Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
A Metropolitan Police Department car sits on Massachusetts Avenue on Feb. 6.

Trump’s Takeover of Local Police Was New. D.C. Police Departments’ Rocky Relationship with Black Residents Wasn’t.

Despite an increase in fear, underlying problems in MPD’s policing of Washington’s Black residents already existed, data and advocate interviews show.
Will Sytsma and Stevie Rosenfeld • April 27, 2026

Five days after President Donald Trump took control of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, the abolitionist organization Harriet’s Wildest Dreams posted an Instagram video of a Metro Transit...

Moving shelves hold hundreds of organized tomes.

Into the archives

A trove of records provides a peek into the history of AU and beyond.
Clair Sapilewski, Staff Editor • April 22, 2026

Off of the main campus and north on Massachusetts Avenue, American University has a vault. Nestled in the shelves of the university’s Department of Archives and Special Collections are early-drawn...

A January of anti-ICE protests

A January of anti-ICE protests

A month of anti-ICE protests swept Washington after the killing of Renée Good.
Benjamin Austin, Staff Editor • April 22, 2026

Anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests swept Washington after an ICE agent shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renée Good on Jan. 7. Advocacy groups like Free DC, Code Pink and The Party...

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