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Back to SearchWhy MPD Can't Fire Bad Cops
The D.C. police have been trying to fire an officer named Michael Thomas, but he’s managed to appeal and arbitrate his way out of it for 13 years. An…
2 years, 8 months ago
Bowser Heads to the Hill
D.C.’s mayor is due on the Hill this week for a hearing where she’s almost certain to sit there as a line of Congressional Republicans lambaste her c…
2 years, 8 months ago
Maryland Senate Race, WashPo's Mea Culpa, and Secret Spy Spots
Maryland has suddenly got a hot, open senate seat race and it’s likely to feature at least three DMV icons, with major implications about race, ideol…
2 years, 8 months ago
D.C. Restaurants With Secret Spy Lore
Why do restaurants play such a big role in spy stories? And which DC eateries should you hit if you want to dine where the secret agents met their so…
2 years, 8 months ago
Did “The Americans” Get D.C. Right?
It’s the 10th anniversary of the hit FX show The Americans, which is all about the spies living among us in D.C. But despite being set in D.C., the s…
2 years, 8 months ago
How To Spot A Spy in D.C.
It is Day Two of our Spy Week, presented by the International Spy Museum! Today, former CIA agent Lindsay Moran tells us how to spot a spy in DC, whe…
2 years, 8 months ago
D.C.'s Best Spy Stories
It is City Cast’s SPY WEEK, presented by the International Spy Museum. Which means we’re doing a week’s worth of episodes about secret agents and cov…
2 years, 8 months ago
D.C.'s Public Transit Feud, New Food Halls, and the XFL Final
DC Council and Mayor Muriel Bowser are engaged in a battle over the free Metrobus plan versus the redesign of K Street downtown. Plus, there are a bu…
2 years, 8 months ago
How Avalon Theatre Defied The Odds
D.C.’s Avalon Theatre was founded in 1923, back when neighborhood movie houses were everywhere. And as movies moved to suburban multiplexes, the Aval…
2 years, 8 months ago
Can We Make Downtown D.C. More "Livable"?
Downtown D.C. is known as a place to work, not live or hang out. In a new ranking of downtown vitality scores, D.C. ranks almost last. But the city i…
2 years, 8 months ago