🔴 Red Line summer shutdown

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Major Red Line Shutdowns this Summer

Red Line riders, get ready to take the bus. Service between Fort Totten and Glenmont will be stopped all summer as Metro works on connecting to the long-awaited Purple Line. [Washington Post 🔒]

Potomac Yard Arena Protests in Richmond

A group of local dissenters gathered in Richmond Thursday to protest the planned arena at Potomac Yard. They say the arena will cause serious traffic, drain taxpayer funds, and wrongfully move the Wizards and Caps from their home in D.C. [NBC4]

• Related: Several Alexandria residents have been protesting the arena since the day it was announced. Will NIMBYs save Caps One arena? [City Cast DC 🎧]

VA Police Cosplaying as Spiderman

Fairfax County PD has purchased 450 BolaWraps — restraining devices that shoot kevlar cords to lasso targets. The devices have been used in pilot programs throughout the country and aim to use non-lethal force in crisis intervention situations. [Washington Post 🔒]

A Green New Deal … for Schools?

Local students are fighting for new legislation that would address the climate crisis by requiring schools to serve sustainably-grown school lunches, run on renewable energy, teach climate justice curriculums, and more. Having already convinced the Board of Education to pass a similar resolution, student-activists are now turning their attention to city council. [DCist]

• Council is already considering a bunch of new environmental proposals that could transform life in D.C.- from making e-bikes cheap to banning gas stoves. [City Cast DC 🎧]

What To Do

DC Insider Trivia

Let’s start with last week’s question:

Which high school in D.C. was also the first public high school for Black students in the U.S.?

1. Anacostia High School
2. Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Georgetown
3. Jackson-Reed High School in Tenleytown
4. Dunbar High School in Truxton Circle

Nice work! Dunbar High School was the first public high school for black kids in the U.S. and the first public high school of any kind in D.C. It opened its doors in Truxton Circle in 1870 and was considered the best Black school in the U.S. until 1955, when D.C. public schools were desegregated.

The high school has an impressive list of graduates including the first Black presidential Cabinet member, the first Black general in the Army and several of the lawyers who argued the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

🏅 Congratulations to Hey DC readers Daé W., Madeline H., and Cynthia W. for being the first three readers to answer correctly!

Now, for this week’s trivia:

What phrase has NOT been used as a tourist slogan for Washington, D.C.?

1. “A Capital City”
2. “There’s only one D.C.”
3. “The City of National Monuments”
4. "Celebrate and Discover"

Today on City Cast

Recall Efforts, Commanders Stadium, and Honoring Black History Month

As a recall campaign gets going against Charles Allen, the D.C. Council is on its way to passing a tough crime bill. Plus, the mayor really wants a football stadium, and we’ve got a bunch of Black History Month recommendations.