Watch (but really listen) as these Dallas students experience absolute ELATION when day becomes night during the total solar eclipse: dallasnews.com/news/education…

Video by Stewart House/Dallas Morning News

A marathon day at the Wilson Building that started with a briefing from DM Nina Albert on the terms of the Monumental deal and culminated with a vote on the half billion investment in Cap One -- including three separate protests interrupting Council bizz along the way. Read on:

Bowser's budget briefing to the Council is about to begin. Includes some tax increases. ~$500 million in cuts, including eliminating the Pay Equity Fund and cuts to HPTF funding. Downtown, public safety, per-pupil education funding see investments. More:
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Reporting from outside the Supreme Court this morning with Ellie Silverman

This is one of the most powerful pieces of journalism I have ever read.

Urgent reporting, more than a year in the making, from Jessica Contrera Jenn Abelson + John D. Harden — and the first installment of the series Abused by the Badge washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/inter…

“With the 211 warmline, that kind of takes away that guilt and shame of saying ‘hey I’m trying to do the best I can right now, but I need a helping hand.'' washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Read this by Ellie Silverman on the disappearance of Relisha Rudd.

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'Her grandmother still wonders: Is she getting ready to graduate high school? Who is her favorite gospel artist now? Does she still blurt out whatever she’s thinking? Is she a mom?'

At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city. An important look back from Ellie Silverman at a missing child case that forced a reckoning in D.C.  washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

“Children are supposed to grow up,” said a security guard at Relisha's old school. “They’re not supposed to get killed, and they’re not supposed to disappear.”

Heartbreaking, essential reporting from Ellie Silverman
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“Where’s Relisha?”
Ellie Silverman revisits a heartbreaking DC disappearance that “forced a reckoning in how the city treats its poorest and most vulnerable residents.”

'Could I have done something different?'

Thank you, Ellie Silverman for remembering Relisha and all the ways she was failed.

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This case was outraging when it happened and devastating ten years on. “Relisha Rudd vanished at 8. A decade later, she haunts a changed D.C.” washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Relisha Rudd was last seen in March 2014 after a janitor at the D.C. homeless shelter where she lived took her. Her disappearance altered practices and people. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Relisha Rudd was 8 when a janitor at a homeless shelter befriended her, then took her.

A decade later, she haunts a changed city.
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Inside the D.C. Council’s turn away from progressive crime strategies. Deep reporting from Emily Davies & Meagan Flynn about the public and non-public pressure that has shaped city lawmakers' response to crime washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city. An important look back from Ellie Silverman at a missing child case that forced a reckoning in D.C.  washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

A decade later, the haunting story of a little girl lost will still break your heart. Ellie Silverman wapo.st/3uYp8zJ

At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city. An important look back from Ellie Silverman at a missing child case that forced a reckoning in D.C. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Ten years have passed since 8-year-old Relisha Rudd was taken by a janitor at a D.C. homeless shelter. I worked with the wonderful Ellie Silverman to take a deep look at how her disappearance changed the city and people in it. wapo.st/3uYp8zJ