Damion Dixon

LATEST ARTICLES BY Damion Dixon

• Politics

  

  Public money, private profits: D.C. mayor cuts deal subsidizing RFK stadium for NFL

  May 30, 2025 By Damion Dixon

  For $6.1 billion, D.C. residents could get more gentrification and displacement, with no guarantee of good jobs or community development.

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• Opinion

  

  New U.S. Attorney Edward Martin is Trump’s instrument for controlling D.C.

  April 8, 2025 By Damion Dixon

  Trump’s nomination of Ed Martin to be the next U.S. Attorney in D.C. isn’t garnering applause from people who live in the District.

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• Politics

  

  Targeting D.C.’s BLM Plaza, GOP Congress says Black lives don’t matter

  March 6, 2025 By Damion Dixon

  Mayor Muriel Bowser caved to an attack from Georgia Republican Andrew Clyde, upsetting D.C. activists, who see the move as an assault on D.C. Home Rule.

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• Opinion

  

  Pizza chain puts racism on the menu in D.C.

  November 8, 2024 By Damion Dixon

  &pizza uses an image of Marion Barry and the implications of substance abuse to sell a new dessert item.

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