Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

Dec 10, 2024 | thewash.org | Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

A gold medal doesn’t look like it would happen for Montgomery County resident Thea LaFond. She had unsuccessfully competed in the two previous Olympics, in Rio and Tokyo, leaving both events with a broken heart. Then things changed in Paris when she stepped onto the triple jump runway for her native country, the Commonwealth of Dominica. “I told myself that your body knows what to do, trust it.

Dec 5, 2024 | thewash.org | Ella Robinson |Dana Munro |Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court Wednesday as justices heard a landmark case on transgender rights. Inside the court, attorneys for transgender minors and the Biden administration argued that Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy, and related surgeries for those under 18 unlawfully discriminates based on sex. The case is known as United States v. Skrmetti.

Dec 4, 2024 | thewash.org | Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

Todd St Hill Todd was a part of a youth delegation to the 53rd session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, and from 2020-2023, started and managed an event production company in Washington D.C.. Before becoming an Investigative Reporting workshop Fellow at American University Todd freelanced as a photojournalist, videographer, and co-founded LEFT OUT Magazine.

Nov 19, 2024 | thewash.org | Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

In an effort to keep the planet cleaner and humans healthier, Montgomery County Council is a vote away from permanently banning plastic bags and raising the tax on paper bags, as it urges residents to reuse and bring their own bags as they go shopping. The bill, which the Montgomery County Council is considering and expected to vote on early next year, also aims to split the money raised from the ten-cent tax on paper bags.

Oct 31, 2024 | thewash.org | Tayo Ojewunmi-Ojo

As Nov. 5 approaches, Republicans and Democrats are pulling out all the stops to get every voting bloc on their side. Gen Z made a difference in the last midterm elections; now, both parties are banking on Zoomers.  Generation Z, known as Gen Z, are people born between 1997 and 2012. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, a nonpartisan, independent research organization, Gen Z’s issue priorities are inflation, climate change, and reproductive rights.