D.C.’s summer of blood - The Washington Post
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As the District’s summer of blood
seeps slowly into fall, some among us continue to operate in silos,
splendidly isolated from what’s happening in the neighborhoods around us .
seeps slowly into fall, some among us continue to operate in silos,
splendidly isolated from what’s happening in the neighborhoods around us .
I have in mind:
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Capitol Hill and White House enclaves where interest is devoted to
affairs of state. It matters not to our national government that so far
in 2015, more people have been killed in America’s capital than comprise the entire membership of the U.S. Senate. ...
Capitol Hill and White House enclaves where interest is devoted to
affairs of state. It matters not to our national government that so far
in 2015, more people have been killed in America’s capital than comprise the entire membership of the U.S. Senate. ...
... Thanks to news filtered out of the media silo, we readers know more about:
● The baby panda at the National Zoo than the fate of a 12-year-old boy who watched his mother get shot to death inside their Southeast apartment four days before the panda was born.
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The agony of baseball fans over their swooning Nationals, and the
disgust of football enthusiasts with the antics of the Washington
(bleeps), than the despair that grips D.C.’s violence-plagued
communities.
The agony of baseball fans over their swooning Nationals, and the
disgust of football enthusiasts with the antics of the Washington
(bleeps), than the despair that grips D.C.’s violence-plagued
communities.
●Congress’s drama kings and queens than the (mostly black) men who cause blood to run on our streets.
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