julia Karron is here to celebrate but also caution us all against getting TOO excited yet. Then, we’ve got City Cast contributor Dan Reed and WAMU reporter Martin Austermuhle here to talk new Metro bus routes, legal cannabis rules in Maryland, and a very strange dispute over Transformer statues — yes, those Transformers — in Georgetown.

Our roundups wouldn’t be possible without all the local reporting that happens:

Axios’s Cuneyt Dil broke the Snyder news to us. *Cue cheers all around.*
Jordan Pascale of WAMU is on it for the Metro Bus updates.
Cheyenne Corin from WTOP gives us all the new Md weed rules.
Martin Austermuhle of WAMU explains what’s going on with these transformer statues in Georgetown.

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The Mosquitos Will Be Worse This Year Apr 13, 2023

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D.C.’s mosquitos are about to be back. And, after a warm winter, this year could be especially bad. Reporter Jacob Fenston, who covers the environment for WAMU, is here to talk about these confounding Washington swamp creatures — and share some secrets on how to beat them.

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Celebrating Lou Stovall’s Impact on D.C.’s Art Scene Apr 12, 2023

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D.C. lost an icon this year. Born in 1937, artist Lou Stovall studied printmaking at Howard and his posters and prints are a reminder of the spirit and struggles of the Civil Rights Movement, and D.C.’s fight for Home Rule. He died at the age of 86 in March. Before his death, we joined Lou and his son Will at his collection at the Phillips Collection to find out more about his arts legacy and what it says about D.C.’s past and present.

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A New Civil Rights Investigation Into D.C. Police Apr 11, 2023

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On March 18th, Park Police shot and killed 17 year old Dalaneo Martin as they tried to apprehend him in a car they say was stolen. And last week, the FBI and federal prosecutors opened a civil rights investigation into what happened. Mitch Ryals, Managing Editor for the Washington City Paper, has been following the story and what it means for D.C.

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