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(04/25/05 4:00am)
A speaking tour of Japanese students and a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing made its way to professor Peter Kuznick's Social Forces that Shaped America class Friday to talk about the first atom bomb drop and the future of atomic weapons.
(04/21/05 4:00am)
Thursday, April 21
(04/18/05 4:00am)
Amtrak has suspended service on the Acela Express trains that connect Washington to New York City and Boston.
(04/07/05 4:00am)
Comedian Mitch Hedberg, famous for his cutting one-liners and hippie style, died on March 30 in a hotel room in Livingston, N.J. He was 37.
(04/04/05 4:00am)
Area churches celebrated Masses in honor of Pope John Paul II's life and 26-year reign as pope. St. Matthew the Apostle Cathedral in Northwest D.C. held a special Mass in honor of the pope Saturday night, attended by President Bush and his wife.
(03/31/05 5:00am)
March 31, 2005
(03/24/05 5:00am)
The "deaDCity Arts Collective," a group of D.C. punk artists devoted to promoting creativity in the city, opened its first art show on Friday.
(03/17/05 5:00am)
Thursday, March 17
(03/03/05 5:00am)
Howard University's student newspaper, The Hilltop, began publishing daily on Monday, making it the first newspaper at a historically black college to do so.
(03/03/05 5:00am)
All events are free unless noted.
(02/28/05 5:00am)
The Point Foundation is offering three new scholarships for gay, lesbian or transgender AU students in honor of alumnus Carlos Enrique Cisneros, a television company president who died last year.
(02/21/05 5:00am)
D.C. police blamed "go-go" music for violence in a Northwest D.C. club at an Alcohol and Beverage Control Board hearing Saturday.
(02/17/05 5:00am)
D.C. is the fifth most challenging place for asthmatics to live, according to a recent study done by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
(02/14/05 5:00am)
The Virginia Senate struck down a bill Thursday that would fine people whose underwear showed above their pants.
(02/07/05 5:00am)
The city's red light camera program is expanding to catch speeders at four new locations, including two in Northwest D.C.
(02/07/05 5:00am)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) introduced a bill that would grant the District full voting rights.
(02/03/05 5:00am)
For the third year in a row, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-C.T.) have introduced a bill that would grant the District full voting rights.
At a press coference last week, Norton, Lieberman, two Iraq war veterans from the District, and an Iraqui American Washington resident showed support for the bill.
The two soldiers spoke about their experience helping to create democracy in Iraq, and coming home to a city where they don't have congressional representation.
D.C. hasn't had congressional representation since 1995, and has never had a vote in the Senate. Norton and a shadow senate delegation represent the city in committees, but can't participate in a full vote.
The "No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2005" would give D.C. the same voting rights as a state; representation in the House and Senate.
Norton is cautiously optimistic about the bill, said her spokesperson Doxie McCoy.
"We have the realities of the makeup of congress," McCoy said. "It's Republican, and Republicans have stated they are not in favor of it."
McCoy added that some Republicans support the bill, but the Republican leadership needs to bring the issue forward. She said "there's been no indication of that happening, but we hold out hope."
A poll conducted by D.C. Vote, a voting right advocacy group, from Jan. 14-16 has found there is strong national and bipartisan support for D.C. voting rights. Of the 1.007 people polled, 82 percent feel District residents should have full voting rights.
The poll also found 78 percent of Americans didn't know the District doesn't have equal voting rights. McCoy said the strong support for District voting rights and lack of knowledge about the issue makes the poll encouraging and discouraging.
"It's all about education, all about more Americans becoming aware," she said. "And if we the D.C. activists can push them into action, to write a letter or make a phone call, to join our cause, it brings more Americans to our side which leads to more congressman on our side."
The poll found that 35 percent of people who had visited the District were aware D.C. did not have full voting rights, which is double the national average. Most of them had seen the motto "No taxation without representation" on D.C. liscense plates.
"The success of D.C.'s 'Taxation Without Representation' liscense plate and awareness campaign shows that a simple message, propelled by word of mouth advertising, is really effective at educating Americans," said Ilir Zherka, the Executive Director of D.C. Vote, in a press release. The motto is so popular, that the D.C. Council passed a bill in 2003 that would add it to the D.C. flag.
McCoy said college students could also help spread the word about D.C. voting rights.
"There are some students who go back home, and see the full rights they have, and realize people they live side by side with have no rights," she said. "Hopefull it sparks them to get involved also"
(01/31/05 5:00am)
Mayor Anthony A. Williams refused to sign a bill this week that would restrict police action during protests.
(01/27/05 5:00am)
Newt Gingrich spoke at Catholic University Tuesday, prompting discussion about the university's restrictive speaker policy, which bars any speaker who does not represent Catholic values.
(01/27/05 5:00am)
Events are free unless noted.