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1 month ago | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Shedrick Pelt |Colleen Grablick |Abigail Higgins
The U.S. Senate has a weird way of coming through for D.C. at the last minute, it seems. (Remember the RFK Christmas miracle?)On Friday evening, Senators swept in to spare D.C. from what city officials said would have been dramatic cuts to its local budget that could have resulted in spending freezes and government layoffs – including among police and teachers. "The issue is here is just allowing the D.C. government to proceed to spend its own tax revenue," said Sen.
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1 month ago | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |India Kea |Colleen Grablick |Shedrick Pelt
On Monday morning, crews got to work removing the "Black Lives Matter" mural from the streets in front of the White House — drilling into the 35-foot-tall yellow letters with a jackhammer and scraping the paint from the pavement. The 51st contributing photographer Shedrick Pelt headed down to the intersection of H and 16th Streets to capture the initial demolition on Monday morning.
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1 month ago | 
51st.news | Shedrick Pelt |Colleen Grablick |Abigail Higgins |India Kea |Martin Austermuhle
D.C. resident Meriah Burke-Raines started calling House offices earlier this week with one goal: urge members to reject a provision of the federal spending bill that would slash the city’s local budget. Instead, she got a harsh reminder of one of the indignities of living in D.C.“I just started going through and calling as many offices as I could. I called about 15. One of them at one point said you should be calling your representative.
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1 month ago | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Shedrick Pelt |Colleen Grablick |Abigail Higgins
Ask A D.C. Native — 5 min read Arriving in a new city is kind of like stepping into a thick forest — everything is alive and buzzing, but the path ahead is unclear. It can feel a bit disorienting trying to find your way while facing the unknown. My quick advice: trust your instincts and feel your way through; the right opportunities for connection will emerge over time. As a D.C. native, the city’s rhythm is embedded in my DNA.
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1 month ago | 
51st.news | Martin Austermuhle |Shedrick Pelt |Colleen Grablick |Abigail Higgins
The weather has finally turned, the days are longer, and things are looking up (uhh, sorta). Wake up from your winter hibernation with book talks, poetry readings, Holi celebrations, and Nowruz parties. How To Sell Out with Chad Sanders at MLK Jr. LibraryWriter Chad Sanders will be in conversation with Loyalty Bookstores owner Hannah Oliver Depp about the realities of writing about race as a Black author, based on his own experiences mining pain and trauma.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
51st.news | Shedrick Pelt |Maddie Poore
Building The 51st — 2 min read We’ve been publishing for almost two months (!) and growing The 51st with you has been thrilling. Our progress has been heartening, and each day this dream of growing a sustainable worker-led newsroom for D.C. feels more and more possible. The crowdfunding campaign gave us the runway we needed to launch (and pay people for their work). Now there are still some areas we need to improve to make The 51st into what the city needs it to be.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
51st.news | Nina Elkadi |Shedrick Pelt |Chris Mills Rodrigo
Another Thursday, another edition of The 51st's newsletter in your inbox.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
51st.news | Shedrick Pelt |Chris Mills Rodrigo |Teresa Frontado
What’s your relationship to D.C.? Are you from the area, and if not, why did you move here? I moved to D.C. in the summer of 2022 after accepting a position as executive editor of WAMU/DCist. Frankly, it was love at first sight for me. In my mind's eye, I can still see that first drive from the airport (DCA), with the river gleaming and the trees so green, and then the cars, the noise, and the blur of people walking in Adams Morgan.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
51st.news | Shedrick Pelt |Teresa Frontado |Chris Mills Rodrigo
The Washington Wizards have long been jogging on what NBA fans like to call the “treadmill of mediocrity." From 2019, when D.C. legend John Wall ruptured his achilles in a freak accident at home, to 2023, when the front office finally traded away star guard Bradley Beal, the Wizards fielded a team that was consistently middling: not good enough to compete for a title, nor bad enough to reap the benefits of the league’s draft lottery, where teams with worse records have better odds of scoring...
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
51st.news | Shedrick Pelt |Chris Mills Rodrigo |Teresa Frontado
Theatre Week is over but the curtain's still up on plenty of plays at multiple venues across the city. It's also opening weekend for the DowntownDC Holiday Market and the ice skating rink at the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. Enjoy! THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21The Other AmericansThis is the last weekend to catch the Arena Stage production of this gripping play featuring Emmy winner Leguizamo and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.
