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Opinion: The Debate, Mere Preview, or Premonition?
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Opinion: We Owe It to Our Ancestors, the Juneteenth Federal Holiday
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Editorial: On Mother’s Day: Call Your Mom, Practice Empathy
Parking in Georgetown: Let’s Line Up the Numbers
March 7, 2018
•As Originally Proposed, Georgetown Could Have Lost Up to 2,000 Visitor Spots In this issue, The Georgetowner celebrates the well-known residents and homes of Georgetown. All things real estate, home […]
Billy Graham’s Crusades, Among Others
February 22, 2018
•Gobsmacked by news of political scandal and sexual abuse, we try to process the recent deaths of “America’s Pastor” and 17 innocents at a Florida high school.
Peggy Cooper Cafritz: A Life in Arts and Education
February 21, 2018
•Washington, D.C., is a city of some who — with ambition and originality — are champions of both beauty and justice. When we lose such champions, the loss is felt […]
Love and Balance
February 7, 2018
•During this month of love — and black history — not long after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we recall King’s words of 1967, in a speech titled “Where […]
DACA Recipients and DREAMers: Who Are They?
January 25, 2018
•Over the next three weeks, discussions in Congress and in the media about DACA recipients and DREAMers — already heated — will intensify.
Facing Online Competitors, Stores Get Creative
January 24, 2018
•As an unrepentant fan of local retail, The Georgetowner has challenged the idea that online shopping will wipe out our brick-and-mortar stores. Online and face-to-face shopping have their own advantages and […]
GU’s Atonement for Slave Sale Continues
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In the last year or so, Georgetown University has earnestly taken on the task of righting an awful wrong — if such a thing can be done. The university is […]
Predictions for Georgetown
January 10, 2018
•Seems like everything is in transition right now, Georgetown included. Though some businesses — like Martin’s Tavern and Georgetown Tobacco — have become iconic Georgetown brands that everyone needs to […]
The Muffled Roar of Change
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When we look back and look forward, change is always in the middle, the motor of any discussion. In looking back at 2017, you can hear singular themes being struck. […]
Dockless Bikes Come to Georgetown’s Attention
January 4, 2018
•Last week, one allegedly cranky Georgetown resident wrote on the Georgetown Forum, a Citizens Association of Georgetown community bulletin board, that residents ought to call 911.