Joe Heim

Washington, D.C.

Washington Post reporter. Proud father. Lucky husband. Philly sports fan. Also a fan of my parents. Buy my book on Amazon - just kidding, I don't have a book.

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‘We have to fight’: WorldPride attendees explain why they’re still celebrating

2 weeks ago | nny360.com | Emma Uber |Joe Heim

As WorldPride in Washington winds to its official close on Sunday, The Washington Post spoke with visitors about why they decided to attend the festival and what it meant to be a part of it. In the interviews below, visitors from near and far told us they were participating in WorldPride this year not just to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, but to stand defiantly in a time of political backlash and rising threats to hard-won rights.
‘We have to fight’: WorldPride attendees on why they’re still celebrating

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Emma Uber |Hau Chu |Joe Heim

‘We have to fight’: WorldPride attendees on why they’re still celebrating (washingtonpost.com) ‘We have to fight’: WorldPride attendees on why they’re still celebrating By Emma Uber; Hau Chu; Joe Heim 2025060619210600 As WorldPride in Washington winds to its official close on Sunday, The Washington Post spoke with visitors about why they decided to attend the festival and what it meant to be a part of it.
Federal police close Dupont Circle Park ahead of WorldPride weekend

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Marissa Lang |Rachel Weiner |Joe Heim

Federal police close Dupont Circle Park ahead of WorldPride weekend (washingtonpost.com) Federal police close Dupont Circle Park ahead of WorldPride weekend By Marissa J. Lang; Rachel Weiner; Joe Heim 2025060612391100 For the first time, the park at the heart of the District's historic LGBTQ neighborhood will be closed to the public for all of Pride weekend as the nation's capital continues to host one of the largest Pride Month observances in the world.
Uncertainty remains over Dupont Circle Park closure during WorldPride

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Marissa Lang |Rachel Weiner |Jenny Gathright |Joe Heim

Uncertainty remains over Dupont Circle Park closure during WorldPride (washingtonpost.com) Uncertainty remains over Dupont Circle Park closure during WorldPride By Marissa J. Lang; Rachel Weiner; Jenny Gathright; Joe Heim 2025060523513500 Just a day before Pride weekend was set to kick off in the District, uncertainty loomed over the park at the heart of D.C.'s historic LGBTQ neighborhood.
Joy, tension collide as WorldPride arrives in Trump’s Washington

4 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim |Fritz Hahn |Sophia Solano

Joy, tension collide as WorldPride arrives in Trump’s Washington (washingtonpost.com) Joy, tension collide as WorldPride arrives in Trump’s Washington By Joe Heim; Fritz Hahn; Hannah Sampson; Sophia Solano 2025053023200900 The welcome signs for WorldPride, the world's largest LGBTQ+ gathering, are out across Washington. Banners hang from lampposts along major roads. Rainbow stripes have been painted on bike lanes and sidewalks.
GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim

GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say (washingtonpost.com) GOP won’t install Jan. 6 plaque honoring law enforcement, Democrats say By Joe Heim 2025052310000000 More than three years after its installation was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room surrounded by tools and maintenance equipment.
A new museum exhibit wants to put Gaza’s humanity at the forefront

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim

A new museum exhibit wants to put Gaza’s humanity at the forefront (washingtonpost.com) A new museum exhibit wants to put Gaza’s humanity at the forefront By Joe Heim 2025051910002600 The depictions of Gaza over the past 19 months of its war with Israel have been unrelentingly grim. Aerial photographs of neighborhoods reduced to rubble. News reports warning of starvation. Videos of lifeless bodies being pulled from bombed and still-burning buildings.
Asked & Answered: An interview with ‘The Rest Is History’ podcasters

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim

Asked & Answered: An interview with ‘The Rest Is History’ podcasters (washingtonpost.com) Asked & Answered: An interview with ‘The Rest Is History’ podcasters By Joe Heim 2025051712004300 For almost five years, "The Rest Is History" podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have been walking their audience through pivotal moments in history laced with fascinating, occasionally shocking facts: Augustus the Strong, for instance, king of Poland in the late 17th century, fathered 354...
Trump appoints former 'Real Housewives' star to Holocaust Museum board

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Joe Heim |Herb Scribner

President Donald Trump named five new members to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Monday night, including a former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” television star whose stepson was charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The appointments, and eight others Trump made last week, will replace members he fired April 29, all of whom had been named by President Joe Biden.
Trump appoints former ‘Real Housewives’ star to Holocaust Museum board

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joe Heim |Herb Scribner

Trump appoints former ‘Real Housewives’ star to Holocaust Museum board (washingtonpost.com) Trump appoints former ‘Real Housewives’ star to Holocaust Museum board By Joe Heim; Herb Scribner 2025050718562200 President Donald Trump named five new members to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Monday night, including a former "Real Housewives of New Jersey" television star whose stepson was charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.