Through it all, Biden offered some consolitory words: “That’s how you heal - you have to remember,” he said. The Washington National Cathedral rang its bells 500 times - once for every 1,000 people who died from the coronavirus. President Joe Biden (D) ordered flags flying over federal facilities to be at half-staff for five days. Losses to COVID-19 stood nearly 25 percent greater than the U.S. in the number of lives lost in the pandemic. At that point, no other country has surpassed the U.S. 23, a Johns Hopkins University tracker reported 501,663 U.S. The 3,900- square foot space known as the Secret Garden has been used since 2007 for a variety of activities, from a community garden to peace rallies and fish fries.Īmerica Surpasses 500,000 COVID-19 Deaths Council members Trayon White (D-Ward 8), Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) and Robert White (D-At large) attending. Avenue SE - with neighborhood residents, Jemal and D.C. Moten celebrated the deal at the Secret Garden - located behind We Act Radio, Check It Enterprises and a shuttered barbershop on Martin Luther King Jr. At the same time, residents, to some degree, continued to demand a heavier police presence in affected areas.Īnacostia Leader Excited about Secret Garden AcquisitionĪnti-violence activist and entrepreneur Ron Moten announced a deal with longtime District developer Douglas Jemal in which the Secret Garden, a plot of land in Anacostia that Jemal owns, would be transferred to him as a site for the planned Go-Go Museum. This situation has sparked calls, from White and others, for investments in violence prevention and constituent services to address the underlying causes of violence. Though the murder rate tapered in early February, numbers in January surpassed what the Metropolitan Police Department recorded around the same time in the previous year. Council member Trayon White (D-Ward 8) called on the mayor to go further in addressing the spike in gun violence. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s formation of a multiagency gun violence prevention initiative, D.C.
Murder Spike Prompts Call for State of Emergency On February 2, most District public schools opened. In the end,a slight snowstorm proved to be the only thing postponing the return of public school students to the classroom. Even with the completion of memorandum of understanding, some teachers questioned whether administrators had building upgrades and COVID mitigation strategies in place for the first day of a partial return to in-person learning. Return to In-Person Learning Shrouded in Doubtįor months, DC Public Schools and the Washington Teachers’ Union had been in the throes of a debate about whether to fully open schools, and the circumstances under which it should be done. That has perturbed many Biden supporters and called into question the president’s popularity. Since then, however, his administration has given no indication that the pause would go beyond the Januthreshold. Shortly after entering office, President Joe Biden (D) extended the pause, and did so again in August. Weeks after the pandemic started, the federal government paused federal student loan payments and set the interest rate to 0 percent. Amanda Gorman’s recitation of her poem “The Hill We Climb” definitely helped lighten the mood. However, such circumstances couldn’t quell the optimism in the air about a new beginning. Donald Trump also broke tradition by skipping the inauguration. Inauguration guests, which were few, had to adhere to mandatory face coverings, temperature checks and other COVID-19-related precautions. gave a reminder about the insurrection that happened two weeks prior. 20 proved markedly different from past festivities. With the themes “America United” and “Our Determined Democracy: Fighting for a More Perfect Union,” the Biden-Harris inauguration on Jan. Findings from the investigation have shed light on the role that several people, including Trump and former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, played in the developments of Jan. A House select committee would later take on that task. Shortly after, the Senate, due to Republican opposition, unsuccessfully attempted to form an independent commission to study the riot. Weeks after President Joe Biden (D) officially entered office, 57 out of 100 senators voted to acquit Trump. president in history to be impeached more than once. 6 riot, Congress impeached Trump for “incitement of insurrection.” He became the only U.S. The Year That Was: 2021 in Review - The Washington Informer CloseĪ week after the Jan.
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